Mentoring Workshops
The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Training and Development in The Graduate School is excited to offer quarterly “Mentoring Up + Down” workshops for PhD students in all disciplines who would like to learn best practices to help them establish effective and productive mentoring relationships with their mentors (“mentoring up”) and with their mentees (“mentoring down”). This three-part training is based on the “Entering Mentoring” curriculum developed by the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Participants who complete all three sessions are eligible to receive a certificate from the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Training and Development.
The workshop schedule for Spring Quarter 2024 is posted below. If you have any additional questions, please reach out to Aubrey Korneta (aubrey.korneta@northwestern.edu).
Click here to register for the following Spring Quarter 2024 workshops. All sessions will be held in person at TGS Commons.
- Session 1: Maintaining Communication and Aligning Expectations
Monday, May 6, 2024, 12-2 PM - Session 2: Enacting Equity and Inclusion
Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 12-2 PM - Session 3: Building Self-Efficacy & Developing Professionally
Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 12-2 PM
Full Mentoring Workshop Series Schedule
This workshop series will run quarterly, alternating modalities and campuses.
Quarter |
Location |
Modality |
| Fall | Chicago | In person |
| Winter | Remote | Via Zoom |
| Spring | Evanston | In person |
| Summer (incoming PhD students only) | Remote | Via Zoom |
Faculty Mentoring Training Program
The Office of the Provost, The Graduate School, and the Center for Leadership offer the Northwestern Faculty Mentoring Training Program for faculty. Based on the Provost’s Foundational Principles of Mentoring Practice and nationally recognized best practices for the mentoring of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, the training includes small group work, case studies, short lecture-style learning, and guidance to help faculty be intentional and confident in their mentoring abilities.
The NIH and Northwestern strongly suggest that faculty appointed to T32 and other training grants participate in faculty mentoring training. To fulfill these requirements, Northwestern has created a series of evidence-based modules which can be taken over the span of two years. Completion of all four modules within two years constitutes successful completion of the faculty mentoring training. This training is open to all STEM faculty, including those not appointed to training grants.
The Faculty Mentoring Training Program (STEM) will be offered in four modules. Register online for one or more of the sessions.