Faculty Mentoring Program

Building and sustaining a mentoring culture on a higher education campus has been shown to play a critical role in faculty retention and success. The Faculty Mentoring Program (FMP), established in 2008, is open to all part-time and full-time academic and administrative faculty, as defined by the most recent CBA. The FMP offers three targeted programs to support faculty at every career stage: new full-time tenure-track faculty, faculty desiring to seek promotion, and adjunct faculty.

Faculty Mentoring News!

Dr. Michelle Blake and Dr. Shannon Mrkich posing with Rammy at the Faculty Mentoring 15th Anniversary Celebration in May 2024.

WCU Faculty Mentoring Program at 15: Celebrating WCU’s Commitment to the Development of Expert Faculty

 

 

Looking for a mentor?

Please contact the Faculty Mentoring Committee Co-Chairs, Ralph Sorrentino (rsorrentino@wcupa.edu) and Michelle Blake (mblake@wcupa.edu).

Want to be a mentor?

Look for a "call for mentors" coming via email from the TLC. This is usually sent out in late Spring for mentoring the following academic year.

You can also submit your name at anytime to the Faculty Mentoring Committee Co-Chairs, Ralph Sorrentino (rsorrentino@wcupa.edu) and Michelle Blake (mblake@wcupa.edu).

Faculty Mentoring Committee

Mission & Vision

Program Mission

The West Chester University Faculty Mentoring Committee (FMC) fosters mentoring partnerships among faculty to enhance lifelong professional learning in teaching, scholarship, and service. 

Vision
  1. Create a self-sustaining program whereby faculty who have engaged in successful partnerships as mentees, in turn, become mentors.  
  2. To recruit faculty to the Faculty Mentoring Program (FMP).
  3. To support faculty members at all ranks who are in a mentoring partnership from outside of their department.
  4. To enhance mentoring partnerships by providing enrichment/professional learning activities throughout the academic year.

Dr. Jeffery Osgood, Interim Executive Vice President & Provost, shares his perspectives on mentoring.

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Direct Video Link: Supporting New Faculty

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Direct Video Link: Mentoring Experiences

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Direct Video Link: Effectively Mentoring to Promote Leadership

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Direct Video Link: How Do We Create a Mentoring Culture?

Committee Members

Faculty Associate: Janneken Smucker  

Committee Co-Chairs: Ralph Sorrentino and Michelle Blake  

Committee Members: Dan Baer, Yanan Chen, Tricia Davidson, Kim Doan, Laura Fiorenza, Alison Gardiner-Shires, Thomas Haughey, Megan Heckert, Lauri Hyers, Michelle Kensey, Anne Larrivee, Vipanchi Mishra, Innhwa Park, Merry Perry, John Pisciotta, Tina Selvaggi, Linda Stevenson

Faculty Mentoring Resources