Statewide Mentoring Conference Features Two Nationally-Recognized Mentoring Researchers

10/20/2011 3:32:00 PM

Statewide Mentoring Conference Features Two Nationally-Recognized Mentoring Researchers For Immediate Release

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (Oct. 24, 2011)-Dr. Renée Spencer, Associate Professor at Boston University School of Social Work, and Dr. Jean Rhodes, Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, headline the 12th annual Minnesota Mentoring Conference: “Best in Class” hosted by the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota (MPM).  The conference will be held at the University of Minnesota's Continuing Education & Conference Center in Saint Paul.  The researchers will discuss the quality of mentoring relationships and shed light on two provocative questions: "Doing Our Best: Is It Good Enough?" and "Which Youth Is Mentoring Best For?"

Dr. Spencer and Dr. Taylor are widely published and are known as two leading researchers in the youth mentoring field.  The keynote speakers will address an audience of more than 200 youth mentoring practitioners from Minnesota and around the country.  This year's conference, “Best in Class,” features well-known trainers from around the country who are highly regarded for their innovations in mentoring. 

The 2011 conference is generously sponsored by the Carlson Family Foundation, Federated Insurance, University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 3M, Thomson Reuters, IWCO Direct and General Mills. MPM was formed in 1994 as a community initiative to promote mentoring for Minnesota youth.  Its mission is to drive the mentoring movement and lead the state in building and sustaining quality mentoring for every child. 

For more information about the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, please visit MPM’s website at www.mpmn.org . ### For more information, please contact:Mai-Anh Kapanke, Associate DirectorMentoring Partnership of Minnesota612-370-9169 or 651-357-2823 (Cell)mai-anh@mpmn.org