Twenty six Southwest Tech students have been selected to represent the College as Student Ambassadors during the 2009 – 2010 school year. The Student Ambassadors serve as a public relations, marketing, and recruitment team, working in direct partnership with college personnel. The group recently got off to a great start with day-long orientation and leadership training activities held on the Southwest Tech campus and at Four Mounds Ropes Course in Dubuque, IA. New Ambassadors were welcomed by the six returning Student Ambassadors as well as college staff. The welcome was followed by discussions of Ambassador responsibilities and the importance of professional image, as well as a tour of campus. After lunch, the team headed to Four Mounds for an afternoon of teambuilding and leadership activities.

Shannon Tanner of Prairie du Chien, who is resuming her duties as a Student Ambassador for the third year, was excited to welcome new members. “Student Ambassadors are basically the student face of Southwest Tech,” Tanner said. “I am so glad to know that our school will be represented by such a great group of students again this year!”

The Southwest Tech Student Ambassadors give campus tours, sit on student panels, and participate in a variety of campus and community events throughout the year. Upon successful completion of responsibilities, individual Ambassadors may choose to be considered for the Wisconsin Technical System State Ambassador program. One student from each of Wisconsin’s sixteen technical colleges is selected to be a WTCS State Ambassador. These outstanding students participate in a number of statewide activities and are eligible for public recognition and several scholarships.

Southwest Tech Student Ambassadors include:

2009 – 2010 Returning Ambassadors:
Jessica Brandes, Boscobel, (Accounting Assistant)
Samantha Holz, Highland (Accounting)
Alyssa Kilcoyne, Lancaster (Accounting),
Delta Stickfort, Prairie du Chien (Criminal Justice)
Megan Stanek, Highland (Nursing)
Shannon Tanner, Prairie du Chien (Business Management)

2009 – 2010 New Ambassadors:
Molli Adams, Lancaster (Business Management)
Ashley Andrew, Platteville (Accounting)
Carson Blabaum, Platteville (Golf Course Management)
Angela Borslien, Prairie du Chien (Business Management)
Robert Clark, Lone Rock (Business Management)
Janean Craig, Muscoda (IT-Network Communication Specialist)
Frances Garrity, Prairie du Chien (Golf Course Management)
Grant Hansen, Fennimore (Electromechanical Technology)
Sherrill Haverland, Potosi (Business Administration and Finance)
Stacey Hermansen, Dodgeville (Business Administration and Finance)
Carly Potterton, Mineral Point (Barber/Cosmetology)
Jeremy Rice, Lancaster (Agribusiness/Science Technology)
Candace Rouse, Boscobel (Barber/Cosmetology)
Emily Silvers, Muscoda (Accounting)
Connie Skaife, Fennimore (Graphic & Web Design)
Morgan Steger, Benton (Agribusiness/Science Technology)
Sarah White, Bloomington (Graphic & Web Design)
Clare Wiesbrook, Mineral Point (Individual Technical Studies)
Matt Yoose, Lancaster (Agribusiness/Science Technology)
Holly Zart, Platteville (Criminal Justice)