As a freshman joining Utah State University’s Track and Field Team in fall 2017, Alex Lyons wasn’t keen on having an upperclassman mentor.
“Athletics assigned mandatory peer mentors to each team member,” says Lyons, a Cache Valley, Utah native. “I was already busy with track and classes, so I was doubtful weekly meetings with a mentor would benefit me.”
He quickly changed his mind.
“My mentor, though just a couple of years ahead of me in school, answered questions I didn’t even know I had,” says Lyons, a biochemistry major and aspiring physician.
Seizing upon Lyons’ pre-med ambitions, his mentor researched potential medical schools and identified activities and actions that would benefit the freshman in his academic and future career quests.
“I started college with the idea that you just go to class and everything will work out,” Lyons says. “I learned, from my mentor, the importance of participating in undergrad research and internships, networking, getting involved in leadership activities and actively preparing to pursue future opportunities...” Read the full story.
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