<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/jeffrey-hunt-learning-assistant-program.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>12/08/2025</pubDate><title>New Mentorship Model Strengthens University’s Learning Assistant Program</title><description>Jeffrey Hunt, assistant director for the Tutoring and Academic Support Center, reflects on the creation of the University’s Learning Assistant mentor program, its success over the past three years, and the national interest it generated at the International Learning Assistant Conference.</description><hide-description/><author>Jeffrey Hunt, MA, MBA</author><author-details>academic operations manager for Tutoring and Academic Support Center</author-details><hide-author/><date>December 8, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/general/2025/j-hunt-ilac-presentation.jpg" alt="j-hunt-ilac-presentation"/></image><image-caption>Jeffrey Hunt, MA, MBA presenting the University of New Haven’s Learning Assistant mentor program.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>office-tutoring-academic-support</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>