Caden Gurwell

Harmony, Relator, Responsibility, Developer, Analytical

I’m from Shawnee, Kansas, and majoring in Operations and Supply Chain Management, minoring in Leadership Studies. I love the Clifton Strengths program because it provides a platform for everybody to build their own personal brand and discover who they are, and what they're great at. I love figuring out how one's strengths can be applied to their life and how that can impact others!

Sarah Hemenway

Relator, Input, Intellection, Command, Consistency

I am a sophomore from Liberty, Missouri, studying English literature with a minor in leadership studies and a nonprofit certificate! I love peer coaching because it is a great way to learn more about yourself through a strengths lens. I believe knowing and understanding strengths as a student are so important. When you know your strengths, you can utilize them in anything from a class project to achieving post-grad goals!

Erin Jackson

Woo, Positivity, Communication, Includer, Achiever

I am a junior from Pratt, Kansas, studying English Secondary Education with a minor in Leadership Studies. I love peer coaching because I am able to inspire students to utilize their strengths in a way that is unique to them, their goals, and their futures.

Emily Lanie

Positivity, Achiever, Developer, Includer, Arranger

I am from Brownsburg, Indiana. I am currently studying social work with a minor in leadership studies and a nonprofit certificate. I am passionate about strengths because I love see qualities that makes a person who they are. I love guiding my peers to help them reach their full potential and achieve their dreams!

Roxana Linares

Futuristic, Input, Learner, Arranger, Intellection

I am a senior from Arkansas City, KS, working on completing the Professional Pilot Program on the K-State Salina campus. My dream is to fly internationally, either through the airlines or cargo. To me, peer coaching means being able to support and mentor others to harness their strengths in order to be successful in their college journey and also to grow as individuals.

Lucas Oluoch

Individualization, Developer, Restorative, Empathy, Strategic

I am in the Professional Pilot program at K-State Salina and am working on a minor in Aviation Safety. I'm from Centennial, Colorado, and my career goal is to be an airline pilot. To me, Peer Coaching is a great way to get connected with my first and second-year classmates and peers to help them develop and base their identities in what they do best.

Alex Podtburg

Context, Achiever, Learner, Analytical, Individualization

I am a sophomore from Adams, Nebraska majoring in Mechanical Engineering. To me, Peer Coaching means listening to someone else in the community and help guide them to whatever their needs might be.

Lauren Thompson

Context, Relator, Arranger, Harmony, Woo

I am a Junior from Woodville, Wisconsin majoring in Animal Science and Industry and Global Food Systems Leadership. Peer coaching provides me the opportunity to support students in identifying and building upon their talent and places they shine and help them continue to grow those positive attributes as they work towards their goals here and well beyond K-State!

Tori Ward

Woo, Individualization, Communication, Activator, Command, Futuristic, Input

I am a senior from Stilwell, KS majoring in Organizational Management and Spanish with a Leadership minor as well as International Business Nonprofit Leadership certificates. I am passionate about assisting others to become the best versions of themselves they can be. The CliftonStrengths framework and Peer Coaching Program allow individuals to do so by exploring, developing, and leveraging their natural abilities in all aspects of life.

Holt Williams

Communication, Woo, Input, Competition, Includer

I am sophomore from Augusta Kansas majoring in Accounting. Someday I would like to own my own company! Peer coaching excites me because it is a means of helping others solve problems by maximizing their strengths and setting intentional goals.