Winter 2013
TODAY
SAB
K-State Student Alumni Board alumni newsletter
By Mollie Stephens, SAB secretary As the ’Cats rushed into the locker room Oct. 26 at the end of the first half of the 2013 Homecoming football game against the West Virginia Mountaineers, the six K-State Student Ambassador finalists took to the field. Two Student Alumni Board members then were announced as the 2014 Student Ambassadors. Chance Berndt, a junior in marketing and international studies from Herington, Kan., and Ava Clark, a sophomore in industrial engineering from Overland Park, Kan., will team up to serve a one-year term. Since the establishment of the Student Ambassador program in 1977, K-State students have selected one male and one female student each year to represent the university at K-State Alumni Association recruitment and alumni events. Both Berndt and Clark are highly qualified to represent the student body, as they excel academically and show passion and dedication to their campus and living organizations as well as toward the community. — Gavin Hargrave ’08, ’10, Berndt serves as the director of associate director of alumni executive initiatives for the Student programs, K-State Alumni Governing Association and is a Association member of Theta Xi fraternity, a Wildcat Warm-up counselor and a School of Leadership Studies peer instructor. Clark is a member of Engineers Without Borders, the Women in Engineering coordinator for the College of Engineering, the director of public relations for Student Governing Association and a member of Chi Omega sorority. In addition to their current responsibilities as members of the Student Alumni Board, Berndt and Clark will serve on the AllUniversity Homecoming Committee, attend prospective student recruitment events, and assist the President’s Office and the Alumni Association with various programming such as events for alumni and prospective students. Through a rigorous process of applications and interviews, Berndt and Clark were elected by the student body during Homecoming Week. The two will complete their responsibilities of the Ambassador program and, in turn, receive a $1,500 scholarship, clothing from Manhattan clothing store Borck Bros. and an
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Chance and Ava will be great additions to the Alumni Association’s Student Ambassador program.
David Mayes ’96, K-State Alumni Association
Berndt, Clark named 2014 Student Ambassadors
The 2014 K-State Student Ambassadors, Ava Clark (left) and Chance Berndt, sport their official K-State rings on the north end zone of Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
official K-State ring from the Alumni Association. “Being named Ambassador means that I have the wonderful opportunity to show alumni and prospective students why I fell in love with this university, and why they should, too,” Berndt said. “In my mind, there isn’t a bigger honor at this university than being able to bring others into the K-State family. I’m incredibly grateful for my selection and excited for the year to come.” Clark added, “Being named Student Ambassador is an incredible honor. It’s an outlet for my passion about my school and an exciting opportunity to tell prospective students about what a great place K-State is.” Gavin Hargrave ’08, ’10, associate director of alumni programs for the Alumni Association, coordinates the Ambassador selection process and serves as an adviser to the Ambassadors. “Chance and Ava will be great additions to the Alumni Association’s Student Ambassador program,” Hargrave said. “I believe they will be outstanding representatives of the K-State student body in the upcoming year.” [1]