KU Faculty Development Academies are day-long intensives, focused on a particular topic, giving faculty time to delve deep and develop a core capacity in a chosen area. Participants are welcome to register for as many dates as they’d like. Breakfast, lunch and snacks provided on each academies day.

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Join us for Day 2 of KU Faculty Development Academies Week - Academic Mentorship: Mentoring Graduate Students

Effective graduate student mentorship is a key indicator of important program outcomes: recruitment, retention, time to degree, completion, successful transition to their first destination, and publication. And whether it is reflected in national survey data or our own institutional data, both faculty and graduate students are asking for ideas, resources, and ways to improve the graduate mentoring process. While research studies have identified mentoring best practices that can inform and support faculty in meaningful ways, there are also key skills that provide a foundation for navigating the lifecycle of a mentoring relationship. Join our Academic Mentorship Academy as we introduce a model of graduate student mentorship that is grounded in nationally recognized evidence-based practices, and which will address core issues that frequently arise in graduate student mentoring, such as setting expectations, managing conflict, establishing effective communication structures, providing effective feedback, developing student resilience, and much more.   

Tuesday, May 20 from 9 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Kansas Union, Malott Room (6th floor)