My name is Amy Embrey and I am a senior art education major. This year I will be a Peer Mentor to freshmen. I will teach the class with Randy Edmonson who is the department chair of the art department. The freshmen receive guidance from a junior or senior who has succeeded at Longwood. The Peer Mentor encourages freshmen to become involved in campus activities.
Freshmen get to know other freshmen and a professor in their major through the program.
The mentor becomes a friend and someone the freshmen can go to for help. As a Peer Mentor I have become a better leader. I have benefited from building a strong relationship with our department chair. I will gain valuable teaching experience which I can use as an art teacher. I will also feel a sense of achievement by seeing the freshmen succeed at Longwood.