Get Involved
The SOE Student Ambassador program is a great networking and professional development opportunity for School of Education majors. Ambassadors assist with SOE events and programs which give them access to faculty and staff in order to valuable gain experience and potential references for future job or grad school applications. Plus, it's fun! Ambassadors have meetings, socialize, organize SOE events, and attend workshops and presentations prepared just for ambassadors.
Ambassadors volunteer to help at events but are also given "assignments" including the potential to work directly with the dean as one of our Dean's Ambassadors. Other assignments are in recruiting, social media and assisting with the SOE podcast Education in Motion. You tell us what interests you and we try to find the right assignment for you.
AND DID YOU KNOW? Student Ambassadors earn credit towards their Community Engaged Learning (40 hour) requirement! We will track your hours volunteered and report them to the CEL team in order to help you meet your CEL requirement.
Applying is easy. You need to be a SOE student in good standing and provide at least one reference (faculty, staff, supervisor etc.). We also will meet with you in person for a short interview. After that, there will be an "onboarding" process that takes a couple of weeks and then you can officially start signing up to help at events.
It's simple. It's fun. It's great for your resume. And everyone is super friendly. APPLY TODAY!
Apply to become a Student Ambassador
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Duties and Responsibilities
As a student ambassador, you’ll volunteer at campus events, get assigned a professional development opportunity and occasionally sit on panels representing the SOE. Plus ambassadors are often asked to "host" or speak at SOE recruitment and outreach events.
Ambassadors are expected to stay in communication with SOE staff and respond to emails, doodle polls etc. Ambassadors who stop communicating for a full quarter will become "inactive" in the student ambassador program and will stop receiving invitations to participate. The more you participate, the more you gain from the program.
Specific duties include:
- Attend 1-hour ambassador meetings, 1X per quarter
- Attend special "ambassador only" events and workshops
- Dean's Ambassador: once you've become an established student ambassador, you can apply to become a dean's ambassador and work on projects directly with the dean
- Podcast support: support the planning and production of the SOE podcast Education in Motion
- Recruiting support: volunteer to assist with recruiting new SOE students by participating in SOE info session webinars or having zoom meetings with recruits
- Social media support: manage the student run SOE Discord platform
- Marketing support: made videos to help promote SOE programs and event
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Benefits of the Student Ambassador Program
- Professional development and experience
- Network opportunities with UCR faculty, staff and fellow students
- Opportunity to assist and support other fellow UCR students
- Get references/referral letters for future grad school or job applications
- Earn your Community Engaged Learning credit (40 hours) required for every Education, Society, and Human Development major
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Qualifications
- Declared Education majors in good academic standing
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Able and willing to represent UCR and the School of Education in a professional and positive manner
- Submission of application, one reference (reference should be a supervisor, advisor, coach, professor, etc.)
- Short, in-person interview with SOE staff
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Selection Process
- Applications are accepted year-round but new applicants won't be processed from April - August
- First year and new transfer students can not apply until they have established a UCR GPA
- You will receive an email after your application has been reviewed
- Ambassadors are required to serve for a minimum of one year
- New ambassadors will be "onboarded" through UCR human resources (2-3 week process)
- Ambassador assignments including becoming a Dean's Ambassador are separate and will be earned after establishing your commitment to the program
Why SOE?
Our close-knit community. Our supportive advisors and staff. Our brilliant faculty. Those are just a few reasons that current students love learning and growing in the School of Education! Hear from three student ambassadors about their experiences at UCR and SOE in this Student Voices video.