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Benefits of the Mentoring Program

Mentors will have the opportunity to:

Help those seeking professional development
Meet and exchange ideas with new colleagues
Help facilitate communication across offices
Build a strong sense of community at the University
Increase their own knowledge about mentoring through training
Help someone else learn from what they know about Penn State, their unit, and where they fit into the scheme of things
Gain experience serving as a guide to someone else as they work through a set of goals.

Protégés will have the opportunity to:

Develop a professional relationship with someone who can advise on work-related issues
Participate in professional development activities
Network and build a circle of professional contacts
Learn about long-term career planning
Gain a better understanding of the University community
Have exposure to a wide range of women and men who have differing perspectives
Learn about themselves and others by getting to know people who are ethnically, educationally, or professionally different than they are
Participate in activities that are designed to help people from all over the University learn from each other.

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