Ambassadors are University of Nebraska-Lincoln undergraduate students majoring in agriculture STEM fields. Ambassadors provide virtual, peer-to-peer mentoring to high school student Scholars.
Why become a Cultivate ACCESS Ambassador?
Serving as an Ambassador allows you to share your story and serve as a role model for high school student Scholars. You will receive training which will provide a research-guided foundation in peer-to-peer mentoring. Cross-age peer mentoring (older student with younger student) is known to increase self-efficacy, academic performance, and connectedness of mentees while enhancing interpersonal skills of student mentors (Garringer and MacRae, 2008).
The Cultivate ACCESS team will begin recruiting college ambassadors for the next academic year in the spring. Check back for more information about applying then!
Ambassadors for 2024-2025
Back row (L-R) Claire Kiolbasa, Crayton Koranda, Kodi Timanus. Front row (L-R) Julie Slattery, Ella Bristol, Aysoltan Nuryyeva. Not pictured: Jesse Klein, Emily Welter, Harini Sree Sharavanan, and Taylor Streich.
Ambassadors for 2023-2024
Josie Ivy, left, Jaky Laura, Natalia Hagen, Claire Kiolbasa, Julie Slattery, Mikaela Waggoner and Brian Mock.
Ambassadors for 2022-2023
Josie Ivy, left, Mikaela Waggoner, Claire Kiolbasa, Taylor Cammack, Julie Slattery and Jaky Lara. Clare Umutoni not pictured.
Ambassadors for 2021-2022
Katie Bathke, left, Abbie Pieke, Erykah Drummer, Carlos Bautista and Josie Ivy.