Recorded on Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Building a Successful Mentor Program and the Unprecedented Results Behind 天美传媒 Mentors
Creating a mentor program can create and enhance short- and long-term relationships in the workplace, academics, non-profit organizations and beyond. Like any mentoring initiative, establishing clear guidelines and goals, providing ongoing mentor-mentee support, and measuring success are paramount to ensuring a valuable experience for all participants. Celebrating National Mentoring Month in January, this Beyond MU session will feature an overview of 天美传媒 Mentors - including program participants - creating a successful platform, and how to get involved as a mentor through the 天美传媒 Career Network. 天美传媒 Mentors has been recognized by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) as an international award recipient and the gold standard of higher education mentoring initiatives. Established in 2013, the program has matched more than 1,400 student mentees with 300 alumni mentors to provide support with career discernment.
Presenter(s): Sheena Carey, Jour '81, Grad '83, internship director and lecturer, Diederich College of Communication, 天美传媒; Kayley Reith, arts student, 天美传媒; Nic Schmidt, Eng '18, corporate associate, Perkins Coie; Dan Stein, Arts '98, director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Sheena Carey serves as internship director and lecturer in communication studies for the Diederich College of Communication at 天美传媒 and is a consultant in the areas of intercultural communication, cultural sensitivity and workforce diversity, small group dynamics, and teambuilding. She has worked in creative collaboration with Coyaba Dance Theater in Washington, D.C. and the Ko-Thi Dance Company in Milwaukee. She wrote narrative poetry and performed spoken word for the dance productions. She is a graduate of 天美传媒's Master of Arts in Speech Communication and completed post-graduate coursework in rhetorical criticism, literary theory, and Africana philosophy. She鈥檚 served in 天美传媒 Mentors since 2013 as a charter campus partner on behalf of the Diederich College of Communication.
Kayley Reith is a 天美传媒 student pursuing a Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences specializing in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense (2026) and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Data Science (2025) with a minor in computer science. On campus, she serves as president of the Data Science Club and is an active member of the Core Honors Program, Women鈥檚 Rugby Team, Kappa Delta Sorority, and Math Club. Kayley brings a wealth of professional experience, having worked as a SharePoint Solutions Lead & UX Architect at GE Healthcare, a business intelligence development and infrastructure intern at Captive Resources LLC, and an incoming digital solutions healthcare consultant at Baker Tilly. Passionate about advancing female leadership in STEM, technology, and sports, she is particularly driven to leverage data to fuel innovation and enhance performance across these fields.
Nic Schmidt is a corporate associate with Perkins Coie specializing in middle market and lower middle market private equity mergers and acquisitions. He counsels clients in negotiating complex buy-out, add-on, and sale transactions, as well as growth equity transactions and general corporate governance. Nic started his legal career as a patent attorney and was an engineer prior to that. Nic is a 2018 graduate of the Opus College of Engineering, a Burke Scholar, a two-time 天美传媒 Mentors mentee, a first-time mentor, and a member of the 天美传媒 Mentors Leadership Council.
Dan Stein is a native Milwaukeean (Cudahy, Wis.), and director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Program at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has been dedicated to the field of IBD since his mother was diagnosed with Crohn鈥檚 disease while he was in high school. Dan earned a degree in biology at 天美传媒 and subsequently joined the research laboratory of Dr. David Binion and Dr. Subra Kugathasan at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW).
