Sentences with phrase «mentoring nearby communities»

Alumni Communities, in turn, help «pay it forward» by mentoring nearby communities.

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At the University of Pennsylvania's PENN Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching (PENN - PORT) program, which just had its 5 - year IRACDA grant renewed for a second term, first - year postdocs spend about 85 % of their time doing mentored research and about 15 % taking pedagogy classes and preparing to teach at one of three minority - serving institutions nearby: Lincoln University, which is recognized as the United States» first historically black university, in unincorporated southern Pennsylvania; Delaware County Community College (DCCC), which is in Pennsylvania; and Rutgers University, Camden, in New Jersey.

I recall another time, when a friend from the nearby community college called to say he had a million dollar «mentoring grant» and wanted me to help gather up parent mentors for the program.