Mentoring Programs

Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend - This guide is intended for faculty members, teachers, administrators, and others who advise and mentor students of science and engineering. It attempts to summarize features that are common to successful mentoring relationships. Its goal is to encourage mentoring habits that are in the best interests of both parties to the relationship.
www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/mentor/

Base Camp Earth - Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the site offers information on virtual expeditions conducted.
basecampearth.org

Center for Gender Studies Student Internships - Center Internships emphasize undergraduate and graduate student training through particpation in researching and exploring the ways societies shape and define expectations for women and men.
www.runet.edu/~gstudies/students/associates/students.htm

Eyes to the Future - A web-based mentoring program connecting middle-school girls with high-school girls and adult women who are active in math and science.
www.terc.edu/etf/

Geological Society of America Geology Mentor Programs - Outreach programs designed to facilitate mentoring relationships between professional geologists (applied geology, hydrogeology, and public policy) and university students.
www.geosociety.org/science/

Girlstart - With a festive and colorful interface, Girlstart encourages girls to think about careers in Computer Science and Technology. Some features include an introduction to making webpages, interviews with women who own their own tech companies, and a showcase of art done by girls.
www.girlstart.com/index.asp

Grand Rapids Pre-College Engineering Program - Mission: To help meet the need for well-trained engineers and scientists for businesses of West Michigan and to increase the number of historically under-represented populations in these career fields.
services.davenport.edu/grapcep/

Guide for Science Mentoring - Association for Women in Science produced this paper and annotated links and references.
www.serve.com/awis/mentoring.html

HighTech Women - HighTech Women is an on-line and off-line meeting and mentoring place for women in technology and technology related sectors
www.hightech-women.com

International Mentoring Network Organization (IMNO) - An open mentoring network where mentors help mentees with articles and discussions to achieve their potential professionally.
www.imno.org

Learning Leaders - A nonprofit organization, recruits, screens, trains and supports volunteers who provide one-on-one and small group instructional support and other services to New York City public school students.
www.learningleaders.org

Webgrrls - Webgrrls is a networking and mentoring forum for women in or interested in new media or technology. Their membership organization has chapters in the US and other countries.
www.webgrrls.com/

The Young Scientist Program - Washington University School of Medicine outreach program for students.
medicine.wustl.edu/~ysp/