Professional and personal growth
The Center supports both 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
- For mentors and mentees
- Additional resources for new faculty
- Grant writing workshops
- CMU faculty dual-career assistance
- CMU faculty parental leave policy
- CMU family & child care 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