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    Addison Vaughn reflects on their experience as a Peer Leader at USC. They enjoyed mentoring first-year students and helping them adjust to college. While facilitating class discussions was challenging at first, Addison became more comfortable over time. They formed strong relationships with both students and their co-instructor. Through this role, Addison gained skills in public speaking, empathy, and understanding different perspectives. They feel this experience helped them grow as a leader and will benefit them in future endeavors. Addison is grateful for all they learned through Peer Leading and participating in EDLP.

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    Addison Vaughn reflects on their experience as a Peer Leader at USC. They enjoyed mentoring first-year students and helping them adjust to college. While facilitating class discussions was challenging at first, Addison became more comfortable over time. They formed strong relationships with both students and their co-instructor. Through this role, Addison gained skills in public speaking, empathy, and understanding different perspectives. They feel this experience helped them grow as a leader and will benefit them in future endeavors. Addison is grateful for all they learned through Peer Leading and participating in EDLP.

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    Addison Vaughn reflects on their experience as a Peer Leader at USC. They enjoyed mentoring first-year students and helping them adjust to college. While facilitating class discussions was challenging at first, Addison became more comfortable over time. They formed strong relationships with both students and their co-instructor. Through this role, Addison gained skills in public speaking, empathy, and understanding different perspectives. They feel this experience helped them grow as a leader and will benefit them in future endeavors. Addison is grateful for all they learned through Peer Leading and participating in EDLP.

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    Addison Vaughn reflects on their experience as a Peer Leader at USC. They enjoyed mentoring first-year students and helping them adjust to college. While facilitating class discussions was challenging at first, Addison became more comfortable over time. They formed strong relationships with both students and their co-instructor. Through this role, Addison gained skills in public speaking, empathy, and understanding different perspectives. They feel this experience helped them grow as a leader and will benefit them in future endeavors. Addison is grateful for all they learned through Peer Leading and participating in EDLP.

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    Addison Vaughn

    EDLP Final Essay

    December, 5 2022

    EDLP Final Reflection

    Hi Peer Leaders of 2023! My name is Addison Vaughn, and I am now finishing up my

    term as a peer leader. I am a junior at USC studying Operations and Supply Chain, and I am from

    Nashville, TN. I chose USC because it was a new opportunity. I wanted to leave Tennessee for

    college, and I didn’t know anyone here, so USC represented a completely fresh start without

    moving too far away from home. I wanted to be a Peer Leader because of the mentorship

    opportunity. As an Orientation Leader after my freshman year, I learned of my love and interest

    in mentoring and watching students grow and succeed in college. I thought that Univerisity 101

    is an even greater chance to watch students grow over the length of the semester, and provide

    advice whenever issues arise.

    My experience as a Peer Leader was great! Overall I feel as if my students learned a lot

    and felt as if they could reach out and open up to me and my co-instructor. My relationship with

    the students has grown immensely as the semester has come to a close, and I have even enjoyed

    seeing my students outside of class. My relationship with my co-instructor has also grown

    significantly. I consider Ashley a mentor for my future endeavors and a resource for anything I

    need. Developing our class together has been a fantastic experience! At first, I really struggled to

    speak to the class in a casual or relaxed way, and was afraid that they wouldn’t enjoy our lesson

    plans. I also struggled with understanding there is only so much I can do for our class. My class

    isn’t the closest and while they are vocal, there isn’t always discussion or side conversation.

    Although this was an obstacle, I understand now that while bringing the class closer together is

    my job, there is a limit to my contribution. However, some of my accomplishments include my

    students expressing to me they feel comfortable with whatever they need. For instance, in our
    1-1’s and in my feedback, they shared that they see me as approachable and resource for

    whatever they need. I think hearing this may be one of the most fulfilling parts of my peer leader

    experience! I would recommend students focus on their relationship with their co-instructor, and

    really focus on bringing the class together through activities in class, or even activities outside of

    class.

    I have grown immensely as a result of my peer leader experience. I believe that being a

    peer leader is one of the best ways to both learn more about yourself and to develop a deerp

    connection to the school - which was something I never expected. Some of the goals I had set for

    myself in the beginning of the semester included making myself available to my students, being

    a quality parter to my co-instructor, and and to grow comfortable facilitating instruction. I think I

    accomplished the goal of making myself available about class topics, but I am not sure if my

    students felt I was available for personal issues they may have had. I had students text and call

    regarding class assignments, but never about personal struggles. I think because of the nature of

    a business section, this can be difficult to accomplish because of the lack of time available for

    more personable class discussion and activities. I think in the future I would prioritize these types

    of activities and even share more personal notes about my college experience. I think I was able

    to be a quality partner for Ashley, my co-instructor. At the end of the semester, she gave me good

    feedback and said I was great to work with! I also now consider her to be a great mentor, which I

    think shows our partnership progression over the semester. Finally, towards the end of the

    semester, I grew comfortable facilitating discussion in class. I unfortunately missed some of the

    difficult conversation lessons, so facilitating deeper conversation is something I could still work

    on. I think my leadership has grown immensely. I think I have gained empathy and

    understanding, especially for first-year students.


    I think some of the skills I have gained include public speaking and overall reading a

    room or group of students. As I mentioned earlier, I struggled at first to speak to the class and

    adjust lessons if necessary. At the end of the semester, I feel confident talking to our class and

    editing lesson plans depending on the state of the class. This was one of my main goals, so it is

    satisfying that I think I have also grown in an empathetic perspective. I think this will help me in

    most aspects of my life, whether personally or professionally. I think gaining this perspective

    was exactly what I needed as I am growing to be an upperclassman and am beginning my job

    search. Frankly, I feel as if I forgot about the freshman experience up until this fall. I

    remembered the struggle that your freshman year can be, and being a peer leader helpe me

    understand and sympathize with their experiences. In terms of EDLP, I honestly think I gained

    the most meaningful experience. I see the conversations we have in EDLP throughout my daily

    life - and I think I am better of for it. For instance, classes where we are honest and share

    personal stories or struggles, I feel as if I can connect these to either my life, or connect them to

    others lives, further understanding the experiences of those around me. This has been so valuable

    to me!

    I am so grateful for my experience as a peer leader, and more importantly, my experience

    of meeting other peer leaders. In the future - know that EDLP is so valuable! My truly investing

    my time there I watched myself grow in U101 and outside of the classroom. I am so happy to

    have been a mentor for my students, and I hope they continue to see me as one.

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