My Internship Multiplied my Respect for Journalists
By Laureen Ricks, University of Florida and Role Models Ambassador
January 12, 2005
I start school tomorrow, but I really feel like I am going on a retreat. School is like vacation compared to my summer internship at the Ocala Star-Banner newspaper, where I worked nine to 10-hour plus days. The real world is harder, more draining and less flexible than school. The real world is grueling. I count my blessings, now that I’m a student again.

I Make the Time to Mentor
By Erica Dickens, Florida A&M University, March 17, 2004
Mentoring is a gift in itself. It gives people the chance to influence children in more ways than one. But what is a mentor?

A mentor is an adult or a college student, who, along with parents, provides young people with support, counsel, friendship, reinforcement and constructive example. Mentors are good listeners, people who care, people who want to help young people bring out strengths that are already there.

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