NCIIA and Epicenter have joined forces to provide new opportunities for students across the country as part of the Student Ambassadors Program. Student Ambassadors, nominated by their deans and faculty, catalyze innovation on their home campuses by holding events and creating networks that inspire and foster student entrepreneurship. The students also educate and encourage peers to become involved in additional program offerings from NCIIA and Epicenter. 

Read blog posts from the Student Ambassadors at nciia.wordpress.com.

Where in the world are Student Ambassadors? 

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Meet the 2012-13 Student Ambassadors

Lucas Arzola, University of California, Davis
Jack Goodwin, University of California, San Diego
Jeremy Klaben, University of Michigan
Nishant Ganesh Kumar, Johns Hopkins University
Alexandra Halbeck, Tufts University
Jared Karp, University of California Berkeley
Wilson Kurian, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Zineb Laraki, Stanford University
Blake Marggraff, University of Washington St. Louis
Sean Maroni, North Carolina State University
Kinshuk Mitra, Ohio State University
Kevin Mobolade, Mercer University
Christina Oelsner, Wake Forest University
John Oliver, Penn State University
Deniz Pamukcu, Lehigh University
Andrew Pennington, Eastern Kentucky University
Scharang Phadke, Cooper Union
Karuna Relwani, University of Pittsburgh
Fletcher Richman, University of Colorado
Michel Rivas, Florida International University
Elliot Roth, Virginia Commonwealth University
Amanda Ruppert, Bucknell University
Tyler Salem, University of Central Florida 
Isaac Sanchez, University of Texas at Austin
Ala’a Siam, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tayler Swanson, Rochester Institute of Technology
Michelle Zwernemann, Johns Hopkins University

Training

Student Ambassadors have been trained in person and online. At the August training session, the Student Ambassadors took part in ideation, team-building, and strategic communication exercises.

A second group of Ambassadors are taking part in a 6-week virtual training session that will allow them to hit the ground running and begin to host events and build community at their home universities. Read more about the virtual training at nciia.wordpress.com/studentambassadortraining.

View the photos from the August 2012 training »

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