Undergraduate Mentorship Guide for Community-Building released
We are excited to announce that the Equity & Inclusion Committee has released the “Undergraduate Mentorship Guide for Community-Building”, which is now available on the SAFS DEI webpage! The guide is designed to help undergraduate students and their mentors navigate the mentoring relationship and achieve success.
This mentorship guide is intended primarily for undergraduate students (mentees) and for graduate students, postdocs, and staff, (who may serve as mentors) at SAFS. This mentor relationship plays an important role in community-building and can help support SAFS undergrads.
The main goal of the guide is to encourage community-building within all of SAFS, so that undergrads can find answers to any questions they may have about their education and opportunities at the UW as well as in their future careers. Inside the guide, the section for mentees includes potential topics for mentorship, tips for finding a mentor, and how to set expectations and boundaries. The section for mentors explores mentoring dynamics and roles, phases in a mentoring partnership, and listening techniques.
Mentorship is a critical component of student success and sense of belonging, and we hope that this new guide will be a valuable tool for all of our students and their mentors.
A special thanks to Jenn Gosselin for contributing the bulk of the work on this guide! If you have questions or feedback, you can contact the SAFS EI committee at safsincl@uw.edu. We look forward to hearing how the Undergraduate Mentorship Guide has helped you in your mentorship journey!