Happy Holidays EXITO Community!

As 2019 comes to a close, we find ourselves grateful to have our fifth cohort of students on board and we have so much to celebrate in our community. This fall, we have been reflecting on how many people are involved in EXITO and the key role that hundreds of faculty have played mentoring the 400+ students who have participated in BUILD EXITO.

In November, we held a dinner at PSU to say a big thank you to all of our mentors. As a small token of our appreciation, we put together a video celebrating our mentors with Scholar reflections, video clips of mentors and students and photos.

You can see photos from the event below and view our mentor appreciation video by clicking on the image directly below this text.

Thanks for a great year and we are looking forward to all that is ahead. May you all find some time to do things you love over winter break and see you in the new year!

Best,
The EXITO team
Mentor Appreciation Dinner
The Mentor Appreciation Dinner was a celebration of all the work our Peer, Research, and Career mentors have done over the last five years. Speakers included the Interim President of PSU, Stephen Percy, along with several accomplished Scholars and Alumni.

We also had the privilege to hear from Dr. Somnath Saha about the importance of diversity in the research workforce and the role of mentoring in ensuring that students get the support they need to be successful.

Thanks to all who joined us for this special evening and more importantly, thank you mentors for all your support and dedication to our EXITO students!
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