Mentoring program seeks women
A new program that is intended to provide a forum for academic women -- undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members and staff members -- to interact in an informal setting will be launched Tuesday, Nov. 14.
The Women's Mentoring Community (WoMenCo) will conduct its first meeting over dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Women's Center, 243 Frist Campus Center. Meetings are expected to continue at the same time on the second Tuesday of each month.
Sponsored by the Women's Center, WoMenCo is the brainchild of senior Leah Klugman, who found that her strong connections with several women faculty members in high school greatly enriched her development and growth.
"These connections were sometimes purely academic, sometimes tended toward the philosophic and occasionally touched on more personal subjects," said Susan Overton, director of the Women's Center, in an invitation letter to the University community. "With the assistance of the Women's Center, Leah would like to offer the opportunity for Princeton women students and faculty to create or nurture those kinds of relationships."
Though mentoring will be the main objective of the group, the organizers hope that WoMenCo will also be a discussion group for issues in academia specific to women.
Discussion will continue beyond the meetings via an e-mail list. The group also plans to schedule activities and outings.
For more information, those interested should call Overton at 258-5565 or e-mail her at <sco1@princeton.edu>.
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