On Thursday, Augustana College welcomed 750 first year students during its annual move in day. But one of the new campus residents is definitely not a recent high school graduate.
Doctor Kathy Jakielski is chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and the first participant in the new, faculty-in-residence program.
Living in Swanson Commons, Jakielski will act as a mentor for students, especially sophomores. She says younger and older college students get a lot of special attention, but not those in their second year.
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LIke middle children, they are often neglected, and may need help making the transition from freshman to 3rd and 4th year students.
Joining her in the Augustana residence hall pilot program will be her husband - an engineer at Alcoa who will also mentor students - and their two cats, Cosmo and Lillybelle (also mentors ?).