Akamai Mentor Workshop
Friday, May 17th and Saturday, May 18, 2024
Grand Naniloa Hotel, Hilo, Hawaii
Application Closed
Who this workshop is for?
All Akamai Internship mentors and co-mentors
(including those attending past workshops)
Colleagues of mentors who are prospective mentors in the future
Mentors come back year after year because they value the support they get for mentoring, being part of the community of mentors, and what they learn that can be applied more generally to supervising.
Workshop themes are related to the factors that research tells us are important for keeping people in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM):
Authentic Practices
Ownership & agency
Ownership & agency as a person in STEM
Recognition
Recognition by meaningful people for what is valued in STEM
Belonging
Having a sense of belonging in STEM
During the workshop, mentors work with other mentors and Akamai Program staff to use the themes above to “design” an internship experience. They start with their general idea of how the intern will go about doing the project the mentor has in mind, and fine tune it to:
Teach the intern critical thinking skills and practices that are valued in the workplace
Foster intern ownership over their project and promote self-initiative
Enable day-to-day recognition of intern’s work
Includes explicit strategies on giving effective feedback to intern
Integrate the intern into the work community
Process to attend
Submit an application which includes request for travel support
Acceptances and travel awards are sent after Akamai Internship placements are made in late March – early April
Priority is given to those who have a confirmed Akamai intern placed with them, but the workshop usually has capacity for others.
Cost of the Workshop
The registration fee for this workshop is waived for all accepted participants
Applicants may request travel awards which cover airfare and hotel costs
This workshop is offered through the ISEE at University of California Observatories in partnership with University of Hawai‘i, with funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Click here to see past participants and organizations
Please contact us with any questions: akamai@ucsc.edu