As you know, I am heavily involved in the Mercyhurst College Ambassador Club, currently holding the office of President. Each year we accept a new group of Ambassadors into the club but we are only able to select the best of the best!
The process is conducted by the club's advisor, our three officers, two pledge committee chairs and the entire Admissions department. In the early fall we hold information sessions and allow anyone interested in joining to come hear about the "pledge process." Anyone who wants to pledge to become an Ambassador then must attend a weekly pledge class. Each week during the fall term they learn then entire history of Mercyhurst College. Speakers such as Dr. Gamble (President of Mercyhurst College), Chris Coons (Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management), Travis Lindahl (Director of Mercyhust North East Admissions), Sr. Lisa Mary (Vice President of Mission Integration), and Earleen Galser (Reference Librarian/College Archivist of the Hammermill Library) all come to teach bits and pieces of the history of Mercyhurst.
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| Ambassador Pledges doing the "YMCA" |
We also had a Halloween party for them! They were able to get to know some of the current Ambassadors and we were able to see them acting more like their normal selves!
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| Ambassador Pledges in Halloween Costumes! |
After going to all of the classes, the pledges meet with their mentors (current Ambassador Club members) who helped them study for the big exam. Our final class session was a review night- I actually nearly ruined the test...Liz, my roommate was reviewing with them and she had the exam on the computer screen but the projector was turned off so that the class couldn't see it. I was goofing around and ended up pressing the button to turn on the projector, thus showing the entire group of students the exam, very large and on the projector!! Luckily we immediately turned off the screen so I don't think they saw too much of it!!
After they took the exam we graded the exam and conducted the decision process. It is extremely hard to make the cuts because hurting people's feelings is never easy. The best thing that we like to tell people is that if they don't get in this year, they can try again next year! My roommate Alexa did not get accepted our freshman year but tried again and made it in to the Ambassador Club our sophomore year and it currently one of our strongest Ambassadors!
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| Meet the Ambassador Club! |
Do you look good in green- don't hesitate to join the pledge process- we definitely make it a lot of fun!
"Carpe diem. Seize the day...Make your lives extraordinary"
-Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society
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