Mentorship

Onita Basu

Mentorship

Robert Teather

Carleton prides itself on being a close knit community that offers caring support to its students. Each year, seven faculty members receive a Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award for going above and beyond in assisting their students. This year, two professors from the Faculty of Engineering and Design were chosen.

Winners of the 2021 Faculty Graduate Mentoring Awards accepted their awards virtually.

Meet Onita Basu

Dr. Basu, an associate professor in Environmental Engineering, researches sustainable water solutions and practices. One of her award nominators shared:“I could not have found a more caring, empathetic and knowledgeable mentor than Dr. Onita Basu.” Another said:“She makes classes more fun and interactive.” While a third noted that: “She always inspires us to be motivated towards our goals and brings out the best in us.”

Meet Robert Teather

Dr. Teather is an associate professor in the School of Information Technology. One of his nominators said: “In addition to forming caring relationships with each student, he fostered healthy and mutually respectful relationships between the students and created a little community in his classroom.” Another student shared: Dr. Teather is highly respected by all of his students.” A third pointed out that he created a template for incrementally creating a publishable paper, section by section.