<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2023/flex-program.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>09/01/2023</pubDate><title>Nutrition Sciences Major to New Chargers: ‘You’re Going to Do Great’</title><description>Beatrice Glaviano ’26 reflects on what she describes as the “privilege” of serving as a mentor for her new classmates as part of the University’s First-Year Leadership (FLEx) program, and she recalls her own experience in the program as a new Charger last year.</description><hide-description/><author>Beatrice Glaviano ’26</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>September 1, 2023</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/health-sciences/news/2023/flex-2.jpg" alt="Beatrice Glaviano ’26 (center, in blue) served as a mentor as part of the FLEx program."/></image><image-caption>Beatrice Glaviano ’26 (center, in blue) served as a mentor as part of the FLEx program.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2023</tag></tags></item>