The Extra Edge for ACM Members
– MentorNet Matching

Have you ever asked yourself:
• What's it like to work in industry?
• What is graduate school like, and is it for me?
• How do I manage a career and a life?
Check out MentorNet!

ACM partners with MentorNet to promote e-mentoring between students and professionals.

• As protégés, students gain invaluable career advice, encouragement and support.

• As mentors, professionals lend expertise to help educate and inspire young professionals.

Protégés are matched in one-on-one email relationships with mentors—from industry, academia, and government—who have applicable experience in relevant technology, engineering, and scientific fields.

Mentors, Protégés help each other:
“My mentor, Brian Kernighan, helped
me navigate graduate school. Having
learned the value of mentoring, I became
a mentor myself...”

— Mary Fernandez, Principal Technical Staff Member, ATT Labs - Research

“I am fortunate to have a mentor who spends his time in not only answering my questions, but also in directing my career path....”

— Emeka (Chukwuemeka Nwankwo), student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria

Who can be a protégé?

ACM Members who are Undergraduates, Graduates, Post-Doctoral students, or Untenured Faculty.

Who can mentor?

ACM Professional Members

How does the E-Mentoring Program Work?

1. Register in the MentorNet Community by providing your name, valid email address, and username and password. MentorNet Community Registration form at http://www.mentornet.net/join.aspx.

2. Sign in and click on the appropriate Find a Mentor or Be a Mentor button.

3. The official e-mentoring relationship lasts approximately 8 months.

Learn more at http://www.acm.org/mentornet and http://www.mentornet.net/