The faculty mentor’s primary interaction is with the peer mentors in the GSMP. Faculty mentors offer valuable guidance to peer mentors concerning their mentorship of first-year mentees. Peer mentors may seek guidance about advising mentees through situations the peer mentor has never experienced. They also act as an additional point of professional contact for the first-year mentees. Rather than supplementing the Graduate Advisor’s role, the GSMP faculty mentor provides advice about how to engage in the professional environment of the academy. Faculty mentors may discuss topics such as how a mentee can approach his/her professor with a concern or how a mentee can prioritize the tasks they are asked to perform.

We realize that faculty are busy, so we try to keep their obligations to the program minimal. We ask that they: