Mentoring Resources

Through years of work with many faculty mentors and undergraduate student interns, the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program has developed a short guide to help mentors in the program prepare for the arrival of their students. This guide takes a broad look at the mentor/mentee relationship and encourage metors to take six actions to ensure that they and their undergraduate intern have a educational and productive summer together. The actions are listed below but explained fully in the guide.

1. Prepare
2. Make them feel welcome
3. Develop a plan for regular check-ins
4. Don’t assume prior knowledge of anything
5. Be the boss when you have to
6. Be a MENTOR!

Read the full guide here: "6 Steps that you can take to ensure that you and and your intern, have a great productive summer!"

Other useful mentoring resources

• Mentoring manual for Faculty and Grad students & Post Docs from the Institute for Broadening Participation.
• Article: How to Mentor REU Students (a students perspective), from the Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly.
• Article: The Qualities and Impacts of a Great Mentor, from ESA Bulletin 2013.