The Honors College is seeking actively involved and committed Honors College students to apply to become Honors Ambassadors. The Honors Ambassadors will be hourly paid positions. These students will work closely with Honors College faculty and staff to promote the Honors College to prospective and current students as well as the university community. The Ambassadors will also serve as peer advisors and mentors to current Honors College students by being accessible during scheduled hours in various locations on campus to answer questions and support their fellow peers academically, professionally, personally and socially.
Job Responsibilities:
• Meet with students during set office hours in specific locations
• Answer basic questions about curriculum
• Share information about college activities/student clubs and community involvement
• Provide information about Honors College and UMKC resources and offices
• Assist students in learning how to use Pathway, Connect, and DARS for academic navigation and planning
• Attend mandatory training in August and weekly meetings
• Meet with prospective scholars that visit campus (ex. eating lunch with them on campus, have them attend a class with you) to give them the one-on-one attention and student perspective
• Attend recruiting events hosted by UMKC Admissions and the Honors College
• Assist with UMKC Summer Orientation
Minimum Qualifications:
• Must be an Honors College student and have completed at least 1 semester in the Honors College.
• Must have completed 2 full semesters at UMKC.
• Excellent listening, written, and oral communication skills.
• Must be available for training in August and weekly meetings during the semester
If you are interested in applying to become an Honors Ambassador please follow this link to submit the online application by April 13. You will also be asked to submit a resume.
Dr. Henrietta Rix Wood, Assistant Teaching Professor of the Honors College, was recently published by the Southern Illinois University (SIU) Press. Wood’s book, Praising Girls: The Rhetoric of Young Women, 1895-1930, explores the rhetorical activities schoolgirls practiced during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States. Click 