TROY Motto, 1887 - Troy University

Tell me, I forget.
Show me, I remember.
Involve me, I understand.
~ continued from page 5
I first met Auvronette in Term 4/2007 when she
registered for PSY 6648 Theories of Personality. She
was a working mother of a teenager, had completed
her undergraduate degree in human services, had
co-authored an anger management manual, and had
experiences in both voluntary and paid employment in
serving her community in many ways. Yet, she wanted
more. I had the good fortune of teaching Auvronette
for six of her graduate courses (MSPSE/Psychology) and
I became her mentor; we shared altruistic values and
societal concerns. I had the opportunity to really know
Auvronette - her aspirations, her fears, her values, and
her goals. Her background included a strong interest
in Christian counseling and a commitment to service.
The more she studied psychology, the more she
was determined to become a Licensed Professional
Counselor (LPC).
After graduating with a 4.0 GPA, Auvronette
enrolled in a graduate counseling program. The
more I knew her, the more I wanted our undergraduate
students to know her as their instructor and as one
of their mentors. She had walked that path on which
they too now walked, and she was credible to them.
She became certified to teach several courses in our
undergraduate program, and continues to do that
even today as she pursues her academic goals. In 2012,
Auvronette was given the Adjunct Instructor of the
Year Award at Troy/Covington and is fulfilling some of
her “promise.”
By continuing our collaborative relationship with
each other, her goal changed and she decided that
while she couldn’t become a “Dr. T.,” she could become
a “Dr. G.” by being true to herself and developing her
own teaching and mentoring style.
One day, she came to visit and said, “Dr. T., I have
found my passion.”
“Counseling,” I assumed.
“No,” she said. “I want to teach psychology at the
college level and continue doing counseling as a second
career so that I have experience ‘in the trenches’ and
can bring my teaching psychology to our students’ real
life experiences.”
When asked what challenges at Troy University
had contributed the most to her growth through her
Global Campus journey, she responded by saying:
being challenged to become increasingly
self-aware
gaining self-confidence through constant
motivation
growing through many red marks on my
papers until I mastered the task
thinking critically through questions posed
by Dr. T., which required me to be mindful
and thoughtful as well as engaging,
both in verbal and written expression
Auvronette describes our mentoring relationship
from her perspective by saying, “You, absolutely 100% of
the time, meet and accept students exactly where they
are. From there, you make an assessment without that
student feeling demeaned or reduced; in fact, in your
presence, they feel empowered.” From my perspective,
I describe it as a reciprocal relationship; I learn and
grow as much through this guiding journey as she does.
Auvronette’s past and present continue to
be tied to TROY. She continues to be an alumna and a
teaching mentor through Global Campus, while pursuing
her doctorate in counseling and supervision. We sincerely
hope her future will see “Dr. G” as a full-time Global
Campus faculty member.
There is a wall hanging outside my office door, an
ancient Chinese Proverb:
Tell me, I forget.
Show me, I remember.
Involve me, I understand.
Auvronette adds, “Through that understanding, I
grow and I contribute, and I am able to return, in some
small measure, that which I have gained through my
alma mater.”
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