Faculty Mentor Responsibilities

Fall and Spring Responsibilities

• Meet with scholar at least twice monthly (sign summaries for submission to program office)
• During the second week of each semester, meet with scholar to assess needs
• Monitor scholar academic progress and report concerns to program office
• Identify scholar skill deficits and address and report to program office
• Identify barriers to student success and report to program office
• Assist scholar with completion of Qualification Profile
• Assist scholar with creation of Individual Progress Plan (update each semester)
• Assist on advising, registration and recommended tutoring
• Recommend workshops tailored to scholar needs
• Review and edit scholar personal statement
• Suggest graduate programs and guide the review of programs
• Assist scholar in application process

Summer Responsibilities

• Recommend prerequisite skills and course work
• Complete the faculty research mentor/scholar commitment agreement
• Compile reading list
• Meet with scholar before summer session
• Attend faculty research mentor training session
• Meet and work with scholar daily (M-Th) during the eight-week session
• Discuss and ensure scholar grasp of background and supporting literature
• Assist in the identification of a research problem/topic of appropriate scope
• Assist in the development of student research proposal
• Assist in the design of research method/protocol
• Assure appropriate and necessary ethics and HS-IRB/IACUC compliance and approval
• Guide data collection and analysis
• Guide and review for revision final scholar research paper
• Assist in scholar creation of research presentation
• Attend McNair Scholars Research Symposium