MBA Ambassadors - What are they? What do they do?

This past Fall, Connie Chambers and the MBA Faculty decided they wanted to implement and ambassador program for the Manderson Graduate School of Business MBA program. The ambassadors are being used for many different reasons. First, the MBA program has many companies that come visit and do on- campus interviews. The ambassadors would be responsible for making the representatives comfortable on our campus by maybe giving tours, taking them to lunch, talking about their experiences in the program, etc. Further, the ambassadors are to help the faculty while they are traveling to establish and sustain corporate relationships. Taking current ambassadors to companies gives the executives at the company the opportunity to see what the program has to offer, plus the ambassadors can give an inside look at the Manderson Graduate School of Business.
Also, ambassadors mentor to prospective students by giving them a personal opinion of the MBA program and what it has to offer. Ambassadors discuss their experience in joining the program, why they joined, what they have done since they have been here, how the program is valuable to students and some advice on what the potential students should do if they are admitted.
Being an ambassador gives a feeling of being a part of something that is influential and valuable to our MBA program and our personal careers. It has given me exposure to executives, given me the ability to travel, and given me the opportunity to get to know in a deeper sense, the faculty and other ambassadors. Once immersed in MBA it is hard to take time to get to know people on a deeper level because of the course load. Being an ambassador gives that opportunity and gives the opportunity to take a leadership position – a definite win – win situation.