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January 2001
Mentoring Opportunity Satisfies Staff
The fact that Jack Webster, an administrative assistant III, still calls UCSF his employer is a testament to his tenacity and more specifically to his experience in the Academic Business Officers Group’s (ABOG) mentorship program. "It was singularly the best experience with my association of UCSF in the year 2000," said the mentoree last week. Webster was among the 12 graduates of ABOG’s seventh successful year of teaming junior staff with seasoned campus veterans. ABOG celebrated its latest class at a reception in the Library's Lange Reading Room on Jan. 11. As it is, many who signed up for the year-long program left for jobs elsewhere, says Martha Hooven, director of administration in the School of Medicine, who served as co-chair of the ABOG mentorship program planning committee this past year. Webster, who started working at UCSF in 1992, credits his relationship with mentor Julius Katz, a labor and employee relations coordinator in Human Resources, as an incentive to stay at the University. "As an AAIII and a member of the [Coalition for University Employees] union, I was upset that all salary increases were withheld from me for two years," Webster says. "This mentorship program kept me going. It’s the only thing that kept me here at UCSF. "Julius was much more of a shoulder for me during the critical union negotiation time. He was a great listener and a great morale booster." For Katz, the experience was mutually beneficial. "I also learned a lot from Jack. He took command and made it work. We both had a commitment and I looked forward to our meetings," said Katz, a longtime ABOG member and UCSF employee. Other participants in the mentorship program also sang the praises of their experiences saying it boosted their self-confidence, introduced them to new people and heightened their understanding of diverse campuswide operations. For Lisa Garrett, the program helped her evaluate herself and her career goals and spawned a friendship with her mentor Janice Babula, assistant to the vice chancellor of research. "I don’t know if JB and I would have connected otherwise and I’m really grateful that she has become my friend." |
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