Founder's Dinner

As I stood in front of the door leading from the Ritz-Carlton’s parking garage, my hands were shaking and filled with sweat. I look over at Michelle, the lead ambassador, and saw how naturally she was greeting the many guests as they were arriving. After about thirty minutes of just nodding and waving my hands as the guests entered, I took a deep breath and began to greet them with my voice.

As a member of University Ambassadors, you will be placed in many different environments that are new to you. One of the many events that might be a complete shock, as a student, is Founders Dinner. Founders Dinner is an event that celebrates the UMSL"Family" - acknowledging 25-year faculty and staff members, Chancellor's Award for Excellence recipients, Distinguished Alumni Awardees, and Auguste Chouteau Society and Pierre Laclede Society donors. To put that in layman’s term, you are at an event with some very important people who have contributed a lot to the university.

UMSL Ambassadors Orientation

On September 11th, UMSL Ambassadors had their orientation meeting. It was filled with valuable information and great presenters. Two of our presenters were Vice Provost Coonrod and Dr. Horne. They each brought their personality into their presentations and we enjoyed them. We got to know everyone better by giving fun facts about ourselves. We found out we had two pairs of sisters in the group and Vice Provost Coonrod saw one of the UMSL Ambassadors favorite country singers, Garth Brooks before he was famous. Other ambassadors shared their interest in drawing, soccer, and speaking multiple languages.

Keep Up the Energy!

This week has been a blast for the UMSL Ambassadors! We gave away all of our cookies at the Fall Expo and Volunteer Fair to future UMSL Ambassadors. No one could resist the cookies or UMSL Ambassadors’ smiling faces. Uncle Louis drew a couple people in too! We live for engaging conversations and you all did not disappoint. We enjoyed talking to you about all the opportunities within UMSL Ambassadors especially our networking opportunities. We hope you enjoyed the cookies and will take a minute to fill out our application (www.umsl.edu/go/ambassadors). Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter!

Fall Expo and Volunteer Fair

Hello UMSL! There are some pretty exciting upcoming dates for the UMSL Ambassadors. We will be out at the Fall Expo on August 26th (11:30am-1pm)and the Volunteer Fair on August 27th (10:30am-12:30pm) in the Quad getting to know more UMSL students and recruiting more members for our team. We will have the programs details and UMSL Ambassadors at the booth the entire time to give you more information. Our booth with also have some delicious cookies for our friends who like us on Facebook, instagram, or twitter! We hope to see you out there. Just look for the students in the red vests!