Dean's Awards for Excellence in Mentoring
Student Award Criteria

  1. Recognizes the natural talents and acquired skills of undergraduates and early career graduate students and connects them with colleagues who can help them assess and pursue a relevant and rewarding educational and professional path

  2. Helps students define and achieve their academic and personal goals

  3. Ensures that fellow students develop an understanding of the content and skills that undergird research in their discipline

  4. Promotes the development of research skills and interests by monitoring progress and offering honest, constructive feedback when needed or sought

  5. Creates a supportive environment for research and scholarship by fostering mutual respect and demonstrating sincere and active interest in the well being of their fellow students

  6. Maintains accessibility by providing consistently open lines of communication

  7. Demontrates significant growth in the development of research and teaching skills, as well as progress toward regular publication and presentation of research

  8. Thoughtfully directs students to appropriate resources and shows a willingness to work collaboratively with others in multiple-mentoring relationships

The Duke University Graduate School would like to acknowledge the mentoring award models of Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis. These models provided a framework for the preparation of the Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

Last Updated: 11/9/2007 (by wat@duke.edu)