The term for this year’s student ambassadors is coming to an end. Robby Flack, senior in political science and economics, and Kara Bowman, senior in kinesiology and pre-physical therapy, have served the Wildcat nation for a year and during halftime at this year’s Homecoming game, they will pass the torch.
    The pair took some time to look back on what they have learned and accomplished during their term as well as offering some suggestions for the future ambassadors.

What about your year as ambassador has surprised you?

Robby Flack : There were a couple of things that surprised me, one of them being just how many different activities we were able to be involved in as ambassadors, like Student Alumni Board, the all-university Homecoming Committee, getting to go to a ton of different alumni club events around the state.
    So the amount of stuff that we were able to be involved in and just how fast that it went by. It was a really fast year, and it seems like it just started.

Kara Bowman: I didn’t think I could love K-State more than I already did, and I definitely gained a deeper appreciation for K-State as a university and its students and alumni.
    It was great to meet fellow K-Staters and hear their experiences and to see how closely related they are to mine nowadays.
 

What did you enjoy about your year as ambassador?

RF: I enjoyed getting to travel around the state, meet tons of alumni from all over and just to see how much they enjoy K-State and how much love they have for it after graduating 30, 40, 50 years ago.
    Just having them share their experiences and memories after all those years.

KB: Everything. Every single thing that we got to be involved in was just an awesome experience.
    I absolutely loved being a member of student alumni board and being on the homecoming committee.
    I think the most fun part was meeting the alumni all over the state that love K-State as much as we do, being at K-State and in Manhattan right now.
    It’s cool to see that that love for K-State hasn’t changed at all in any generation.

What do you feel was one of your biggest accomplishments during your time as ambassador?

RF: Probably our biggest accomplishment, Kara and I got to do a lot of new things during our time as ambassadors.
    We made a DVD this year that was the first for the ambassadors to do. It was just another way to get the message out there and recruit.
    We also started doing a blog with the Collegian. That was a new thing we got to do as well.
    Just setting some new precedents for how the job description could be expanded a little bit.

KB: I hope Robby and I increased the exposure of the ambassador position and increased its appeal as well.
    We also got to make a DVD this year that was so much fun, and this is the first year that it has been done, and I feel like that will be a foundation that other students can build upon and continue to improve over the years.
    I hope that we helped other people to recognize how great of an experience the ambassador position is.

What advice do you have for the future ambassadors?

RF: I would say my advice would be to just enjoy all of the traveling and events that you get to go to.
    Not to be nervous about speaking in front of people. They’re all K-Staters and really do want to learn from you and see what it’s like to be a student, that’s what they’re going to take away from it.
    So just not to be nervous about speaking in front of them.

KB: To enjoy every second.
    Every event … there are so many events and every event flies by.
    I can’t even describe how fast the year goes and there are so many things that you’re involved in and doing but you really need to enjoy every minute of it and there are tons of things you’ll probably never be able to do again and people you’ll never be able to meet again so to take advantage of it and enjoy every minute of it.