University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

BOND MENTORING PROGRAM

The BOND Mentoring Program exists to help fill a gap in opportunities and increase the sense of belonging for staff and faculty, particularly those who have faced a considerable number of personal and professional challenges, on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. It will also serve to address a number of goals under the Invest in Our People strategic campus initiative.

After completing a campus-focused workshop with the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research (CIMER), connecting with various campus stakeholders, and reviewing the results of the 2021 Campus Workplace Culture Survey, we have recognized the following areas of strategic focus for mentorship:

Attract, recruit, and retain BIPOC and other marginalized individuals across career stages
Optimize mentoring relationships for staff and faculty
Support the advancement and promotion of staff and faculty, especially those who have faced considerable personal and professional challenges
Create campus environments where individuals at all levels feel a sense of belonging

We are currently running a pilot cohort which will wrap up in May 2025. After successful completion of the program, both mentors and mentees will receive a certificate of completion.

Participation Details

About the Program

If accepted into the BOND Mentoring Program as a mentor or mentee, you are agreeing to meet monthly for an hour for at least one year with your mentor/mentee, with at least six of those meetings being in person. You will also be asked to submit regular feedback about the progression of the mentoring relationship, and provide a final program evaluation at the conclusion of the program.

Suggested meeting guides and other resources will be provided to mentors and mentees and there will be opportunities throughout the year for community building and peer-mentorship with other BOND participants through workshops and other gatherings. Finally, we will host an end-of-program event where mentors and mentees who have *successfully participated in the program will come together in celebration as well as to receive their certificates of completion.

*Successful participation includes: attending monthly meetings with mentee/mentor; engaging in BOND group activities as your schedule allows; completing the end-of-program evaluation.

Important Dates

Applications for the second cohort will open in Spring 2025.

Who Can Apply?

Mentees

This program is open to CU Anschutz staff and faculty and priority will be given to applicants who demonstrate having faced considerable personal and professional challenges
Applicants must be willing to fully and actively participate in the mentoring relationship

Mentors

Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to learning from different perspectives and fostering a sense of belonging for folks from all walks of life
Applicants must be willing to fully and actively participate in the mentoring relationship
Applicants must be willing to express vulnerability and humility in order to foster a safe space
Applicants must be willing to support colleagues along their own path
Applicants must have a growth mindset

What's In It for Me?

Mentees will have the opportunity to receive meaningful guidance, support, and developmental resources
Mentees will have the opportunity to connect with other mentees in the program, providing and receiving peer-mentorship
Mentors will have the opportunity to make a significant and positive impact in a colleague's life
Mentors will have the opportunity to connect with other mentors in the program, providing and receiving peer-mentorship
Mentors and Mentees will have the opportunity to develop and refine their leadership style
Mentors and Mentees will have the opportunity to build community and increase their sense of belonging on campus
Mentors and Mentees will have the opportunity to gain new insights and perspectives
Mentors and Mentees will have the opportunity to earn a certificate through successful completion of the program

APPLICATIONS FOR THE SPRING 2024 COHORT ARE CLOSED. For questions, reach out to BOND Program Manager, Tessa Carlson, at tessa.carlson@cuanschutz.edu .

Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Community Engagement

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Suite CG001

Aurora, CO 80045

odeice@cuanschutz.edu

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