Peer mentoring has positive effects on productivity, collaboration, and academic success. In EMPOWER’s last get-together of the Fall semester, trainees gathered for breakfast at the Goldstein Alumni & Faculty Center to discuss mentoring. Dr. Tara Kahan, EMPOWER faculty member and Assistant Professor of Chemistry, spoke about her experiences with a peer mentoring group. Trainees additionally had the opportunity to discuss varied aspects of the peer mentoring relationship and consider different definitions of mentoring. By identifying their own goals in graduate school and beyond, trainees created their own “mentoring maps” and set goals for enhancing their professional network.

For more information about mentoring maps, please see The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity at http://www.facultydiversity.org/.