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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><unitheads-cales-request@list.arizona.edu> on behalf of "Mclain, Jean - (mclainj)" <mclainj@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"Mclain, Jean - (mclainj)" <mclainj@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 9:47 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"unitheads-cales@list.arizona.edu" <unitheads-cales@list.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[unitheads-cales] FW: MENTOR Institute Certified Unit Information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Vice Provost’s office has put a lot of effort into developing a MENTOR Institute – which is now up and going and, from what I gather, is very popular. Some of your faculty may be involved in this.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Below is a new opportunity to have your unit certified by the MENTOR Institute. Such certification could actually be a marketing tool in attracting new faculty and students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The link to the MENTOR Institute website and other information is below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jeannie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#002060;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Jean E. McLain, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#002060;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement, College of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Sciences</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#002060;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Research Specialist, Department of Environmental Science</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#002060;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">University of Arizona, Tucson</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#002060;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">(520) 621-4084 [DIRECT LINE]</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#002060;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">(520) 404-8793 [MOBILE]</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> aadv_fa-leads-request@list.arizona.edu <aadv_fa-leads-request@list.arizona.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chandler, Tara O - (chandlet)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 12, 2024 2:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> aadv_fa-leads@list.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [aadv_fa-leads] MENTOR Institute Certified Unit Information<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please see below for a communication regarding the newly announced MENTOR Institute Unit Certification. Please distribute as you see fit. I've also attached a flyer that can be used for distribution.
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<span style="color:black">Please let me know if you have any questions!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;background:white;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:black">We are pleased to let you know about a new opportunity to have your unit certified by the MENTOR Institute to demonstrate your unit’s commitment to best practices
in mentoring. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:black;background:white">The MENTOR Institute Certified Unit is a certification given to a department, school, division, or unit within the university in which any combination of
<b>75% of the full-time faculty and graduate students</b> who comprise the unit have completed both the
</span><span style="color:black;background:#E1E3E6"><a href="https://arizona.sabacloud.com/Saba/Web_spf/NA7P1PRD161/app/me/ledetail;spf-url=common%2Flearningeventdetail%2Fcurra000000000003461%3Freferrer%3Dtrue%3Freferrer%3Dtrue" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">Level
1 Online Training</span></a></span><span style="color:black;background:white"> and
</span><span style="color:black;background:#E1E3E6"><a href="https://arizona.sabacloud.com/Saba/Web_spf/NA7P1PRD161/app/me/learningeventdetail/cours000000000017958;spf-url=common%2Fledetail%2Fcours000000000017958" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">Level
2 Synchronous training</span></a></span><span style="color:black;background:white">, developed by the University of Arizona
</span><span style="color:black;background:#E1E3E6"><a href="https://facultyaffairs.arizona.edu/mentor-institute" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">MENTOR Institute</span></a></span><span style="color:black;background:white">. </span><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="color:black;background:white">The deadline to apply for the 2024-2026 designation is <b>5:00 p.m. on Friday, May
10, 2024, </b>in </span><span style="color:black;background:#E1E3E6"><a href="https://arizona.infoready4.com/%22%20/l%20%22applicationGrid/1928597" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">Cultivate</span></a></span><span style="color:black;background:white">. </span><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;background:white;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:black;background:white">Mentors are a vital part of the University of Arizona’s mission of educating and providing professional development for our students. The MENTOR
Institute Unit Certification demonstrates that faculty and/or graduate students have learned best practices for establishing intentional mentoring partnerships and communities and are committed to demonstrate them to the best of their ability. The intent of
this certification is to serve as a recruitment tool for faculty and graduate students and to honor units within the university who are dedicated to nurturing future scholars and fellow colleagues in inclusive, equitable, innovative, and holistically supportive
ways to raise the standards of mentorship across the institution. </span><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:black">For more information, please visit the
</span><span style="color:#467886"><a href="https://facultyaffairs.arizona.edu/faculty-resources/mentor-institute/mentoring-training" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886;text-decoration:none">MENTOR Institute website</span></a></span><span style="color:black">.
If you have any additional questions after doing so, please contact Tara Chandler, Assistant Director, MENTOR Institute at
</span><span style="color:#467886"><a href="mailto:chandlet@arizona.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#467886;text-decoration:none">chandlet@arizona.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> or 520-626-4559. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;background:white;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:black">Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;background:white;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:black">The MENTOR Institute Leadership Team <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;background:white;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:black">Vice Provost Andrea Romero, Ron Hammer, Co-Director, Bryan Carter, Co-Director, & Tara Chandler, Assistant Director <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Assistant Director, Mentoring Initiatives<br>
Faculty Affairs, Office of the Provost<br>
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<br>
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