Portland State Student Ambassadors

03/13/2020

FLASHBACK FRIDAY!!!!!
Shout out for the STUDENT AMBASSADOR TEAM from 1996-1997. We have now photos with more than two colors. ~~Going back to 1996, what was happening on Portland State Campus? What were the news nationally? and What was going in the world?
Vikings Local:
In 1996, the Portland State Vikings athletics program began competing at the NCAA Division I Big Sky Conference. Prior to joining Division I, the 1975-1993 Athletics Director Roy Love ushered in the first era of conference sports and men’s football, baseball, and wrestling. Women’s sports generally began competing in NCAA Division II. Love’s efforts were rewarded with four NCAA Division II National Champion women’s volleyball teams and two championships in wrestling between 1982-1992.
National News:
Tuesday, April 2nd was Equal Pay Day in the United States. Equal Pay Day was launched by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 to shine a light on pay disparity between men and women.
International News:
Britain is alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease (March 20 et seq.). Mad cow disease, also called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), is a fatal disease that slowly destroys the brain and spinal cord in cattle. People cannot get mad cow disease.
Fun Fact:
Michael Jordan signed a one-year NBA contract for $25 million.
Feel free to tag the people you recognized. In the comments below, share your favorite memory as a STAMB!

03/06/2020

IT IS HERE!!
FLASHBACK FRIDAY!!!!!

Shout out for the STUDENT AMBASSADOR TEAM from 1995-1996. Back to the days whit black and white photos.

~~Going back to 1995, what was happening on Portland State Campus? What were the news nationally? and What was going in the world?
Vikings Local:
From 1946 until 1995, Portland State students, faculty, and staff produced the Viking annuals. The publication began as a traditional school yearbook, with photographs of college-sponsored events, student groups, and portraits of the graduating class, and evolved into a creative expression of life on and around the downtown campus in writing and images.
National News:
Health care crisis. During president's Clinton period in 1994, the year ended without significant health insurance reform. The Clinton Bill had insufficient support, which called for universal coverage. Mrs. Clinton said to have underestimated the effectiveness of the opposition.
International News:
U.S. rescues Mexico's economy with $20-billion aid program on February. On the other hand, massacre in Rwanda leave a death toll of 2,000 individuals.
Fun Fact:
The world's population back then was 4.378 billion.
Feel free to tag the people you recognized, and don't forget to tag yourself as well. In the comments below, share your favorite memory as STAMB!

02/15/2020

FRANCINE, shares how would a scholarship support her!

Join in on the fun! The are challenges throghout the day, by participating you can help us reah our goal!

Coming up @6:16 pm (TODAY) !!

Degrees Awarded, 6:16pm CHALLENGE
In honor of the 6,166 degrees awarded for the 2018-2019 academic year, the first person to donate at 6:16pm will unlock $1,000 to the fund they supported.

Donate to our scholarship fund: http://c-fund.us/pks

02/15/2020

KAYLA, shares how would a scholarship help her!

Join in on the fun! There are challenges throughout the day, by participating you can help us reach our goal!

"Alumni Association Challenge"
Thanks to the generosity of the Alumni Association the fund with the most alumni donors will unlock an additional $1,000 to their fund.

Donate to our fund: http://c-fund.us/pks

02/14/2020

KHANH, shares how would a scholarship help her!

Join in on the fun! There are challenges throughout the day, by participating you can help us reach our goal!

Coming up @2:14pm (TODAY) !!

2:14pm TIME CHALLENGE
Did you know that Portland State officially became a University on February 14, 1969? The first donor who gives closest to 2:14pm will receive $1,969.

Donate at our scholarship fund: http://c-fund.us/pks

02/14/2020

Spread Your Love and Support our Student Ambassador Scholarship!!!

Support our scholarship @

“Make the PSU Student Ambassador Scholarship a possibility for our ambassadors to keep growing as leaders!” - The Portland State University Ambassador Program is a 24-year-long tradition of leadership development. The Ambassadors welcome prospective students to our campus and connect one-on-one ...

02/05/2020

Meet BELLA CATALANO, one of our currrent student ambassador coordinators 2019-2020!

Bella shares her motivation, favorite parts, and challenges of being a coordinator. Bella's pasion resides in the mentorship aspect of the program and wach her POD members grow.

Give it up for Bella!

02/03/2020

Check this out!!

Afnan is a current student ambassador pursuing her PhD in Computer Science. Afnan shares her experienced as an ambassador and tell us that you don't have to have an specialty giving tours, but a heart willing to help and show your PSU community.

Fellows of the Student Ambassador Program at PSU, you might find this video somewhat related to your experienced as an ambassador, so check it out and leave us some comments about your memories.

Don't miss it!!

01/24/2020

Info and Deadline for the Student Ambassador Applications!!!

Due: February 7th, 2020 @ noon.
Format: PDF
To whom: [email protected] or drop it off at the Enrollment and Management Suite in room 520 ASRC
Qualifications:
Academic Excellence GPA 3.0 (supplemental materials are accepted in you don't meet the GPA requirements)
Multilingual students are strongly encouraged (International folks, don't hesitate in applying)
Positivity and being Active (active as in productive, not restricted to gym peeps)
Leadership skills (You will gain a lot of this)
Willingness to represent PSU (You might become the face magazines maybe)
Successful completion of Leadership class in the Spring
Application materials:
Current Resume
One-page cover letter (make sure your headings are correct)
Application form (Find it at the application packet online)
Letter OR email of recommendation (keep in mind that the person recommending cannot be related to you)

01/22/2020

We had our first Social Hour yesterday from 6 to 7pm at the Simon Benson House! We had our second and last social hour today from 12 to 1:30pm!
This was an opportunity for the PSU community to come and chat with our ambassadors and orientation leaders to learn more about our programs, and heard the amazing things we do around campus.
We had a really good turn out and here I leave you with some of the pictures from yesterday's night "Social Hour".

Deadline for application: February 7th @ noon.
GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN SOON!

01/14/2020

Happy 2020 Everyone!!!

We are starting this new year strong with are new applications for the program, graduating seniors, tips about cool spots on campus, and conference where we have represented Portland State on!

This past weekend we attended the CIVSA Conference in Albuquerque, NM.

The conference is a place where we learn from tour guides and advisors about best practices and network with campus visits professionals from all over the country.

114 Staff members and 282 students attended from 88 different institutions. Portland State University was represented by our pro-staff: Lavina and Alicia, and our ambassadors: Cyrena and Francine.

All the sessions focus on professional development of students and advisors, where they had the opportunity to attend educational sessions, keynote speakers, and hot topics. For instance, one of the keynote speakers talked about " How to communicate with crappy people". Could that have been useful when you were an ambassador?!

Later this week we will be sharing our ambassadors experience in the conference!! STAY TUNED!!

P.S: If you have any particular questions about the conference, let us know and we will be posting on Friday our "ambassadors spotlight".