Blazing a trail for students Chiana Blaze, director of mentor programs, says she has found her calling. Now she is trying to help UNT students find theirs. As the first full-time director of mentor programs, she wants to create a program that will benefit students personally as well as academically. Success to me doesn't necessarily mean a 4.0 grade point average.
Success can be a freshman having a good transition from high school to college.
It can be writing a paper or learning to set goals. Blaze came to UNT from Longview as an undergraduate in 1992 and earned her bachelor of arts degree in speech and hearing sciences in 1997. Even when she was a freshman, she knew she wanted to help other UNT students. She worked as a student employment counselor and as a freshman peer counselor while attending school. After graduating, she began a full-time job as an academic adviser in the College of Business Administration.