Establishing a High-Impact Mentoring Program From the Ground Up Laura E. McGowan 1 and Perot Saelao 2 1 University of California, Davis, Department of Land Air & Water Resources, Atmospheric Science Graduate Group, Davis, CA email: [email protected] 2 University of California, Davis, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, GeneGcs Graduate Group, Davis, CA email: [email protected] Overview • Previous model of successful and compe22ve graduate student has changed considerably • Current landscape requires that graduate students have a greater breadth of experience in teaching, leadership, and mentoring in addi2on to their research • While graduate students have easy access to improving research skills, opportuni2es to gain experience in other areas cri2cal to professional development are lacking • Project addressed these issues by providing graduate students with training and educa2on in mentorship and program development • Project was implemented via two workshops Program Workshops I. Mentor an Undergraduate Student: Research Training and Mentorship Program (Image 1) • Established STEM Research Training & Mentorship Program • Matched graduate students in the STEM fields with second-year undergraduates to assist with ongoing research • Program has students spend one hour every two weeks to help an undergraduate mentee build research and analy2cal skills II. Mentoring Undergraduates for Graduate and Postdoctoral Students (Image 2) • Detailed how to create a mentor program within a department; including pairing mentors & mentees, funding, adver2sing, planning workshops, crea2ng a website, etc. • Advice from previous mentors on maximizing research rela2onship with undergraduate mentee Program Achievement • Part 1: Recruitment for the group spanned 7 unique graduate programs, and 7 different majors • Part 2: Total of 26 aSendees from 18 different departments Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge the program leaders Teresa Dillinger and JP Delplanque for the unique opportunity to implement our project, as well the support and provisions. We would also like to acknowledge our 2016-2017 PTFT cohort for their thoughVul discourse. And lastly we would like to give a special thanks to the Victoria White and the Undergraduate Research Center for their collaboraYon. Image 1. Top to boSom; flyer for the workshop and mentor par2cipants. Image 2. Top to boSom; Mentoring Undergraduates for Graduate and Postdoctoral Students workshop aSendees and event flyer. 4% 96% STEM 12% 88% Postdoctoral Student Graduate Student Program/Department Count Animal Science 3 Biomedical Engineering 3 BMCDB Graduate Group 1 Chemical Engineering 1 Chemistry 3 Civil & Environ. Engineering 1 Ecology/GGE 4 Entomology 1 Entomology and Nematology 1 Environmental Sciences 1 Geography 1 Hor2culture & Agronomy 1 LAWR 1 Linguis2cs 1 Microbiology Graduate Group 1 MS-L 1 Plant Biology 1 Plant Pathology 1 e) Image 3. a) Distribu2on of graduate students who joined the mentoring program (Part 1), b) major distribu2on of undergraduates in the program (Part 1), c) table lis2ng the department of aSendees (Part 2), d) pie chart showing the percent of aSendees from STEM and Humani2es (Part 2), and e) pie chart of percent of aSendees that were graduate students and postdoctoral students (Part 2). a) b) d) c) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Graduate Student Major DistribuYon Animal Biology Cell Biology Gene2cs ane Genomics Computer Science Economics Chemistry 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Undergraduate Major DistribuYon Environmental Science and Management Gene2cs and Genomics Pharmaceu2cal Chemistry Cell Biology Biomedical Engineering Sta2s2cs Microbiology Social Sciences

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EstablishingaHigh-ImpactMentoringProgramFromtheGroundUp

LauraE.McGowan1andPerotSaelao21UniversityofCalifornia,Davis,DepartmentofLandAir&WaterResources,AtmosphericScienceGraduateGroup,Davis,CA

email:[email protected],Davis,CollegeofAgricultureandEnvironmentalScience,GeneGcsGraduateGroup,Davis,CA

email:[email protected]

Overview•  Previousmodelofsuccessfulandcompe22ve

graduatestudenthaschangedconsiderably•  Current landscape requires that graduate

studentshaveagreaterbreadthofexperiencein teaching, leadership, and mentoring inaddi2ontotheirresearch

•  While graduate students have easy access toimproving research skills, opportuni2es togain experience in other areas cri2cal toprofessionaldevelopmentarelacking

•  Project addressed these issues by providinggraduatestudentswithtrainingandeduca2oninmentorshipandprogramdevelopment

•  Projectwasimplementedviatwoworkshops

ProgramWorkshopsI.   MentoranUndergraduateStudent:ResearchTrainingandMentorship

Program(Image1)•  EstablishedSTEMResearchTraining&MentorshipProgram•  Matchedgraduate students in theSTEMfieldswith second-year

undergraduatestoassistwithongoingresearch•  Programhasstudentsspendonehoureverytwoweekstohelpan

undergraduatementeebuildresearchandanaly2calskills

II.   MentoringUndergraduatesforGraduateandPostdoctoralStudents(Image2)

•  Detailedhow to createamentorprogramwithinadepartment;including pairing mentors & mentees, funding, adver2sing,planningworkshops,crea2ngawebsite,etc.

•  Advice from previous mentors on maximizing researchrela2onshipwithundergraduatementee

ProgramAchievement•  Part1:Recruitment for thegroupspanned7unique

graduateprograms,and7differentmajors•  Part 2: Total of 26 aSendees from 18 different

departments

AcknowledgmentsWewouldliketoacknowledgetheprogramleadersTeresaDillingerandJPDelplanquefortheuniqueopportunitytoimplementourproject,aswellthesupportandprovisions.Wewouldalso liketoacknowledgeour2016-2017PTFTcohort fortheir thoughVuldiscourse.And lastlywewould liketogiveaspecial thankstotheVictoriaWhiteandtheUndergraduateResearchCenterfortheircollaboraYon.

Image1.ToptoboSom;flyerfortheworkshopandmentorpar2cipants.

Image2.ToptoboSom;MentoringUndergraduatesforGraduateandPostdoctoralStudentsworkshopaSendeesandeventflyer.

96%

Humani2es

STEM

12%

88%

PostdoctoralStudent

GraduateStudent

Program/Department CountAnimalScience 3BiomedicalEngineering 3BMCDBGraduateGroup 1ChemicalEngineering 1Chemistry 3Civil&Environ.Engineering 1Ecology/GGE 4Entomology 1EntomologyandNematology 1EnvironmentalSciences 1Geography 1Hor2culture&Agronomy 1LAWR 1Linguis2cs 1MicrobiologyGraduateGroup 1MS-L 1PlantBiology 1PlantPathology 1

Image 3. a) Distribu2on of graduate students who joined thementoringprogram(Part1),b)majordistribu2onofundergraduatesintheprogram(Part1),c)tablelis2ngthedepartmentofaSendees(Part 2), d) pie chart showing the percent of aSendees from STEMandHumani2es(Part2),ande)piechartofpercentofaSendeesthatweregraduatestudentsandpostdoctoralstudents(Part2).

a) b)

d)c)

GraduateStudentMajorDistribuYon

AnimalBiology

CellBiology

Gene2csaneGenomics

ComputerScience

Economics

Chemistry

UndergraduateMajorDistribuYon

EnvironmentalScienceandManagement

Gene2csandGenomics