5TH ANNUAL UNM Mentoring Institute MENTORINGOCTOBER 24 - 26, 2012 | ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA CONFERENCE Facilitating Developmental Relationships for SUCCESS Mentoring Institute | Division of Student Affairs | Student Union Building | University of New Mexico Welcome to UNM Founded in 1889, The University of New Mexico (UNM) now occupies 600 acres along old Route 66 in the heart of Albuquerque, a city of more than 700,000 people. From the magnificent mesas to the west, past the banks of the historic Rio Grande to the Sandia Mountains to the east, Albuquerque is a blend of culture and cuisine, styles and stories, people, pursuits and panoramas. Offering a distinctive campus environment with a Pueblo Revival architectural theme, the campus echoes the buildings of nearby Pueblo Indian villages. The nationally recognized Campus Arboretum and the popular Duck Pond offer an outstanding botanical experience in the midst of one of New Mexico’s great public open spaces. The People As a Hispanic-serving Institution, the University represents a cross-section of cultures and backgrounds. In the Spring of 2008, there were 24,177 students attending the main campus with another 6,658 students at branch campuses and education centers. UNM boasts an outstanding faculty that includes a Nobel Laureate, two Mac Arthur Fellows, 35 Fulbright scholars and several members of national academies UNM employes 20,210 people statewide, including employees of University Hospital. It has more than 120,000 alumni, with Lobos in every state and 92 foreign counties. Over half choose to remain in New Mexico. The Programs The University is the state’s flagship research institution. UNM research injects millions of dollars into New Mexico’s economy, funds new advancements in healthcare, and augments teaching — giving students hands-on training in state-of-the art laboratories. Offering more than 210 degree and certificate programs, NM has 94 bachelor’s degrees, 74 master’s degrees and 40 doctoral programs. The Health Services Center is the state’s largest integrated health care treatment, research and education organization. Among the University’s outstanding research units are the High Performance Computing Center, Cancer Center, New Mexico Engineering Research Institute, Center for High Technology Materials, Design Planning Assistance Center, Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for Non- Invasive Diagnosis. Read more online at unm.edu/welcome 2 3 The University of New Mexico Robert G. Frank President, UNM Dr. Robert G. Frank was installed as the 21st President of The University of New Mexico on June 1, 2012. As President, he is responsible for UNM campuses in Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, and Valencia as well as the UNM Health Sciences Center, which includes the nationally renowned UNM Cancer Center. Robert G. Frank became Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kent State University in July 2007. During his tenure at Kent State, the university established a College of Public Health, increased enrollment by 23%, increased retention by 4%, and revised promotion and tenure rules. Dr. Frank is the former dean of the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida, where he also served as a professor in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology. During his tenure at Florida, the College established the Public Health program and reorganized as what is now recognized as a CEPH accredited College of Public Health. A graduate of Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, Frank received three degrees from UNM. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in 1974 and an M.A. in 1977, both in Psychology. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1979. He is the first UNM President to hold three degrees from the University. Chaouki T. Abdallah Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, UNM Chaouki T. Abdallah started his college education at the Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Beyrouth - Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon, but finished his undergraduate studies at Youngstown State University, with a Bachelors of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering in 1981. He then obtained his MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from GA Tech in 1982, and 1988 respectively. He joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at UNM where he is currently professor and was the chair between 2005 and 2011. Since July 2011, Professor Abdallah is the Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at UNM. Professor Abdallah conducts research and teaches courses in the general area of systems theory with focus on control and communications systems. His research has been funded by national funding agencies, national laboratories, and by various companies. He has also been active in designing and implementing various international graduate programs with Latin American and European countries. He was a co-founder in 1990 of the ISTEC consortium, which currently includes more than 150 universities in the US, Spain, and Latin America. He has published 7 books, and more than 300 peer-reviewed papers. Eliseo Torres Vice President for Student Affairs, UNM Dr. Torres has served as Vice President for Student Affairs at The University if New Mexico, a four-year state research university based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, since January 2, 1996. Before coming to The University of New Mexico, Dr. Torres not only served as Vice President for External Affair but he also taught in the Bilingual Doctoral Program at Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas. He has served as Interim President, Vice President for Student Affairs and Special Services, Director of the University’s Center for Continuing Education, and also as Assistant to the President. For two years preceding his appointment to the Texas A&M-Kingsville staff, he was with the Texas Education Agency in Austin. Dr. Torres has been involved in or been elected as an advisor to Mexican President Felipe Calderon for improving lives of immigrants in the United States. He also teaches the Traditional Medicine Without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico class during the summer semester at UNM. This popular class is cross-listed with four departments and brings practicing Mexican healers to the UNM Campus. Tim Gutierrez Associate Vice President for Student Services, UNM Tim Gutierrez is the Associate Vice President (AVP) of Student Services at The University of New Mexico. He received his Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership from The University of New Mexico. For the past 33 years, Dr. Gutierrez’s educational and professional experience has focused on implementing federal and state funded programs to support underrepresented students. He oversees many departments, including Recreational Services, Accessibility Services, Title V, Community Learning and Public Service Programs, College Enrichment and Outreach Programs, and the Mentoring Institute, among others. He works with departments to create a positive and collaborative environment for the Division of Student Affairs, the university community, and the surrounding community in order to give all students an equal opportunity to get a degree in higher education. 4 Conference Chair Nora Domínguez President Elect, International Mentoring Association (IMA) Director of the Mentoring Institute and Conference Chair, UNM Nora Domínguez is President Elect of the International Mentoring Association, Director of the Mentoring Institute and Part-Time Faculty at the University of New Mexico. Domínguez earned her M.B.A. from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and her Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies from the University of New Mexico. Nora has dedicated more than 20 years of her professional practice to develop and implement training and mentoring programs in the workplace. Her professional experience includes a combination of educational and management positions in the banking industry. Her consulting experience includes a broad scope of services helping entrepreneurs, small businesses and corporations to develop financial strategic plans, risk management strategies and evaluation programs. She is also member of several boards, including the International Standards for Mentoring Programmes in Employment (UK) and the Diversity Leadership Council (NM). Keynote & Plenary Speakers Belle Rose Ragins Professor, Human Resource Management Dr. Belle Rose Ragins is a Professor of Management at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research interests focus on mentoring, diversity and positive relationships at work. She has written more than 100 papers for presentation at national and international conferences and for publication in the nation’s leading academic journals. She is co-author of Mentoring and Diversity: An International Perspective (with David Clutterbuck), and co-editor of The Handbook of Mentoring at Work (with Kathy Kram) and Exploring Positive Relationships at Work (with Jane Dutton). Dr. Ragins is an invited member of the Society for Organizational Behavior, a Fulbright Scholar, and a Fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the Society for the Psychology of Women, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychological Society. Dr. Ragins has also served as consultant for a number of companies on the topic of mentoring and diversity, including JPMorgan-Chase, Rockwell Automation, Miller-Coors Brewing, Andersen Consulting, Quarles & Brady, the Internal Revenue Service, Foley and