Mentor-Protégé Essay Contest Winners
Four essays, by Rebecca Sawchuk/Dana Gary, Cynthia Gilley/Katharine Horst, Celesta White, and Brenda Liu, were chosen from among 44 outstanding entries as grand prize winners of MentorNet’s Mentor-Protégé Essay Contest. The winning writers get a free trip to New Mexico for the WEPAN (Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network) Conference in June (see below). Evelyn Hsia, a MentorNet volunteer from Cisco Systems, coordinated the contest. Winning essays and names of the runners-up are posted at www.mentornet.net/documents/about/experiences/Contest/
MentorNet Presents at June WEPAN Conference
MentorNet will present a half day of sessions on mentoring at the annual WEPAN (Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network) Conference June 6–9 in Albuquerque, NM. Two are panels: “Building the MentorNet Partnership to Provide Mentoring on a Large Scale” and “What Good is Mentoring? Mentors and Protégés Having Their Say”; a partner representatives roundtable led by MentorNet President and CEO Carol Muller ends the series. The conference has three full days of workshops and presentations on a variety of subjects. To learn more, go to www.engr.utexas.edu/wep/wepan2004.
Discount for Partner Campuses
Penn State, Cambridge University, Colorado School of Mines, Southern Polytechnic State University, and the University of Texas, Arlington are among the schools that have already taken advantage of MentorNet’s 10 percent discount for joining or renewing as campus partners. It’s not too late! Pay your fee by July 15, and you’ll get the discount. To learn more, go to www.mentornet.net/campuses, or renew at www.mentornet.net/partners/signin.aspx.
MentorNet Appearances
May 13: Alliance for Women in Technology: MentorNet CEO and President Carol Muller will speak on the panel "Rising to Lead." Phoenix, AZ