Mentoring Program Newsletter Archive: October 2005

Meet Diane Collins

Diane CollinsDiane Collins, college and alumni relations assistant in the College of Health and Human Development, is assuming the role of Mentoring Program Coordinator. Diane’s tasks include recruiting mentors and protégés, assisting the academic units of the College with planning their Mentoring Dinners and Workshops (see below for dates), and handling day-to-day administrative tasks associated with the Program. Diane is happy to answer your questions about the program and provide other advice or assistance to mentors and protégés.

This is not Diane’s first time working in the College of Health and Human Development. She was a staff assistant in the Office of Alumni and College Relations from 2001 to 2003, and then joined the College of Agricultural Sciences as a Program Assistant. In early 2005, we asked her to re-join the College. She is a tremendous asset to our office! Diane can be reached at (814) 865-3831 or dvc1@psu.edu.

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Mark Your Calendars

2006 Mentoring Dinner and Workshop for new and continuing mentors and protégés!
Based on feedback from alumni currently participating in the Mentoring Program, each academic unit in the College will be hosting its own dinner and workshop this winter. This will allow alumni and students to interact with other alumni, students and faculty from their particular major. It also provides an opportunity for each academic unit to tailor the Mentoring Program to meet the needs and interests of its students and alumni. Although each dinner will be held in a separate room at the Nittany Lion Inn, academic units will continue to be grouped, with three dinners taking place on each of three dates, as follows:

Saturday, January 28, 2006 (please note that this is a Saturday, not a Friday)

Friday, February 3, 2006

Friday, February 10, 2006

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Your Questions about the Mentoring Program Answered!

Who attends the dinners and workshops?
The dinners and workshops are for both the “new” class of mentors and protégés who enrolling this fall, as well as mentors and protégés who entered the program in winter 2005 (or in a previous year if the protégé is still enrolled at Penn State).

Who is required to attend the dinner?
Only the “new” class of mentors and protégés (those who are enrolling this fall) are required to attend. Mentors and protégés who entered the program in winter 2004 or winter 2005 are strongly encouraged, but not required, to attend the 2006 dinner and workshop.

How long is my “term” as a mentor?
Mentors remain in the program until their protégé graduates. When your protégé graduates, you will receive a letter and evaluation form from the HHD Office of Alumni Relations inviting you to re-enroll in the program for the coming year. If your protégé has not graduated or will not graduate as of December 2005, then you will not be paired with a new student this fall. The exception to this is if your protégé has not been actively involved in the program. If this is the case, then please notify the Mentoring Program Coordinator, Diane Collins, at dvc1@psu.edu. A letter will then be sent to your protégé asking whether he/she wishes to remain in the program and outlining the terms under which the protégé can remain paired with his/her mentor. If the protégé does not respond to the letter, or if the protégé indicates that he/she is unwilling to remain in the program, then the mentor will be matched with a new protégé for the coming year.

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Topics of the Month

For protégés to ask mentors: Ask your mentor for help designing a resume or for interviewing tips!

For mentors to ask protégés: In what activities are you participating this semester? Have you participated in them before or is this a “new” activity?

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Featured Photos

Mentors and Students
Mentors David Cantando (’74 FS HA) and Craig Jackman (’81 IFS).
Mentors and Students
Andrea DePiro (’03 KINES) and her protégé, Diana Bruch.

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Helpful Links:

Daily Collegian: http://www.collegian.psu.edu/

Penn State Newswires (subscribe): http://newswires.psu.edu/ 

College of Health and Human Development Homepage: www.hhdev.psu.edu

Penn State Live (daily news from Penn State): http://live.psu.edu/

Penn State Alumni Association Homepage: www.alumni.psu.edu

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