Center for Teaching & Mentoring

Mentoring

The Center for Teaching & Mentoring is committed to providing mentoring opportunities for faculty, academic affairs staff, and graduate students. Mentoring offers benefits, such as guidance, skill-building, network expansion, leadership growth, fresh perspectives, and much more.

Mentoring, as defined by the CTM, is a supportive relationship in which information is shared and discussed between at least two people to foster professional growth. Oftentimes, mentors are more experienced than mentees, and mentors share specific knowledge, skills, or experiences that support the mentee’s professional growth. However, we believe mentorship offers both the mentor and the mentee an opportunity to grow professionally.

Mentoring for Faculty

Schedule appointment with Jennifer Vannatta-Hall 

Schedule appointment with Robyn Ridgley

Graduate Students

Preparing Future Faculty (for all graduate students)

Teaching 101 (GTA’s only)

Academic Affairs Staff

The CTM is developing content and programming for staff to be offered beginning Summer 2026.

Contact Us

Center for Teaching and Mentoring
LIB 348
615-904-8499
ctm@mtsu.edu

Book a mentoring appointment with one of our directors:
Jennifer Vannatta-Hall or Robyn Ridgley