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   <title>Part teaching assistant, part older sibling: Skidmore's peer mentors</title>
   <author>Charlotte Mahn '25</author>
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   <description>Peer mentors made a positive impact on their first-year experiences; now these upperclassmen are paying it forward, collaborating with Scribner Seminar professors and taking on a guiding role to support new students' transition to college academics and life.</description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:29:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <img src="/admissions/student-stories/_images/1213-peer-mentors-thumbnail.jpg"
            alt="Peer mentors Liz Bracht ’24, Sophia McGowan ’24, and Jackson Smith ’24 smile at the camera in a Skidmore classroom."/>
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      <img src="/admissions/student-stories/_images/1213-peer-mentor-hero.jpg"
            alt="Peer mentors Liz Bracht ’24, Sophia McGowan ’24, and Jackson Smith ’24 smile at the camera in a Skidmore classroom."/>
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   <image2caption>Liz Bracht ’24 (left), Jackson Smith ’24 (center), and Sophia McGowan ’24 (right) spent their fall semesters serving their community as peer mentors, an integral aspect of the First-Year Experience for incoming students. </image2caption>
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