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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b style="font-size: 14px; "><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(54, 139, 205); ">Invitation to women faculty in STEM to participate in the ARN fall 2015 E-Mentoring Network</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">We hope you will join us as a mentor or mentee in the ARN E Mentoring Network session starting this fall!
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">What is ARN?
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">In 2014, the Center for ADVANCING UH Faculty Success at the University of Houston (UH) initiated the ADVANCE Regional Network (ARN), a consortium
of </span><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">ADVANCE</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> institutions in Texas that includes:
Texas A&M, Prairie View A&M, Rice University, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (formerly UT Pan American), and UH.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">What is the E Mentoring Network?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ARN partners developed the
<i>E-Mentoring Network,</i> a unique, on-line, multi-campus, mentoring network for women STEM tenure-track and tenured faculty. The
<i>ARN E-Mentoring Network</i> was successfully beta-tested in early 2015, and the
<b>inaugural full session will launch in September. </b> (Please note: participants in the pilot program may continue with their mentee/mentor for the fall session.)
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red; ">How do I sign up?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Go to
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://arn.mentornet.org/login"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">https://arn.mentornet.org/login</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The quick sign-up includes 13 multi-choice profile questions; a short biographical statement, which should be accessible to
a general university audience; and your “mentoring aspiration,” a brief personal statement of why you would like to be a mentor or mentee. (Preparing your bio and aspiration before you go online to join will speed up the process.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Deadline for signing up is August 31, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Where is the ARN E-Mentoring Network hosted?
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ARN E-Mentoring Network is hosted by MentorNet, a division of Great Minds in STEM. The MentorNet platform is a secure, online, social network
specifically designed for mentoring. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">How am I matched with a mentor or mentee?<br></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Mentoring is one-on-one. Mentors and mentees are matched on answers to profile questions.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">A mentee is presented with recommended mentors who are faculty at participating institutions except their own. The mentee
then selects a mentor and sends a personal invitation.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">What topics will mentors and mentees talk about?<br></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Pairs receive weekly discussion topics designed to address the mentee’s concerns and support her career advancement. Topics help to start conversations that lead to meaningful interactions.
Pairs choose how to communicate – email, video, phone, text – whatever works for them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">How long is the fall session?<br></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Each full mentoring session lasts for one academic semester. Mentor-mentee pairs communicate confidentially for about 20 minutes per week during their mentorship, but their relationships
can last a lifetime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">What if my mentor/mentee doesn’t work out?<br></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">No problem! You are free to try someone else.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">How is the ARN E-Mentoring Network funded?<br></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ARN E-Mentoring Network is funded by the University of Houston’s Center for ADVANCING UH Faculty Success in support of the NSF ADVANCE’s goal to increase the representation and success
of women STEM faculty, particularly women of color.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Reminder: deadline to sign up is August 31, 2015!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">For more information, please contact Lisa Robertson at
</span><a href="mailto:lcrobertson@uh.edu/"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">lcrobertson@uh.edu/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> 713 743 4210.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; ">Lisa Robertson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; ">Managing Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; ">Center for ADVANCING UH Faculty Success<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; ">University of Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; ">(713) 743-4210<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><a href="mailto:lcrobertson@uh.edu">lcrobertson@uh.edu</a>
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