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Ambassador Program Application

Part One • Tell Us About Yourself

First Name

Last Name

Pronouns

e.g. he/him/his, she/her/hers, they/them/theirs

Address

Apt/Suite

City

State

Please give abbreviation (i.e. IL, IN, WA).

ZIP Code

What is your t-shirt size?

Size S-3XL

IES Abroad Center

Term you studied abroad?

ex. Spring 2023

Home College or University

Graduation Term & Year

What is your college major(s)?

Which of the options below best describes your housing assignment while studying abroad?

Did you enroll in any courses at an outside university?

Did you participate in an internship or community-based learning placement while abroad?

If you interned or did community-based learning during your program, select the field that best matches your placement.

Please list study abroad scholarships and/or grants received.

e.g. Gilman Scholarship, homeschool scholarships, etc.

Please name organizations and/or extracurricular activities you are involved in on-campus.

Are you a member of a Greek organization on campus (i.e. professional or social fraternity or sorority)?

What is the name of your Greek organization or chapter?

Are there any large events that are run by any of the organizations you are part of?

e.g. THON, Model UN, Film Festival. etc.

Are you part of Residential Life on campus?

e.g. Resident Assistant

As part of our efforts to support diverse students abroad, we connect Ambassadors with future IES Abroad students who have specific questions about how aspects of their identity will relate to their time abroad. The information you share below will be used solely by IES Abroad to help connect you with students asking to speak with an Ambassador about one of the topics that you select. It will not be displayed on our website nor disseminated to anyone outside of IES Abroad. IES Abroad has a non-discrimination policy that prohibits discrimination against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, citizenship, or veteran status in terms of admission, housing, or other services in the educational programs it operates.

For which aspects of your identity do you wish to offer advice and insight to other students? Please answer any and all that you are willing to share:

Race & Ethnicity - What is your race and/or ethnicity?

Religion - What is your religion?

Sexual Orientation - What is your sexual orientation?

Gender Identity - What is your gender identity?

Physical Disability - What is your physical disability?

Learning Disability - What is your learning disability?

Do you identify as a First-Generation Student?

If you'd like, write a few sentences about how one or more diverse aspects of your identity affected or was affected by your experience studying abroad.

We may pull quotes from Ambassador responses to this question to use in materials we create in the future to promote and support diversity in study abroad.

Part Two • Ambassador Questions

The main goal of the Ambassador Program is for students who have recently returned from study abroad to share their advice and perspective with future students. If you could give advice to any student who is at the early stages of deciding to study abroad, what would you tell them?

At least 2-4 sentences.

What are three words that describe your study abroad experience?

What was the highlight of your IES Abroad experience?

Describe a class, field trip, host family, or a moment that made your experience amazing.

Responding to emails from students is a required part of this role and there will be plenty of project opportunities, like campus engagement and working with student groups. We'd love to hear other ways that you're interested in getting the students excited about study abroad. Select all that you're interested in:

If you selected Instagram, is your profile public or private?

You won't be penalized or asked to switch either way!

Part Three • Bio & Headshot

In a few sentences, tell us about yourself. If you are selected to be an Ambassador, this will be used on your profile on our website.

You can include your favorite hobby or a fun fact, anything that a reader might like to know about you!

Your Headshot

It doesn't have to be super formal! Just submit a fun solo pic of yourself that we can use on our website if you are selected.