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Spirit Ambassadors applications available
8:21 a.m., Aug. 31, 2006--Applications are now available for students interested in serving as UD Spirit Ambassadors, and the deadline for turning them in is noon, Wednesday, Sept. 20. Spirit Ambassadors encourage school spirit, interact with alumni, support the Office of Alumni and University Relations by serving as student hosts at campus events, serve as an advisory board on student concerns and represent and interact with student groups and the student body. Interested students should have strong communication skills, a positive and enthusiastic attitude, be reliable, dependable and patient, demonstrate good leadership skills, be interested in community service and have overwhelming pride in UD. To be considered, students must be full-time undergraduates, have a minimum GPA of 2.5, have successfully completed one semester at UD, not be graduating before May 2007 and be in good standing with the Judicial Affairs Office. Strong preference will be given to those who have sophomore or junior standing as of fall 2006. Applications are available at Alumni Hall, the Trabant University Center, Perkins Student Center and Student Services Building, or can be downloaded in PDF format from the web site [www.udel.edu/spiritambassadors]. Finalists--chosen by a selection committee made up of student, administrators and alumni--will be notified on Thursday, Sept. 28. From 8 a.m., Monday, Oct. 2, through 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 6, there will be an online poll of candidates by the University community. The names of the finalists and the location of the polling web page will appear on UDaily. Those selected by the poll will be interviewed by the selection committee and returning Spirit Ambassadors on Tuesday, Oct. 10, and notified of their selection by phone on Wednesday, Oct. 11. New ambassadors will be announced and recognized at halftime at the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 14. For more information, visit [www.udel.edu/spiritambassadors], e-mail [AlumNet@udel.edu], call (302) 831-2341, or stop by Alumni Hall, 24 East Main St., weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. |
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