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
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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