What kinds of professional and social activities can we do?

Academic or Professional “Things To Do” for Mentors and Mentees

  • Develop goals for the first year or the length of the program
  • Discuss tacit expectations about departmental involvement
  • Review resources for additional funding
  • Attend PLAN workshops together
  • Discuss advisor and committee selection
  • Discuss ways to manage time
  • Discuss how to best study and stay organized
  • Find a study place/time together
  • Write for a conference or publication
  • Attend university events or conferences together
  • Apply for a grant
  • Build and cultivate a professional network at UofL and beyond
  • Develop a list of resources/people to assist you (subject librarian, writing center, etc.)
  • Introduce mentee to important people
  • Schedule time to meet with each other
  • Share where resources are kept
  • Walk through the IRB process
  • Share tips for being successful
  • Start a writing group – edit and proofread each other’s papers
  • Create a “journal club” to encourage submission to journals or reading of journals to keep current in the literature

Fun “Things To Do” for Mentors and Mentees in Louisville

    • Visit “Dog Hill” in Cherokee Park
    • Walk along Waterfront Park
    • Watch the sunset at Iriquois Park
    • Take kids to the playground at Waterfront Park or McDonalds on campus
    • Visit Louisville original restaurants
    • “Trolley Hop” on the first or last Friday of the month
    • Attend a Sunday concert at Cherokee Park
    • Buy local food at Grey Street Famer’s Market
    • Check out the art at the St. James Art Fair
    • Pet the animals at the State Fair
    • Go to an academic student organization meeting together
    • Hear some great music at Headliners or Havanah Rhumba
    • Bask in the culture at Shakespeare in the Park
    • Dance to some music at Waterfront Wednesdays
    • Listen to local radio station WFPK – and get on their listserve!
    • Catch a Louisville Bats game
    • Attend Worldfest to learn about other cultures all in one place
    • Visit the International Center
    • Take a cruise on the Louisville Bell
    • Follow the Bourbon Trail
    • See the horses at Churchill Downs – especially Dawn or Dusk at the Downs
    • Learn some history at the Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby Museum
    • Get scared on Ghost Walk
    • Take a road trip to Nashville, Bardstown, or Chicago
    • Explore Mammoth Caves near Bowling Green, Kentucky
    • Take a ride at King’s Island in Cincinnati, OH
    • Visit the aquarium or levy in Newport
    • Grab some food, buy some clothes, or just window shop along Bardstown Road, Frankford Avenue, or Market Street
    • Tour Cave Hill Cemetery
    • Go on a “Pizza Tour” – discover the best pizza in town!
    • Eat a “Hot Brown” at The Brown Hotel
    • Find a Red Penguin at 21c Museum Hotel – while you’re there, check out the restrooms
    • Hike at Berheim
    • See the Falls of the Ohio