March 13, 2025
Peer Mentors and Advisors Present on First-Year Student Engagement at OSU Conference

On February 24, five of our peer mentors (Kennedy Austin, Owen Butler, Dory Nosse, Greyson Osterfeld, and Hailey Shapiro) presented with advisors Emma Traylor, Samantha Zimmerman and Joanna Spanos at OSU’s annual Focus on the First Year Conference. Their topic was “Like Peas in a Pod: Small Group Interactions in a First Year Survey Course”. The staff outlined the new groups used within our survey classes this past fall, and the mentors provided their perspectives from helping to facilitate these interactions. Thank you, Kennedy, Owen, Dory, Greyson, and Hailey!