Professional and personal growth
The Center supports professional development and work-life balance activities for all College of Engineering faculty members, including sessions for mentors and mentees, workshops on professional network building, research grant writing, social events, and family-friendly resources.
Resources
- Grant writing workshops
- CMU faculty dual-career assistance
- CMU faculty parental leave policy
- CMU family & childcare resources
- CMU lactation rooms
- CMU Carelink
- Social event for junior faculty
- Spring social event for faculty
Reading
- Survive and Thrive: A Guide for the Untenured Faculty by Wendy C. Crone
- On Being a Mentor: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty by Brad W. Johnson
- The Academic's Handbook by A. Leigh DeNeef
- Faculty Success through Mentoring; A Guide for Mentors, Mentees, and Leaders (The ACE Series on Higher Education) by Carole J. Bland
- At The Helm: A Laboratory Navigator by Kathy Barker
- The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Imposter Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It by Valerie Young
For more information, please contact:
- Faculty Development Chair, Alan McGaughey, for mentoring, grant writing resources, and social events
- Associate Dean for Research, Burcu Akinci, for grant writing resources
- Family Friendly Policies liaison, Lorrie Cranor, for CMU Carelink