Mission statement
Each year, WaMPS offers a series of mentoring programs targeted at providing support to students at different stages in their academic career. We do this by matching students with mentors. Mentoring is multi-faceted, providing an embodied experience to develop professionally and personally for both the mentor and mentee. If there are any questions, please direct them to Carissa Myers or Roy Salinas for more information.The Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Program is a collaborative initiative between WaMPS and Stellar physics with the aid of Society of Physics Students (SPS). We pair up graduate and undergraduate students together to provide enlightenment in research, personal development, and camaraderie.
To join this program, please stay tuned for updates!
This is a mentoring program where we match first year graduate students with second year or higher year graduate students. Purpose being to ameliorate the process in transitioning from undergraduate to graduate as it can be challenging and is paramount to the success of an individual in graduate school.
To join this program, please stay tuned for updates!
The MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy and its research groups hold the REU Summer Internship Program, which is a 10-week internship for up to 12 undergraduate students and is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Through the collaborative initiative between WaMPS and the MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy, WaMPs organizes the REU Mentoring Program - a program where these undergraduate students are paired with a MSU graduate student.
If you’d like to get involved for the Summer 2022 REU/WaMPS mentoring program, plese fill out this form.
The mentoring program between graduate students further along in their studies and Postdoctoral faculty (Post-docs) at MSU is poised at providing guidance in achieving a successful transition from a graduate student to Ph.D. The accrued knowledge of a Postdoc can be an essential tool for a graduate student close to graduation.
To join this program, please fill out these forms by given date: TBD
The Mentoring Program(s) strive to support undergraduate students by:
These goals can be met by discussing the following topics with undergraduates provided below:
The Mentoring Program(s) strive to support graduate students by:
These goals can be met by discussing the following topics with graduate students provided below:
The Mentoring Program(s) strive to support postdoctoral research fellows by:
These goals can be met by discussing the following topics with postdocs provided below:
For any questions regarding the Mentoring Programs contact Carissa Myers or Roy Salinas.