There are many faculty members at Harvard who excel in serving as mentors for their students, acting in many ways to suppport, encourage and promote their graduate students' research, education, professional and personal development, and career plans. The GSC Excellence in Mentoring Awards program will provide graduate students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences the opportunity to nominate their faculty members for University-wide recognition for helping to make their graduate education more productive, more enjoyable, and more fulfilling.
Mentors are more than academic and research advisors.
Mentoring provides support to students in many areas and contributes postively to the quality of research carried out by students and faculty, improves undergraduate education by developing better teachers, and produces excellent scholars for future academic and non-academic careers. Recipients will be honored with a reception hosted by the Graduate Student Council immediately preceeding the Spring Student-Faculty Dinner at Dudley House.