MentoringWelcome to the Faculty "MENTOR POOL"Welcome to the computer science department Faculty Mentor Pool. Instead of assigning each student a particular mentor, we have identified a "mentor pool" of faculty volunteers. When you have a question, you can discuss it with any member of the mentoring pool that you would like - and that may very well be a different person for different questions. We hope that this flexibility will help you find the faculty members that can help you with your questions. Let us know how we're doing - suggestions welcome: comments.THE MENTORS listed volunteered because they are interested in helping you find answers to your questions - so take advantage of them! THE MENTORS
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Program SpecificsOur intention is not to pair students with mentors, but to offer you a large selection of mentors with whom to discuss your questions. There are currently many senior faculty members in the mentor pool. You are welcome to go to any of them with your questions. In some cases, you might even want to meet with more than one mentor to get a range of opinions. Any computer science or computer engineering undergraduate is welcome to participate.What You Can Ask the Mentors. You should feel comfortable going to the mentors with any question you might have about academics, your career plans, or anything else that is of concern to you. If the mentor cannot help you with your question, s/he may be able to refer you to someone that can. Meeting with a Mentor. All the mentors in the pool are listed above, along with contact information, i.e., email address, office location, phone number. There are two suggested ways to meet a mentor:
We also have established an email alias that you can use to send email to all of the mentors. To do this, simply send email to csmentors@cs.tamu.edu and it will be received by all the mentors.
Academic ResourcesThe mentors will be happy to discuss your academic program with you and, for example:
Financial Assistance.
Graduate SchoolAlthough you may feel you are still a long way from earning your undergraduate degree, it is not too early to start thinking about graduate school. The mentors have all obtained doctoral degrees and are well qualified to discuss graduate school options with you. One of the best things you can do as an undergraduate to help you learn about graduate school and to increase your chances of being admitted is to participate in an undergraduate research project. (In many cases, such work can be counted as technical electives on your degree plan.)
Career ResourcesThe mentors will be happy to discuss your general career aspirations with you and help you identify things you can do while at Texas A&M to help achieve those goals. All of the mentors have doctorate degrees (PhDs) and are well qualified to discuss graduate school options with you. Something you may not be aware of is that many of them also have experience working in the "real world" and, thus, can offer you insights on how to go about finding the right job or internship for you (e.g., job searching, interviewing, negotiating)There are a number of resources available to you here on campus and via the web. Use them! Resources at Texas A&M Other Tips and Advice:
Other ResourcesTexas A&M is such a big place, it can sometimes be difficult to find others that share your interests. One good way to start your search is by joining one of the many student organizations that are present here on campus. Check them out! ( campus listing, departmental listing)The Texas A&M Computing Society (TACS) is the Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IEEE/CS. This is an organization that you might want to consider joining. Since Texas A&M is such a large university, there are lots of resources out there to help with most any kind of problem you might imagine. Here are just a few examples:
And here is a non-university link that may be of interest:
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