About the University of Iowa Mentoring Resources Web Site
The idea for this website began as a project of the Programming Committee of the UI Women’s Resource and Action Center (WRAC). In December 2003, the WRAC Programming Committee convened a campus-wide meeting to discuss mentoring on the UI campus. Approximately 50 people attended the meeting and several projects found their beginning there, including the idea of a centralized web portal on mentoring.
The website is the result of the vision and efforts of the UI Mentoring Website Committee. The members of the Mentoring Website Committee were:
- Diana Davies, International Programs and member of original WRAC Programming Committee
- Penny Rembolt, Office of Student Affairs and Curriculum, Carver College of Medicine, and member of original WRAC Programming Committee
- Mary Mathew Wilson, Civic Engagement Program
- Jennifer Joslin, Academic Advising Center
- Dorothy Simpson-Taylor, Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity
- Diane Finnerty, Office of the Provost
Additionally, the UI Mentoring Task Force Final Report includes an extensive review of mentoring at The University of Iowa, and a review, discussion and analysis of the literature regarding faculty mentoring. The Report concludes with several recommendations, among them the development of a centralized web site/clearinghouse. The members of the UI Mentoring Task Force Committee are:
- Usha Mallik, Physics and Astronomy, Co-Chair
- Susan R. Johnson, Associate Provost for Faculty, Co-Chair
- Thomas Casavant, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Ophthalmology
- Catherine Cole, Marketing
- Marcus Haack, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
- Pamela Geyer, Biochemistry
- Michael Lovaglia, Sociology
- David Manderscheid, Mathematics
- Nancy Rosenthal, Pathology
- Steven Ungar, Cinema and Comparative Literature, and French & Italian
- Rachel Williams, Art Education
Questions about this web site:
- If you would like to suggest an organization or resource for this site, or if you find a nonfunctional link, please e-mail us at mentoring@uiowa.edu.