SURES Week of June 26

Coffee chat with the Near Peer Mentors

On Monday, some of us met at the lab in the TH Morgan Biology Building to finish processing and weighing our soil samples to prepare them for analyses.

On Tuesday, we met with Dr. Ketrell McWhorter who told us about her fascinating career journey that started with an MBA and a role in executive banking with a "side gig" as a personal trainer and fitness instructor, then a PhD in Molecular Epidemiology and a fellowship at the NIEHS and finally, her current position as a professor where she leads a global health program.

On Thursday morning, Co-Director of the SURES program Dr. Kevin Pearson and I met with the near peer mentors to chat about their experiences with their mentees and the program.  On Thursday afternoon, we learned about using a Restorative Justice Community Building Approach to address mental health.