Mentorship & Networking Initiative Event

ADVANCE Interactive Workshop: Best Practices in New Faculty Mentoring

In this interactive workshop faculty members learned about the benefits of instituting programs like the UC Davis ADVANCE LAUNCH program and how to create a similar program in their college or school. They also learned about resources available to all UCD faculty members through UC Davis’ institutional membership with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity as well as information on their 12-week Faculty Success Program.

• Heard about experiences of new faculty members who benefited from LAUNCH committees and LAUNCH committee members who served on committees and provided guidance to new faculty members
• Discussed best practices for mentoring faculty
• Developed questions to address for new faculty as they come on board
• Completed a mentoring map tool as a personalized mentoring network guide