Meet your Schar Peer Academic Advisors
Sarah AhmedMajor: Government and International Politics
Concentration: International Relations
Activities and Interests: Campaign internship, political volunteer, interested in public policy and international development. Interested in helping others succeed in their academic endeavors.
I am a Government and International Politics major with minors in Legal Studies and Conflict Analysis and Resolution. I am in the Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity on-campus and pursuing a career in the legal field. I'm a peer advisor because I want to help other students make decisions about their academic futures.
My name is Shannon Glesing and I am a Government and International Politics Major with a concentration in Public Policy and a minor in Political Communication. On campus I am a Resident Assistant working with freshman in Presidents Park. I am the acting president of Mason YoungLife and I also serve in student government as the Undersecretary for Mason Athletics and Recreation. Additionally, I am a member of the Women’s Swimming and Diving team here at Mason and serve on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). I was drawn to peer academic advisor position because I wanted to be able to help undergraduates better navigate the Schar school and Mason as a whole so that their experience here would be better overall. By combining my other on-campus involvements I want to help give insight and understanding to students who need advice.
Major: Government and International Politics
Concentration: Law, Philosophy, and Governance
Campus involvement: Honors College, SCHAR USO
Why PAA: I am serving as a peer academic advisor because I know what it felt like to feel lost with class selections, now that I have that experience I wanted to be able to spread that knowledge to other students in need.