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How Ambassadors Help

Alumni Ambassadors assist with recruitment in many ways:

Contacting Students and Parents

Students and their parents can specifically request to hear from an alumnus, or an admissions rep might feel a particular student would benefit from connecting with you.  Either way, we provide you with contact and background information - then you reach out, usually via email. 

Referring Students

Ambassadors are always looking for potential Alma students!  If you know students who would make great Scots, you can directly refer them to the Admissions Office or provide them with College-provided recruitment materials so they can take the initial step themselves.

Publicizing College Fairs

Admissions representative attend college fairs around Michigan and other states, speaking with students and their families.  Meeting lots of people means lots of potential students, so Ambassadors use College-provided posters to publicize Alma's presence at fairs in their areas.

Assisting with Events

If there's an admissions rep who needs a hand at a college fair, an on-campus event that would benefit from alumni involvement or a special event off campus, Ambassadors provide that extra assistance.

 

More than 100 Alma College students and staff traveled to destinations in South Carolina, Kansas, Tennessee, and Texas for service projects during winter break in February 2009. "Alternative Break service experiences continue to gain popularity on Alma College's campus," says Sallie Scheide, assistant director in the Center for Responsible Leadership.

 

Student Profile

Elizabeth Heitsch

Elizabeth Heitsch
Graduation: 2008
Major: History
From: St. Louis, Michigan
Interests: Reading, Music

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