This past year I decided to join the Honors Ambassador Leadership Team after spending a year as an ambassador. It was a great decision, as I learned a lot about myself and others through working closely in a small team for several months and from mentoring a freshmen to adjust to his role as an ambassador. I was responsible for coordinating meetings over the summer for our team to curate interview questions for prospective ambassadors, analyze applications received, and ultimately decide on a cohort of new ambassadors that would give us a diverse team with the qualifications that would make a good ambassador. This took a lot of planning and challenged me in ways that I had not been before. Looking at applications from students all across the world was a very unique opportunity that allowed me to grow my world-view. I had to take into account different schooling systems, cultures, and other differences while making my decisions. I did not want my primarily western experiences to deter any great candidate's applications from being accepted due to my unfamiliarity with anything they mentioned. At the end of the summer, we accepted a new cohort of ambassadors that we were very confident would provide the team with a diverse set of individuals with the capability to lead well down down the road.
After the summer, my main responsibility was to mentor my freshman mentee. This was a great privilege for me, as I had been mentored before for school, sports, and jobs, but never mentored someone else. I compiled a list of what helped me during my experiences, and what could have been better, in order to provide my mentee a beneficial experience.
After the summer, my main responsibility was to mentor my freshman mentee. This was a great privilege for me, as I had been mentored before for school, sports, and jobs, but never mentored someone else. I compiled a list of what helped me during my experiences, and what could have been better, in order to provide my mentee a beneficial experience.