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Wakefield Student Named a 2015 URI 101 Mentor

The mentors help first-year students in their transition to college life.

Alyssa Chankhour of Wakefield has been named a 2015 URI 101 Mentor at the University of Rhode Island.

URI 101 Mentors play an influential role helping first-year students in their transition to college life. Mentors create effective and comfortable partnerships with instructors and become resourceful team leaders for all students.

Working with an instructor, URI 101 Mentors create lessons that develop essential academic skills, encourage involvement, improve personal responsibility, celebrate diversity and more.

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