cistalk - Fw: CHAIRS: Invitation to Spring 2024 Tow Mentoring and Research Program for faculty and students - additional benefit
Prof. Yedidyah Langsam
Professor Yedidyah Langsam
Chairman, Department of Computer and Information Science
Past Chairman, Faculty Council
Brooklyn College of CUNY
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Dear Chairs,
I’m writing to request your assistance with recruiting faculty/student pairs for the Tow Mentoring and Research Program. Can you please share the information below with your faculty? They have received it already, but your encouragement helps.
Also, I’d like to emphasize that this opportunity is open to students at all stages of their academic careers. We are especially interested in having students in their first and second years apply. For departments that require capstone projects for seniors, an experience like this prior to the senior year can provide students with the confidence and skills they need to succeed. So please, encourage your faculty to identify a first or second year student who shows promise.
Many thanks!
Tammy
Subject: Invitation to Spring 2024 Tow Mentoring and Research Program for faculty and students - additional benefit
Dear Faculty,
Do you remember that moment in your undergraduate experience when you changed the way you saw yourself and your potential? Do you remember the professor(s) who helped transform your worldview and inspire a new vision for who you could be? Brooklyn College seeks to facilitate these sorts of transformative experiences for our students. The Tow Mentoring and Research Program creates opportunities for students to interact with faculty and engage in individual research. Studies show that engaging in research enhances students’ success in college.
This is the fourth semester we are facilitating the Tow Mentoring and Research Program. The main component of the program is a partnership between a faculty member (mentor) and an undergraduate student (mentee). Faculty mentors incorporate student mentees into their own research projects while guiding students in conducting related, independent research. The partnership enables students to produce more sophisticated and rigorous research than most undergraduate students ever have the chance to achieve. In addition to the research experience, the Program provides additional training to students to help them succeed in their academic careers. We provide workshops on time management, presenting research at conferences, applying to graduate schools, acquiring competitive jobs and internships, and securing prestigious grants and awards.
This semester we have an additional benefit to faculty participating in the Tow Mentoring and Research Program. Faculty mentors will receive four hours of formal training (one hour on-line and three hours in person) and receive mentor certification through the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER). CIMER training is “theoretically-grounded, evidenced based, and culturally responsive training.” Faculty can add the certification to their Brooklyn College CV and to their Annual Conference materials as evidence of student mentoring. The training will benefit your Spring 2024 mentee and future mentees.
Do you know a student who shows promise? Who has untapped potential? Who would benefit from mentorship? We encourage you to invite them to apply with you.
The details:
Who: 25 faculty-student mentor/mentee pairs
When: Spring 2024
Deadlines: Faculty indicate their interest on this form by November 13, 2023. Faculty identify students and the faculty-student pairs submit a brief application by December 1, 2023.
What will the pairs do?: Faculty-student mentor/research pairs will work on a research topic guided by the faculty member’s research agenda; students will conduct related, independent research, and pairs will meet at least weekly to assess progress on both research projects. Students will also participate in monthly workshops and smaller group meetings with their student cohort. Students will present their work in an end of semester conference. Most student meetings will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays during common hours (12:30pm – 2pm). Faculty will also receive formal mentor training and certification.
Expected outcomes: Faculty members will mentor students and help prepare them to present research at conferences, apply to graduate schools, acquire competitive jobs and internships, and secure prestigious grants and awards.
Support: Students will receive $1,500 research fellowships and faculty will receive a $1,000 stipend per semester of successful completion of the semester.
The Tow Mentoring and Research Program sets an ambitious standard for achievement among our undergraduate students. We look forward to working with you!
Sincerely,
Tammy L. Lewis, Ph.D.
Faculty Director of the Tow Mentoring Initiative
Zachary Paganini
Associate Director of the Tow Mentoring Initiative