Supporting Graduate Students' Academic and Professional Success
GSMP Mentees
The primary role of the GSMP mentee is to engage in the mentoring network created for first-year mentees. This means a mentee should make every effort to remain open to engaging in conversations about topics the mentee and mentor feel are important. Faculty, postdocs, and peer mentors are here to help direct mentees toward campus resources. We expect this experience to be as valuable for the mentors as it is for the mentees.
GSMP Mentees must:
Maintain good academic standing
Communicate with their mentoring cluster or peer mentor once per week
Meet with faculty mentors and postdoc mentors once per quarter
Attend one wellness or mental health event and one professional development or professional communication event per quarter
Submit a quarterly reflection form.
If at any time a mentee feels they are struggling with issues with which the peer mentor has no experience, we suggest that they:
- Contact other peer mentors who may have valuable advice concerning the particular situation,
- Contact the faculty or postdoc mentor of the cluster for help responding to the situation, or
- Contact the GSMP Specialist, or the GradSuccess Director, for help with the situation.