2013-2014 Student Ambassadors - College of Social and Behavioral Science

The 2013-2014 Ambassador Recap

Welcome Week Events

Ambassadors hosted an open house and invited faculty members and all students to start the academic year with food and conversation.
Team held multiple tabling sessions handing out information on the college during Plazafest, Welcome Week, and other university-led student engagement activities

Social Media and Student Outreach

Social media campaigns paired with partnerships through campus groups and associations increased Instagram following by 3 times compared to beginning of 2013-14 academic year.
Successfully initiated photo contests via Instagram and Facebook awarding best student photo submissions representing their major with book store gift cards.
Section lead Natalie Blanton represented the team on the University Service Coalition and attended monthly meetings.
- Explored options to increase campus and community partnerships.
- Participated in the Bennion Center's Hunger Banquet and started dialogue with Head Start program.

Bennion Elementary

After-school Tutoring
- Two ambassadors and recruited volunteers spent an hour every Wed. & Thu. the after-school program was in session during Fall & Spring semester helping children with homework.
Field Day at the U
- Brought 65 5th/6th grade students and 20 parents to explore campus.
- The children attended workshops from Anthro's Osteology lab and grinding corn on rocks to helping individuals with disabilities through Ergonomics & Safety Engineering.
- Parents participated in a FAFSA workshop and option to fund college.
- The three hour field trip ended with lunch at the Heritage Center co-sponsored by the CSBS Ambassadors and Bennion Elementary's Principal Yapias.

Partnership with MUSE

Evening with Malcolm Gladwell at Abravenel Hall
- Dispersed 20 student tickets.
- Promoted faculty and student dialogue allowing 15 students to participate in a pre-event dinner with Political Science Professor Tim Chambless & Psychology Professor Paul White.
Affordable Care Act & U
- Panel discussion represented by 5 CSBS majors with perspectives from US health compared to other nations, family & consumers studies, politics, & economic health policy.
- Filled Hinckley Caucus room to capacity with 60 attendees.
The Other Wes Moore
- Ambassadors created campus wide awareness for the year's theme—Civic Engagement— dispersing books, facilitating book discussions, and helping fill the SFEBB Bill & Pat Child Auditorium to promote the book The Other Wes Moore & visit by the author Wes Moore.
- Distributed 221 books.
- Conducted 9 book groups reaching 103 attendees from Sociology, Psychology, Honors College, Anthropology, HSP, Continuing Ed, Bennion Center Service Learning, LEAP Peer Advisers & students, QSA & LGBTRC, Pre-Law, SLC Peer Court adult advisors, and International Students.

Research Workshops

Planned and conducted panel type workshops both semesters to increase student knowledge and participation of paid research opportunities through the college.
- Panel members include Dean Berg, Geography's Andrea Brunelli, UROP's Jill Baeder, and various student perspectives.
- Increased CSBS student proposal submission to the UROP program significantly compared to the 2012-2013 year and set large precedent to continue future workshop series.

Town & U

Organized and executed partnerships with local restaurants and retailers to raise funds for CSBS student scholarships
Restaurants donated proceeds from purchases by participating individuals, combined with funds from raffle ticket sale during evening screening of "Inequality for All" "
Raised $770 total towards student scholarships

Project Youth

Partnered with the Bennion Center for Project Youth during President Pershing's Community Engagement Day at the U.
Connected CSBS faculty members to the project and led 60 children to their visit with the Geography lab.