Women Mentorship Program

Syeda Akhter, Jerahmeel Bautista, Dana Al-Huneidi,

Dr. Salama Ghada & Dr. Annie Ruimi

Spain, Palma De Mallorca, Palma Convention Centre

3 July 2018
The Team

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Qatar

● Located in the Middle East

● The richest country on the planet - Per Capita GDP of $127,600
● Has the world’s third-largest natural-gas reserves and oil reserves
● One of the safest countries on Earth
● Around 88% of the Qatar population are non-Qatari

Museum of Islamic Art Park The Pearl-Qatar Souq Waqif 3

Texas A&M University at Qatar

● The inaugural class of TAMUQ began on Sept. 2003

● Governed by Texas A&M University in College Station,
Texas
● More than 900 engineers have graduated from TAMUQ
● Around 500 currently enrolled students: 53% Males, 47%
Female
● Research activities in TAMUQ valued at more than
$248.2 million
● Has more than 20 student organizations
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 Motivation?

● Sisterhood

● University mentorship programs in the USA indicated that

female students who were assigned same-gender mentors
during the first year were more likely to stay in school.

● Programs improved students’ motivation to excel and leads

them to higher achievements.

● Not an academic program

Hernandez, P., Bloodhart, B., Barnes, R.T., Adams, A.S., Clinton, S.M., Pollack, I., Godfrey, E., Burt, M., & Fischer, E.V. (2017). Promoting professional identity, motivation, and
persistence: Benefits of an informal mentoring program for female undergraduate students. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187531
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Benefits

For mentors:

● Leadership skills
● Communication skills
● Resume

For mentees:

● Guidance during the transition

● Communication skills
● Higher performance