CTM: Aligning Expectations
As a result of participating in this event, attendees will be able to:
- Define mentoring relationships and your role as a mentor/mentee.
- Clearly communicate expectations for the mentoring relationship.
- Align mentee and mentor expectations.
- Clarify expectation of mentor(s).
November 13, 2025 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Location: Zoom Online
Presented by:
Dr. Rachel Mayo
She is currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences within the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences.
Educational/training background
Dr. Rachel Mayo is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Clemson University. She has been the principal or co-investigator on more than $4 million in grants and contracts to support this work. She is currently the site PI for the DHHS-funded MAiN Project, an intervention for babies born to opiod-dependent mothers. Her research interests include cancer prevention and control and health disparities among minority and underserved, particularly African American and Latino populations. She has recently served as co-PI on a National Institutes of Health grant to examine medical and nursing student's readiness to treat Latino patients. She was the site PI of a National Cancer Institute grant collaboration with the University of South Carolina to train breast and cervical cancer survivors to share about their experience with cancer in African American churches to increase participation in breast and cervical cancer screenings. She has studied the health problems of breast and cervical cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases among Latino, African American and underserved communities for the past 20+ years. She has served on a number of state and national boards including: CDC Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women; AcademyHealth, Health Disparities Interest group; SC Central Cancer Registry Surveillance Committee; SC Cancer Alliance Board; Cervical Cancer Free South Carolina, Executive committee; Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina, Health Disparities Task Force
Dr. Alfred Bundrick
He is currently serving as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science within College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences.
Educational/training background
Ph.D. Policy Studies Clemson University M.S. Agricultural Economics Clemson University B.S. Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Clemson University
Event Description
A clearly communicated and openly shared understanding of expectations is critical for a healthy and productive graduate mentee and faculty mentor relationship. Yet, mentees often face challenges in expressing their needs, establishing their own expectations, and asking for clarification--especially early on in their training. In this session, graduate students will explore strategies to gain confidence in communicating with mentors, practice articulating their own goals and expectations, and learn how to clarify their mentor’s expectations. Participants will also be introduced to practical tools, such as mentoring agreements and Individual Development Plans (IDPs) to support ongoing, bi-directional conversations that adapt as needs and circumstances evolve.