I have been a Xavier University Smooth Transition (ST) mentor for 3 years since the years of 2014-2016. Smooth Transition is a first-year student summer pre-orientation and year-long peer mentoring program that seeks to support underrepresented domestic and help them transition smoothly to college. Most smooth Transition students are often
African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. Being a smooth transition requires selflessness as the program unpaid and requires one to dedicate their time to helping another student, as most of the time, the smooth mentors can be the only one that the student can depend on. As a mentor, I have guided first-year students to make good decisions in their college years to succeed in the …show more content…
By being a well-rounded student through my diverse involvements at Xavier, I inspire others to get out of their comfort zone and branch out and try new things. As a freshman from Nairobi, Kenya, I experienced culture shock which made me isolate myself from the Xavier community since adjusting to a new environment, weather, education system, food, and culture was difficult for me.
As soon as I decided to get involved in my second semester at Xavier, I began getting the full Xavier experience that is always advertised as I formed relationships with people who would later positively impact my life. My decision to get involved has opened my eyes to many opportunities and has led me to win prestigious scholarship awards at Xavier such as the 2016 Antonio Johnson scholarship and receive the 2016 Diversity and Inclusion recognition award for my efforts to create a campus culture of diversity and inclusion. I use this narrative e to inspire other people such as my mentees, members of the African students Association, black students Association and, international students, and other people in my involved organizations. I believe that experiencing new things is how we grow as …show more content…
In my talk, I explained how during my freshman year, due to the challenges I faced, I received a poor 2.889 G.PA, which would likely hinder my acceptance into law school, as this is my desired goal after graduation. Determined to do better, I started the second semester with a changed mind of succeeding by any means possible. As a Christian, I prayed before reading, doing any assignment and taking tests. I also made sure that I did my assignments before the dates they were due and took them to be reviewed, at the end of the semester, I received a 3.7 G.PA and ever since that day, I have maintained a high G.P.A that I even received a 4.0 in the previous two semesters. I also emphasized that it is very easy to bring down your G.P.A but very difficult to improve it. Even though telling students my failure story was challenging for me, in the end, I inspired them to excel academically. My story encouraged them to begin their college experience with high grades and not follow my example of having a 2.8 or any G.P.A that is considered low in their respective majors. In my everyday life, I tell my stories to friends who are struggling with their education and offer them the support they need to improve. I believe that telling my story of resilience has had a positive impact on people’s lives as it inspires them not to give up since
African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. Being a smooth transition requires selflessness as the program unpaid and requires one to dedicate their time to helping another student, as most of the time, the smooth mentors can be the only one that the student can depend on. As a mentor, I have guided first-year students to make good decisions in their college years to succeed in the …show more content…
By being a well-rounded student through my diverse involvements at Xavier, I inspire others to get out of their comfort zone and branch out and try new things. As a freshman from Nairobi, Kenya, I experienced culture shock which made me isolate myself from the Xavier community since adjusting to a new environment, weather, education system, food, and culture was difficult for me.
As soon as I decided to get involved in my second semester at Xavier, I began getting the full Xavier experience that is always advertised as I formed relationships with people who would later positively impact my life. My decision to get involved has opened my eyes to many opportunities and has led me to win prestigious scholarship awards at Xavier such as the 2016 Antonio Johnson scholarship and receive the 2016 Diversity and Inclusion recognition award for my efforts to create a campus culture of diversity and inclusion. I use this narrative e to inspire other people such as my mentees, members of the African students Association, black students Association and, international students, and other people in my involved organizations. I believe that experiencing new things is how we grow as …show more content…
In my talk, I explained how during my freshman year, due to the challenges I faced, I received a poor 2.889 G.PA, which would likely hinder my acceptance into law school, as this is my desired goal after graduation. Determined to do better, I started the second semester with a changed mind of succeeding by any means possible. As a Christian, I prayed before reading, doing any assignment and taking tests. I also made sure that I did my assignments before the dates they were due and took them to be reviewed, at the end of the semester, I received a 3.7 G.PA and ever since that day, I have maintained a high G.P.A that I even received a 4.0 in the previous two semesters. I also emphasized that it is very easy to bring down your G.P.A but very difficult to improve it. Even though telling students my failure story was challenging for me, in the end, I inspired them to excel academically. My story encouraged them to begin their college experience with high grades and not follow my example of having a 2.8 or any G.P.A that is considered low in their respective majors. In my everyday life, I tell my stories to friends who are struggling with their education and offer them the support they need to improve. I believe that telling my story of resilience has had a positive impact on people’s lives as it inspires them not to give up since