The Future GRADS MentorSHPE Program facilitates one-to-one mentoring relationships that connect graduate school applicants with mentors to guide them through the application process. Mentees will receive guidance on the application process from those who have experienced the process themselves.
Meetings and tasks are designed to help mentees navigate the graduate school application process. Mentors will give guidance on tasks such as GRE preparation, securing solid recommendations, completing your CV and personal statement, evaluating programs you plan to apply to, networking opportunities to learn more about graduate programs, and more!
Mentee Requirements:
- To be eligible for the FGM program, you must be an active SHPE member. You can learn more about joining here . There is no cost to eligible members for this program.
- You must be applying for graduate school for a Fall of 2024 or Fall 2025 start date
- You must fill out a membership application form by September 6th
- Training & Kickoff Event on Sept 11 th at 7pm EST is required – mentor connections will be released after the training event
- Ability to meet weekly with your mentor for the fall semester based on both of your schedules
Fall 2024 Schedule
Dates
Mentor Applications open: Aug18th – September 3rd
Mentee Applications open: Aug 18th – Sept 6th
Mentor Connections Released: Sept 11th
Mentor Training: Sept 5th @ 6:30pm EST
Mentee Training & Kickoff: September 11th @ 7pm EST
Connections Timeline: September 11th – November 17th
FAQs
For this program we will match you with a mentor. We will review your application and the applications of the mentor to find you a match that as closely as possible aligns with your future goals.
Mentees are expected to attend the kickoff training on Sept 11th at 7pm EST and engage with their mentor through 11/17/23. Most of this interaction will take place via email and other web-related tools (for example, instant messaging) or face-to-face, as appropriate. Mentors will work with their mentee on reviewing application documents, answering questions on the application process and meeting with the mentee to discuss their progress.
Mentees can also choose to remain involved in the spring semester with mock interviews. More information about that activity will be shared near the end of the fall semester.
For this program, the mentor relationship is scheduled to take place Sept 11-Nov 17, 2023.
We encourage letting the mentor know about the situation and contacting a program administrator as soon as possible. We will provide our full support to resolve the situation in a positive and satisfactory manner.
Become an FGM Mentor
We invite anyone who has successfully gone through the graduate school application process themselves to serve as a mentor. Assistant, associate, and full professors, as well as teaching professors, adjuncts, professionals or current graduate students are all invited to apply!
Mentors are matched one-on-one with a mentee. SHPE will offer ongoing support and development for mentors with an orientation introducing the FGM model, best mentoring practices, and more.
We anticipate a time commitment of 10-15 hours over a period over the fall semester.
- One hour orientation meeting
- One hour kick off meeting
- At least 7 one-hour meetings with mentee
- One hour debrief at the end of the program
There is a $500 honorarium for mentors.