The Friends of Odysseus, a mentoring program established in 2012 by black male faculty for black and Hispanic male medical and graduate students, recently sponsored the First Annual Fall Classic Golf Outing—an effort to introduce participants to the inherent networking opportunities of golf. The group hosts a number of activities and provides students with ongoing mentorship interaction with senior faculty mentors during their years of professional development.
Several members of the black professional community, including faculty, attorneys, and business and financial executives, were paired with students during the event. All students were sponsored by faculty members from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.