Power Lunch: Undergraduate Research Mentoring
Jed Lyons, Faculty Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 12:15-1:45p.m.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Room L511
Description
Are you interested in becoming a better research mentor? Do you have questions you would like answered or mentoring strategies to share? If yes, please participate in this session to discuss how to efficiently and effectively mentor undergraduate students in research settings. Topics will include expectations, communication, understanding, independence, diversity and ethics. This session will include sharing of best practices, review of selected case studies, and interactive discussions. Everyone can be a good mentor, but it may come more naturally to some than others. Mentoring does include learnable skills that can have a huge impact on the overall experience and the productivity of both you and the student you mentor. Experienced, new, and prospective mentors are encouraged to attend. A light lunch will be provided.
Registration is required to participate in this Power Lunch. Please register by Friday, April 6, 2012 online below, by email cte@sc.edu, or by phone 803-777-8322.
About the Facilitator
Dr. Jed Lyons is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Lyons is the recipient of USC’s Michael J. Mungo Teaching Award, Joseph Biedenbach Distinguished Service Award, and Samuel Litman Distinguished Professor Award. Since joining the University in 1990, he has mentored about 200 undergraduate and graduate research assistants.