New Faculty Resources
New Faculty Mentor Program
The Teaching and Learning Center is committed to providing a supportive community for all new faculty members at Northern Arizona University. Each new faculty member requesting a mentor is paired with an experienced faculty member who shares their interests (usually from a different discipline).
Purposeful, mutually enriching matches are made between new faculty requesting mentoring and their experienced faculty mentors at the beginning of the fall semester or as requested during the year. The New Faculty Mentor Program addresses these major goals:
- To promote an ongoing sense of community for faculty at NAU
- To invite feelings of collegiality and shared opportunities
- To assist new faculty in understanding the university culture
- To offer support in the development of productive teaching and research agendas
- To create opportunities for maintaining a broad network of professional colleagues
Mentor dyads/triads will:
- Commit to the program for one academic year
- Meet regularly (monthly) throughout the academic year
- Provide an evaluation of the program
We hope this mentoring program is rewarding for both the mentor and the mentee and will complement already existing mentor programs within the new faculty member’s home department. Mentor/Mentee matches are made by mid-September. You can expect to be contacted with your match by email at that time.
You will need to use your NAU login to access the application.