The Nontraditional Career Resource Center is looking for people willing to serve as mentors for students interested in careers that are not traditional for their gender. Research has shown that employees interested in nontraditional fields (those where 25% or less of those employed are of the opposite gender) are more successful and have high retention rates when they have mentors and role models in their field. We are specifically interested in women working in math, science, engineering, technology, and the building trades, and men in nursing or allied health, early childhood, and elementary education.

Mentors' bios (coming soon) will be posted on the student webpage, and students can then ask questions about training and career paths, experiences on the job, professional development, and other related topics. The NCRC will act as an intermediary and screen questions before passing them along to the mentors, who will be asked to respond to the question within 5 business days. The question and response will then be posted on the web for other students to see, and hopefully encourage further discussion.