E-mentoring opportunity - just 20 minutes per week

The MentorNet One-on-One Mentoring Programs are a chance to make a big difference in the life of a student with as few as 1 or 2 emails/month.

MentorNet seeks science and engineering professionals in industry and government, either currently active, on leave, or retired, to mentor engineering and science community college, undergraduate, and graduate
students, particularly women, who are interested in pursuing a professional future in the male-dominated fields of engineering and science.

Mentors are especially needed in the biological sciences and bio-engineering fields.

Though mentors volunteer their time to benefit the protege, they can also find a rewarding experience for themselves.  "I hope [my student] is getting as much out of it as I am," is how one MentorNet mentor puts it. Well over 90% of participants would recommend MentorNet's e-mentoring programs to a friend or colleague.

Mentoring relationships last 8 months. Because mentors and students communicate entirely by email, they can communicate wherever and whenever they choose. MentorNet's research-based programs have proven effective by providing "real world" information, encouragement, advice, and access to networks for students, and particularly for women.  "My mentor always gives me the encouragement that I need," says one MentorNet student.  "Sometimes those few words make a big difference to me."   

How can you volunteer to be a mentor?
1) Join the MentorNet Community (http://www.mentornet.net/join)
2) Follow the One-on-One Mentoring Programs links to create a mentor profile.

Since 1998, MentorNet has matched more than 16,000 proteges and mentors with strong results.  We hope you will join them!

For more information, please go to www.MentorNet.net

MentorNet's sponsors include 3M Foundation, Alcoa Foundation, Agilent Technologies, Argonne National Laboratory, Bechtel Foundation, Cisco Systems, GE Global Research, Google, Guidant Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corporation, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Science Foundation, Naval Research Laboratory, NVIDIA, Sandia National Laboratories, SAP, Schlumberger, S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, Symantec, and Texas Instruments.