Thank you so much Jan. Carolyn & I will be in touch. Sent from my iPhone With kindness, Anita Fleming-Rife On Sep 10, 2012, at 6:51 PM, "Dates, Jannette L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Anita and Carolyn: > I will help by serving as a mentor. > Jan > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 10, 2012, at 5:08 PM, "Anita Fleming-Rife" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I want to welcome you to the new school year and pass along some important information. The Commission on the Status of Women sponsors a mentoring program for junior faculty and for students. If you are interested in having a mentor or being a mentor, the call is below. The forms were sent out earlier. Please note that the deadline for applications is fast approaching--Sept. 30. >> >> In addition, to mentors and mentee participation, please note that we are in need of volunteers to serve on the selection committee. This is a first time for this committee. Carolyn and I screened and paired all applicants last year. Again, we hope to have some volunteers from the MAC Division. >> >> In addition, we would really love to have senior faculty from the MAC Division to serve in the capacity of faculty mentor. This is such a great opportunity--we have found--not only for the junior faculty but the senior faculty as well. Please consider. >> >> And just to refresh your memory--a little background on this program: >> >> Because the feedback from the inaugural year‚Äôs mentor and mentee participants has been both >> positive and encouraging, the Commission on the Status of Women has announced that it >> is accepting applications for participation in the Mentorship Project for the academic year 2012- >> 2013. The project, now in its second year, is designed to pair senior mentors with junior mentees >> who are in the early to mid-career stages in order to support mentees‚Äô success and advancement >> in the journalism & mass communication field. >> >> The CSW membership launched this project in August 2010. It grew out of a year-long planning >> effort by the Commission to address the standing need for providing an institutional method to >> help advance women in journalism and mass communication education. >> >> The project respects the mentee‚Äôs own university personnel guidelines on hiring, promotion and >> tenure. >> >> While Carolyn Byerly (Howard U) and Anita Fleming-Rife (U of Northern Colorado) are the >> co-chairs, we are seeking volunteers to serve on the selection committee. If you are interested, >> we ask that you please contact either co-chair at the contact information provided below. >> >> Basic details: >> >> Q. Who will participate: >> A. Mentees (junior colleagues) are envisioned to be only women. Mentors (senior colleagues) are >> envisioned to be mainly female but males will be welcome, too. >> >> Q. How will it work? >> A. The project will be coordinated by two senior scholars (‚Äúco-facilitators‚Äù). They will receive the >> applications and negotiate the ‚Äúmatch‚Äù between mentors and mentees. Applications will be available on >> the CSW website as well as from both co-facilitators. >> >> Q. As a junior colleague, why might I want or need a mentor? >> A. Developing a research strategy, preparing a strong promotion or tenure file, problem-solving some >> specific issues in one‚Äôs department are some of the reasons you might seek a mentor. >> >> Q. If I want to be a mentor, what are the expectations? >> A. Mentors will be asked to assume responsibility for only one mentee at a time. You will indicate on >> your application what you can and/or are willing to do in your mentor role. All mentorship agreements >> will be finalized in writing (with a letter to each originating from the project co-facilitators) so both >> mentor and mentee can operate with clear guidelines. >> >> Q. How long will a mentorship last? >> A. Most will be 6 months--no longer than a year. >> >> Those who want to participate as either a mentor, mentee, or volunteer should contact either Carolyn >> Byerly, [log in to unmask]; or Anita Fleming-Rife, [log in to unmask] >> Deadline: September 30, 2012. >> >> With Kindness, >> >> Anita Fleming-Rife >> >> ‚ÄúEducation is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.‚Äù Malcolm X >> >> >> ----- Forwarded Message ----- >> From: "Byerly, Carolyn M." <[log in to unmask]> >> To: Anita Fleming-Rife <[log in to unmask]>; "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Sunday, September 2, 2012 4:55 PM >> Subject: Correct form for Mentoring Program >> >> Hello Everyone >> >> I just realized that we accidentally sent out the wrong form for those junior (or mid-career) faculty women who want to seek a mentor. >> Please use the one attached instead of the one that came with Anita's earlier message. >> Sorry for any confusion. >> Carolyn >> >> >> Carolyn M. Byerly, Ph.D., Professor >> Department of Journalism >> School of Communications >> Howard University, 525 Bryant St., NW >> Washington, DC, 20059, USA >> Office phone: 202-806-5121; >> E-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] >> >> and, author of Global Report on Status of Women in News Media >> http://iwmf.org/pioneering-change/global-research-on-women-in-the-news-media.aspx >> ________________________________________ >> From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anita Fleming-Rife [[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 7:01 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Mentoring Program >> >> Anita Fleming-Rife >> >> ‚ÄúEducation is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.‚Äù Malcolm X >> I hope this goes through--trying to send to MAC listserve--I guess we'll see if you get it. I am attaching both the announcement of this year's call for participation in the mentoring program--either as a mentee and/or a mentor. In addition, I am attaching applications for both. Please consider participating and/or getting the word out. Thank you. >> >> Oh, yes--I sent a card to Richard Burke on behalf of the MAC division. He is retiring at the end of this month or the end of September. >> >> With Kindness, >> Anita Fleming-Rife >> >> ----- Forwarded Message ----- >> From: Petra Guerra <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:45 PM >> Subject: Re: MAC memorials sent to Von's fam >> >> Hi MACers, >> I don't remember who it was who gave me a name of a Chicago Club as a possible source for our social. Who ever it was, please contact me ASAP! If there is anyone with connections to a Latino place, most certainly let me know also, a little salsa never killed anyone!. >> Gracias, >> petra >> >> On 11/11/11, "E. K. Daufin" wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Hi MACers, >> > >> > Just wanted you to know that I talked to Von‚Äôs daughter this week and she told me to send the card from the division and the memorial emails and blogs you sent me to her dad in Ohio. I posted it USPS today. I told her we love her because we loved Von. She was very warm and appreciative. Sometimes I find it helpful to send such tokens after the first rush of condolences when the family still needs support. Peace to you all. >> > >> > >> > >> > Know Justice; Know Peace, >> > >> > Rev. Dr. E-K Daufin, Professor of Communication >> > >> > Media & Society Size Equity National Expert >> > >> > Winner - 2000 MaryAnn Yodelis-Smith >> > >> > Research Award AEJMC CSW >> > >> > AEJMC MAC Membership Chair >> > >> > Alabama State University >> > >> > 915 S. Jackson St. >> > >> > Montgomery, AL 36101-0271 >> > >> > (334) 229-6885 >> > >> > Please follow me to my home country where the definitions are daufinations at: >> > >> > http://daufination.blogspot.com >> > >> > and www.home.earthlink.net/~ekdaufin<http://www.home.earthlink.net/%7Eekdaufin> >> > >> > Your research and creative activity referrals are welcomed. >> > >> > With all my heart I want to work with and for kind, competent, strong people who love and help me and I they. Ashe! >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Petra Guerra, PhD >> Head, Minorities and Communication-AEJMC >> Associate Director, Chican@ Latin@ Studies >> University of Wisconsin-Madison >> 313 Ingraham Hall >> 1155 Observatory Dr. >> Madison WI 53704 >> 608-263-8395 >> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> www.chicla.wisc.edu<http://www.chicla.wisc.edu/>(http://www.chicla.wisc.edu) >> >> >> >> > «L¬“M8‘D<∂?\tÃ-$— ÛçDCÀ