Graduate Community Mentoring


Graduate Community Mentoring (GCM), a program of Graduate Studies, presents the 2025–2026 Mentorship Conversations & Stories Series. This community-oriented initiative is designed to support graduate students and faculty in building strong mentoring relationships, navigating academia, and fostering professional growth.
Each semester, in collaboration with faculty from across campus, we host a series of four story-centered mentorship conversations. In addition to providing rich mentorship-based conversations, GCM highlights resources from within campus and beyond to assist graduate students in learning about and accessing support opportunities.
We are currently offering this Conversations & Stories series as a hybrid event.
Spring 2026 Mentorship Conversations & Stories Series Program Schedule
- Friday, February 13 | 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Listening Circle #1 — Dr. Desai
Grad Commons - Friday, February 27 | 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Listening Circle #2 — Dr. Desai
Grad Commons - March 6 | 12:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Topic to be announced — Dr. Marissa Greenburg
Zoom - Friday, April 24 | 1:00–2:30 p.m.
Session with Dr. Dalvia
SUB Acoma A & B - Tuesday, May 12 | 3:00–5:00 p.m.
End of Year Celebration — Dr. Sturgis
Ballroom A
We hope you’ll join us at the remaining events! Food will be provided at all sessions.
👉 Check back in early August for details about the 2026–2027 Mentorship Conversations & Stories Series.
Contact
Allison Shaddox
Student Graduate Program Coordinator
gradmentoring@unm.edu
