Student Ambassador Society

Student ambassadors volunteer about 20-25 hours per semester. Twelve hours are dedicated to biweekly meetings and 8-12 hours are spent assisting and supporting the Office of Admissions.

Ways that ambassadors help the Office of Admissions include but are not limited to:

• Working for the Office of the President and the WSU Foundation hosting dignitaries and donors
• Mingling with students and parents at on-campus programs
• Writing postcards and making phone calls to prospective students
• Serving on student panels during group visits and on-campus programs
• Attending Discover Wichita State programs with admissions staff
• Hosting an annual leadership conference for high school student leaders
• Providing a current student's perspective on WSU

• Impacting the future of the university by interacting with prospective students, current students, university faculty and staff, and alumni
• Giving back to the university
• Professional and social networking
• Service to the Wichita community
• Meeting fellow WSU students
• Leadership development
• Outreach to WSU campus and the Wichita community
• Enhancing your Wichita State collegiate experience

In the spring of 1995, students in Shocker Ambassadors and the Student Alumni Association united to become the WSU Student Ambassador Society (SAS) and work as volunteers alongside the Office of Admissions in recruitment efforts.

Throughout its existence, the group has grown in size, but not changed in purpose. SAS has initiated many sustainable and successful activities including:

• the annual state-wide SAS Leadership Conference for high school students
• the endowed Amie Montgomery scholarship
• Gore Core, a celebration of the top students who compete in the Distinguished Scholarship Invitational

Graduates of this group have gone on to be successful lawyers, doctors, educators, engineers, performers, health care practitioners and business professionals who maintain their dedication and loyalty to Wichita State and the Wichita community.

The motto of the Student Ambassador Society is "Loyal service through Shocker spirit." This motto has been adopted as a lifetime commitment for its members.

The group is currently advised by Quinn Munk and Sheelu Surender.