Bridgette Kirkpatrick, professor of biotechnology and biology at Collin College in Frisco, Texas, uses Mentor-Connect’s free online Resource Library when she prepares grant proposals to the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program.

The Mentor Fellows internship program is an activity of the Mentor-Connect: Leadership Development and Outreach for ATE-2 project (DUE #1501183). 

Mentor-Connect leaders welcomed faculty led teams from 24 colleges when they launched their support of the tenth cohort of mentee colleges during the winter workshop Feb. 9-11, 2022.

Sian Proctor, a geoscience professor at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, and current Mentor-Connect mentee, made history on September 15, 2021, launching into space as a member of the first all-civilian mission Inspiration4 on a three-day mission aboard a SpaceX making history as the first Black female to pilot a spacecraft.  

The SCATE Center and Mentor-Connect: A Leadership Development & Outreach Initiative for ATE at Florence Darlington Technical College is proud to announce it has received a $107,000 NSF ATE sub-award grant, in partnership Westchester Community College (NY) and Arizona State University.