Franklin College’s Launch Program, an initiative designed to encourage success among first-year students, announced the Launch Mentors for the 2024-2025 academic year. Launch Mentors are upper classmen who have been chosen to promote academic, social and personal development for first-year students through support and guidance.

The students chosen to be Launch Mentors include:

Aubrey Allison, a sophomore from Covington, is a graphic design major.

Sarah Carpenter, a senior from Whiteland, is a biomedical science major.

Michiah Draper, a junior from Plainfield, is a sociology major and an art minor.

Celeste Edwards, a senior from Indianapolis, is a chemistry major.

Amy Garrido Portillo, a senior from Greenwood, is a political science major with a pre-law concentration and a Spanish and quantitative methods minor.

Adam Guth, a senior from Santa Claus, is a history major and a political science minor.

Olivia Mahoney, a sophomore from Springfield, Virginia, is a history and sociology major.

Kiara McGuyre, a senior from Clayton, is a psychology major and a neuroscience minor.

Cara Mullen, a senior from Carthage, is a political science and philosophy major.

Kendall Potts, a senior from Haubstadt, is a political science major and a Spanish minor.

Shea Reynolds, a senior from Austin, is a history, philosophy and political science major and a leadership minor.

Claire Sampson, a senior from Indianapolis, is an English and history major.

Riley Shaff, a sophomore from Franklin, is an exercise science major.

Clayton Shull, a junior from Muncie, is a public relations major and a Spanish minor.

David Sieg, a junior from Ramsey, is an exercise science major.

Easton Terry, a sophomore from Clinton, is an exercise science major.

Monica Velazquez-Cortes, a junior from Franklin, is a business-finance major and an accounting minor.

Nicholas Whitecotten, a junior from Greenwood, is an accounting and finance major and a leadership and data science minor.

For more information, contact the Franklin College Office of Communications at (317) 738-8189.

By: Katie Thoman ’26

Franklin College Pulliam Fellow