Events
Mentoring 101: Mentoring 101: How to Get What You Need to Thrive in the Academy
A 7c DEI Working Group Sponsored Event
Date & Time: Thursday, May 15th | 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
Modality: In-Person
Location: Founders Room (North Entrance) The Claremont Colleges Library 800 N Dartmouth Ave, Claremont, CA 91711
Space is limited—RSVP today!
Wondering how to find the right mentors and sponsors at this stage in your career?
Want to build a personalized mentoring plan?
What to Expect:
A dynamic, in-person workshop facilitated by NCFDD-trained, tenured faculty Tools to assess your current mentoring network and identify unmet needs Strategies to build a stronger, more supportive mentoring and sponsorship network A reimagined, needs-based framework for mentoring success at every career stage.
There will be light refreshments and meaningful conversation with peers across the colleges
Receive $25 in Claremont Cash to take your mentoring conversations to coffee or lunch
The Emerging Scholars Symposium
A Pomona College Sponsored Event
Saturday, June 7th, 2025
Claremont Colleges
Register Here
Event Description
On Saturday, June 7th, 2025, the Claremont Colleges will host a one-day symposium for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from institutions in southern California.
The Associate Deans for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty development at the Claremont Colleges invite your participation and welcome you to Claremont to explore faculty life at small liberal arts colleges. We will host workshops, clinics, and facilitated discussions about the transition from graduate school to the professoriate, the job search process, and teaching, researching, and thriving at small liberal arts colleges. You will also have an opportunity to showcase your research at the poster conference which will be held throughout the day.
The Claremont Colleges are committed to recruiting and retaining an excellent and diverse faculty. Clinics and panel discussions will cover these topics:
- Applying for jobs at small liberal arts colleges (SLACs)—what is different about the CV, Cover Letter, Interviewing, Research and Teaching Statements?
- Writing Inclusive Excellence Statements—what is inclusive excellence and what you should include.
- The first years in the tenure-track as a new faculty member at a SLAC—the good and the challenging.
- Inclusive pedagogy
- Research and publishing at a SLAC
There will be a poster session so that you may present research while building ties with faculty across the Claremont Colleges.
Please click on the button below to access the registration page. To register for the conference, please provide basic information and upload a recent CV. If you are interested in participating in the poster session (you can add this option at a later date) please provide the title and abstract.
The 2024–2025 OCAC Awardee Lunch
Sponsored by OCAC
* Exclusive to Faculty Mentoring and Collaborative Research Award Recipients and their collaborators
The Office of Consortial Academic Collaboration (OCAC) invites you to a box lunch celebration in honor of your accomplishments this year at The Claremont Colleges. These grants were aimed at fostering mentorship, and cross-institutional research, and we’ve been so excited to see your progress.
Join us for a celebratory lunch and informal conversation about your experience and the lessons you’ve learned in running integrated, collaborative projects across the consortium.
Lunch Details TBD: please use this form [LINK] to help us identify the date that works for most.
*Please forward this to any of your collaborators, we would love to include them.
Past Events
All 5c Events
CTL Event
Monday, November 11, 12:15-1:15pm
Student Thesis and Research Mentorship Panel and Lunch
Location: The Claremont Colleges Library, Founder’s Room (2nd Floor)
RSVP Here
This panel is a follow-up to the lunch discussion. We will provide additional details and a description after the lunch.
Past Events
OCAC Event
Webinar: Writing Your Mentorship Philosophy Statement
Date: Wednesday, November 6th, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST
Hosted by Jonathan Aragon
Join us for this webinar focused on helping faculty develop a clear and compelling mentorship philosophy statement. In this interactive webinar, participants will learn how to articulate their values, approach, and goals as mentors. This session will guide you through the key components of an effective mentorship philosophy, provide examples, and offer practical tips for crafting a statement that reflects your unique style and strengths as a mentor. Whether you’re preparing for tenure review, or simply want to clarify your mentoring approach, this webinar will provide valuable insights and support.
OCAC Event
Friday October 18th, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM PST
The Claremont Faculty Mentoring Mixer
Location: The Drucker Institute 1021 N Dartmouth Ave, Claremont, CA 91711 (In-Person)
Interested in learning about:
- Tenure Talk?
- Mentor networks?
- Mentorship across careers?
- Getting $25 in Claremont Cash?
Event Description
Enjoy light refreshments while engaging in meaningful conversation about mentorship at the Claremont Colleges. Take your mentorship relationships out into the community with coffee or lunch and $25 in Claremont Cash. Space is limited!
CTL Event
Monday, October 7, 12:15-1:15pm
Supporting Student Thesis and Independent Research Lunch Conversation
Location: The Claremont Colleges Library, Founder’s Room (2nd Floor)
RSVP Here
What issues are you facing while directing student theses and independent research? Please join us for lunch and an open discussion on topics such as: post-pandemic student capacity for independent work, departmental thesis project structure and labor distribution, faculty mentorship fatigue, and…what is working well! This is the first in a series of events on student mentorship that the CTL will offer this academic year.