MentorNet Voices

MentorNet Insights: An inside view of MentorNet mentoring relationships as related by the mentor and protégé pairs themselves.

Room To Grow - "Often a MentorNet mentoring experience helps a mentor to grow in her abilities and confidence as much as it helps a protégé to do the same..."

A Connection to Industry- And a Woman in It - "Vidya's been very helpful in guiding my choices about graduate education. It's nice to talk with someone's who gone through the whole process, who knows the tricks of getting into the right place..."

A Match Made by Computer - Or Fate? - "Brymer Chin is an accomplished scientist in America, and Rosalie Clemens was a struggling student half a world away in Europe..."

A Mature Match - "Michele Payton had always been good at math and science, and she was in enrolled in those classes in college when she felt a need to explore other parts of herself..."

An Unbiased Person Who Understands - "Jean Hsu was a first-year graduate student in electrical engineering at the University of Texas when she signed up for a MentorNet mentor..."

A Good Mix of the Practical and Personal - "When Ford Motor Company became a corporate sponsor of MentorNet in Fall 1999, an email was sent to employees, inviting anyone with an interest to visit the MentorNet web site and consider becoming a mentor..."

Help Across the Finish Line - "Both Christina Chung and Mary Fernandez had been paired twice before with other mentors and students when they were matched for the 2000-2001 academic year..."

With A Little Help from My Friend - "When you’re a female freshman engineering major at a prestigious technical institute, the stresses can pile up, and having an objective someone on your side can make a big difference in how you handle them..."

Role Model - "Elaine Weyuker experienced the rigors of graduate work in electrical engineering and a professorship in computer science at a time when very, very few women were seen in the halls of those departments..."

Two Heads are Better Than One - "Many colleges have a women's center on campus, and at community colleges such a center is often a primary resource for older students returning to school after years of being in the workforce or raising children or both..."

MentorNet Quotes: Actual quotes from MentorNet mentors and students about the benefits of participating in MentorNet.

What Mentors Have to Say

What Students Have to Say

Hear from some AT&T mentors at a MentorNet Luncheon