Mentor-Connect leaders welcomed faculty-led teams from 23 two-year colleges when they launched support of a ninth cohort of mentee colleges during a virtual meeting on December 2. 

Sian Proctor, a geoscience professor at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, and current Mentor-Connect mentee, made history on September 15, 2021, launching into space as a member of the first all-civilian mission Inspiration4 on a three-day mission aboard a SpaceX making history as the first Black female to pilot a spacecraft.  

Congratulations to Cohort 8 Mentees on their new NSF ATE funding award to support their college technician programs! We are so proud of the faculty who took part in our successful mentorship from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE), Mentor-Connect project.

Each year, Mentor-Connect conducts live technical assistance webinars to help prospective grantees complete various sections of their New-to-ATE proposals. Read more to see a complete listing of our 2021 archived webinars, including tutorials, and miscellaneous older webinars.

The Mentor Fellows internship program is an activity of the Mentor-Connect: Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE-2 project (DUE #1501183). The Co-Mentor program is a new addition to the Mentor-Connect project that was added this year to help prospective grantees in their discipline in tandem with a Mentor-Connect Mentor. 

The SCATE Center and Mentor-Connect: A Leadership Development & Outreach Initiative for ATE at Florence Darlington Technical College is proud to announce it has received a $107,000 NSF ATE sub-award grant, in partnership Westchester Community College (NY) and Arizona State University.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST  

Has your college been an ATE or another NSF program grantee?  Keep the momentum going! The ATE program encourages you to expand and build on your recent or current ATE grant efforts and/or move into a different area of technology. ATE-funded projects enable you to move up to larger scope of work or shift the focus of your work to another area of technician education. How do requirements and reviewer expectations change when you take the next step? Where can you get help to make your proposal more competitive? Learn the answers to these questions along with strategies, insider tips, and mistakes to avoid in seeking your next ATE grant.  

Presenters:
Elaine Craft, PI, Mentor-Connect: Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE-3 (DUE 1840856) and PI, HSI ATE Hub-2: Professional Development for Culturally Responsive Technician Education (DUE 2055362), former SCATE Center Director/PI, Florence-Darlington Technical College, SC;  Elizabeth (Liz) Teles, Former Co-Lead NSF/ATE Program Director, Co-PI on two ATE Mentor-UP awards (DUE 1931264 and 2032835) and senior advisor on 3 other ATE projects, Teles Consulting LLC, VA  ; Pamela Silvers, PI on 3 NSF ATE Grants (Skilled Workers Get Jobs - DUE 1800920), Professor, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech), NC.

WEBINAR REGISTRATION: To register to attend, please click here.