Faculty Mentoring Program

Building and sustaining a mentoring culture on a higher education campus has been shown to play a critical role in faculty retention and success. The Faculty Mentoring Program (FMP), established in 2008, is open to all part-time and full-time academic and administrative faculty, as defined by the most recent CBA. The FMP offers three targeted programs to support faculty at every career stage:

  1. new full-time tenure-track faculty,
  2. faculty desiring to seek promotion, and
  3. adjunct faculty.

Looking for a mentor?

Please contact the Faculty Mentoring Committee Co-Chairs, Innhwa Park (ipark@wcupa.edu) and Ralph Sorrentino (rsorrentino@wcupa.edu).

Want to be a mentor?

The "call for mentors" is sent via email from the TLC in late Spring for mentoring the following academic year.

You can also submit your name at anytime to the Faculty Mentoring Committee Co-Chairs,  Innhwa Park (ipark@wcupa.edu)  and Ralph Sorrentino (rsorrentino@wcua.edu).

Faculty Mentoring Committee

Mission & Vision

Program Mission

The West Chester University Faculty Mentoring Committee (FMC) fosters mentoring partnerships among faculty to enhance lifelong professional learning in teaching, scholarship, and service. 

Vision
  1. Create a self-sustaining program whereby faculty who have engaged in successful partnerships as mentees, in turn, become mentors.  
  2. To recruit faculty to the Faculty Mentoring Program (FMP).
  3. To support faculty members at all ranks who are in a mentoring partnership from outside of their department.
  4. To enhance mentoring partnerships by providing enrichment/professional learning activities throughout the academic year.

Former Provost - Dr. Jeffery Osgood shares his perspectives on mentoring.

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Direct Video Link: Supporting New Faculty

Thumbnail of Jeffery Osgood speaking in Faculty Mentoring Video

Direct Video Link: Mentoring Experiences

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Direct Video Link: Effectively Mentoring to Promote Leadership

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Direct Video Link: How Do We Create a Mentoring Culture?

Committee Members

Committee Co-Chairs:

Innhwa Park

and

Ralph Sorrentino

 

2026-27 Committee Members: Sean Andre, Mahrukh Azam, Dan Baer, Michelle Blake, Tricia Davidson, Megan Donnelly, Laura Fiorenza, Alison Gardiner-Shires, Thomas Haughey, Lauri Hyers, Michelle Kensey, Anne Larrivee, Crystal Loose, Joseph Mauro, Vipanchi Mishra, Megan Nolan, Tom Pantazes, Innhwa Park, Roxane Petit-Rasselle, Brittany Severino, Ralph Sorrentino

Faculty Mentoring Resources

Faculty Mentoring Handbook

 

2025 Scholarly Productivity Panel

 

2026 Promotion Panel Summary