Become a CAMELOT Mentor
We have opportunities to mentor URG, High School, Undergraduate, Kenyon College students and those in our Post Baccalaureate program. Our programs are listed here. Most of the opportunities the salary of the student is paid for by the CCC. If you are interested in mentoring a student, please complete our brief survey: https://redcap.link/camelotmentors.
Mentor’s Responsibilities
- Clarify expectations and set specific goals
- Conduct regularly scheduled individual meetings with the trainees
- Contact CAMELOT with any issues regarding the trainee’s attendance or performance
- Be a resource for problem-solving and moral support
- Be open to the trainee’s concerns about performance, interactions with colleagues, and the workplace environment
- Encourage strategic thinking
- Identify gaps in knowledge
- Encourage the building of a professional network within and outside of OSU
- Encourage trainees to attend CAMELOT career development activities
- Attend trainee and poster/speaker symposium
- Enforce the full-time work schedule (32-40 hours, Mon-Fri) through the duration of the program
- Trainees are not permitted to take vacation during the duration of the program
Trainee’s Responsibilities
- Clarify mentorship needs and set priorities
- Explicitly request help
- Seek out learning opportunities and develop them with mentor
- Set up a system for regular or periodic communication; maintain productive relationship with mentor:
- Send an agenda two or more days in advance, along with any documents for discussion o Email a summary of what was discussed after each meeting, with next steps
- Keep mentorship activity log
- Actively engage mentor in proposed research and educational/training activities
- Attend CAMELOT career development activities
- Contact CAMELOT with any issues regarding mentor, lab setting, schedule, or personnel
Mentor Training Opportunities