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Mentoring: The ASHA Gathering Place

Mentoring is the second most important factor after education in determining a person's professional success.

—Korn Ferry International

ASHA developed The ASHA Gathering Place in 2004 with the support of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA). This online resource facilitates mentoring through guided learning experiences for mentees and mentors. You'll find one-on-one opportunities for collaborating, sharing resources, solving problems, and achieving goals. Passionate mentoring teaches, inspires, and changes lives.Gathering Place Logo

About the Program
The Benefits of Mentoring
Mentoring Manual

The Power of Passionate Mentoring Leader Online series: Read how mentoring has made a difference in the lives of many.

Your first step? Choose a program!

The ASHA Gathering Place offers the following mentoring programs:

S.T.E.P. 1:1
The Student to Empowered Professional (S.T.E.P.)
 program offers one-to-one mentoring for students enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral communication sciences and disorders programs. All students are eligible to apply, however, preference for program placement and matching with mentors will be given to those students from racial/ethnic backgrounds that have been historically underrepresented in the communication sciences and disorders professions. Students are strongly encouraged to be NSSLHA members in order to reap the full benefits of the S.T.E.P. mentoring program.
Enrollment is currently closed.

MARC
The Mentoring Academic-Research Careers program offers one-to-one mentoring opportunities for PhD students and new (0-6 years) tenure track faculty/below the level of associate professor. Enrollment is August 15 to September 15.
Mentee enrollment is currently closed.
Mentor Enrollment Form

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ASHA Special Interest Division 14, Communication Sciences and Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, is pleased to invite your participation at its first research conference, "State of the Research on CLD Populations: Establishing Our Foundation and Advancing Our Science."

ASHA is pleased to announce student award opportunities for the Student Research Travel Award, the Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Awards, the Minority Student Leadership Program, and the Students Preparing for Academic-Research Careers program. All awards have closed. Check back later to view the winners.

Are you wondering what career opportunities are available to you? Let ASHA's Reward Yourself career brochures answer your questions.

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