WIT Mentorship Application Form

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Official application form for the Mentorship Program, sponsored by University of Minnesota Women in Technology. The program will run May 2024 to August 2024. Open to all genders.

Email *

Mentoring: What to Expect

Mentoring is a personal and professional development strategy through which one person facilitates the intentional development of another. The mentorship committee formalizes this process in a six month cohort in which you are matched into a mentor/mentee pair. There is something of value that can be learned from every relationship built.

- Your mentor or mentee won't necessarily have the same type of job you have (or job you want in the future)
- Mentors do not need to be older or have more experience than mentees.
- Mentor/mentee relationships can continue beyond the three month point if mutually agreeable by both parties.

A mentor is someone who is willing to listen, share their own experiences, and offer career-related advice for their mentee. The goal of this program is to help form and develop those relationships, but it is not our intent to provide training, job shadowing, or job placement with this program.

As a participant of this program, we recommend that you meet twice a month, via whatever communication style works best for you. At minimum, we ask that you commit to meeting at least twice a month to participate in this program. The Mentorship Committee will provide starting materials as well as periodic check-ins and support.

Name *

Phone Number *

Current Role or Job Title *

Time in Current Position

Department/Organization

Have you participated in this program before? *

Yes, as a mentor

Yes, as a mentee

Yes, as a mentor/mentee

No, but I've applied before

No, I've never participated

Preferred method of contact for your match: *

*Please note that your choices here do NOT restrict what format you choose to meet with your Mentor/Mentee! As a pair you can figure out what works best for both of you. Please choose *both* how you would like to have meetings (zoom, phone call, email) as well as how you would like to communicate logistics (email, text, zoom, ect)

Video Conference (Zoom, Google Meet, Discord, etc)

Phone call

Instant Message/Texting

Other:

Required

By signing up for this program, I commit to: *

We recommend that you meet with your mentor/mentee twice a month, but ask for a once per month commitment to be enrolled in the program.

Communicate with my Mentor/Mentee at least twice per month for the duration of the program.

Respond in a timely fashion to my mentor/mentee's communications

Keep private information confidential

Respect my mentor/mentee's time

Not hold WIT or UMN responsible for any matches that don't result in a successful mentoring relationship

Make my best effort to attend the Kickoff Meeting at 11am on May 24th, 2024 or contact wit-mentorship@umn.edu to arrange an alternative

Required

The Kickoff Meeting for this program is virtual on May 24th at 11am.

I have added it to my calendar and am able to attend OR I have reached out to wit-mentorship@umn.edu to arrange an alternative *

Yes

Maybe

Other:

Desired role in this program: *

Mentor

Mentee

Open to either one - wherever I'm needed

Both (being a Mentor and a Mentee)

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