With more than 100 new employees joining UC ANR in the past year, there is an extremely high demand for mentors in the fifth annual ANR Mentorship Program.
ANR Learning & Development is seeking volunteers – both staff and academics – for the nine-month program, which begins in late February and runs through November. Volunteers will help foster personal and professional growth by mentoring a new staff or academic employee.
While mentors listen to and share knowledge and insights with their mentees, they also report that they learn a lot about themselves during the process, said Jodi Azulai, Learning & Development coordinator. Learn more about what it means to be a mentor.
Mentors are asked to commit to an online orientation, monthly phone/video call check-ins with mentees, and three in-person group sessions.
Apply at https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=25208.
Note that employees who have previously served as a mentor, and who would like to volunteer again, do not need to fill out the survey. Email Azulai at jlazulai@ucanr.edu to express your interest for the coming year.
If selected as a mentor in the 2023 program, you will be contacted by Learning & Development on next steps. Please reach out to Azulai at jlazulai@ucanr.edu if you have questions.