As we near the end of this season and our show, we talk with yet another newer member of our teaching and learning community: Dr. Lamar White. Dr. White joined us earlier this year as the Vice President of Student Affairs. He has a vision that depends on great interest in and respect for students beginning their college journey with us. 

We talk about his beginnings as a first-generation college student, making the leap of faith from Compton to Atlanta. We talk about his career path in higher education. And we uncover an incredible treasure trove of a lifetime of active and benevolent mentors.

Dr. White and I explore what it means to be mentored and what it means to be a mentor. We discuss his hopes and vision for mentoring throughout the college. We talk about the "warm demands" that mentors can make that invite and encourage mentees to go further, try harder and reach their potential. We explore what he means when he suggests that success can depend on being willing to "show up early and stay late."

Join us to set one foot in a world where every time a hand reaches out for help, another hand is there to catch and hold and help. 

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