I was only able to meet with one of my mentees on Sunday, I felt the repercussions of not initially exchanging contact information with my mentees and therefore time was compromised and chaos ensued. So I would stress the communication factor, and more specifically, exchange numbers! Like many of my peers have expressed, email has proven to be somewhat of an unreliable communication device.
Despite a rocky start, I do feel confident in being in a position of leadership now. My meeting on Sunday was successful. My mentee, a senior who is graduating this winter and has been at Western longer than I have seems to be well versed in accessing the library's resources and has accomplished many research projects. With that being said, we went ahead with the full library tour and I was able to provide her with some new info, such as the new 24/7 computer lab, the sound proof practice rooms and the basement ‘over-sized’ section. She also shared with me her love for the videos that are available in the media library. We mapped out a rough weekly meeting schedule, melded around her deadlines. This was definitely an equal exchange of knowledge and I look forward to future meeting dates with her and the other mentees.
It sounds like you may have a positive relationship despite your mentee being a senior. It will be interesting to hear how it plays out with them, hopefully just having you there as a sounding board for their research assignments will be worthwhile. Another set of eyes on papers can always be helpful as well.
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