Alumni Ambassador Program

Be a resource for potential applicants or admitted students, sharing your personal experience of being a student at NYUAD. Ideal ambassadors are based in locations without a strong NYUAD presence, but everyone is welcome. The monthly expected time commitment is 0-5 hours, depending on the admissions cycle. Need will be higher during recruitment in late summer and early fall, and the admitted student decision period in early spring. Ambassadors will:

1.  Communicate with prospective and admitted students as part of alumni outreach. Outreach may include: sending emails or calling admitted or prospective students to introduce themselves as an alumni contact/resource, congratulating admitted students on their admission, and encouraging prospective or admitted students to apply, visit, enroll, etc.    
2. Connect with parents and families of prospective and/or admitted students to help them understand life at NYUAD.
3. Attend college fairs with NYUAD staff to represent NYUAD in their region.
4. (Optional) Host a small gathering for admitted students and their parents (depending on the location of admitted students).
5. (Optional) Present NYUAD to students at local high schools.

Training materials will be provided.

Be a resource for current students and alumni seeking career-related advice. NYUAD alumni have rich and diverse experiences in their professional journeys that we would like to share with the community. Ideal ambassadors are working in fields commonly pursued by graduates including education, social impact, consulting, technology, finance, engineering, or the arts, or have attended a graduate degree program. The annual expected time commitment is 3-10 hours, depending on need. Ambassadors will:

1. Be a resource with whom CDC Advisors can connect students and alumni with similar career interests. While students remain curious year-round, ambassadors can expect peak student inquiries in the beginnings of semesters and during internship recruitment season.
2. Develop and write one blog post (300-500 words) sharing a career-related tip or insight, such as how they were accepted into their graduate program, how to network at a conference, tips for transitioning to full-time employment, or how their senior spring break trip shaped their career. Blog development guidance/template will be provided. These insights would be shared for current and future students to better conceptualize possibilities and pathways.
3. (Optional) Host or feature in a CDC panel or Livestream. As the student body grows, the CDC seeks to provide more opportunities for student to student and student to alumni learning. Topics and angles are flexible, depending on trends you observe and student interest. Previous topics have included how to market your liberal arts degree, breaking into investment banking, and the realities of working in international organizations.

As our alumni community grows, some cities have developed into hubs of NYUAD alumni. Help organize the local alumni community in these hubs and serve as points of contact for the NYUAD Alumni Relations office. The expected annual time commitment is 5-10 hours. Alumni Ambassadors will:

1. Attend and/or support regional NYU alumni events. NYU has a vibrant community of over 500,000 alumni and more than 50 alumni clubs in cities around the world. NYUAD alumni clubs support and enhance the local NYU alumni community.
2. Learn about and support philanthropy at NYUAD through participation in the NYUAD Annual Fund.
3. Organize 1-2 regional alumni events. Examples of events can be, but are not limited to:
   • Social — dinner, networking social, movie night, trivia night, etc.
   • Academic — organize a book club, attend a lecture 
   • Service — volunteer with a local organization, hold a food drive, etc.
   • Local approach — visit museums, art galleries, festivals or events in your city
4. Serve as a representative of NYUAD to NYU alumni. Examples of representing NYUAD include but are not limited to:
   • Meet with local alumni club leadership
   • Share your NYUAD experiences at NYU alumni events
   • Volunteer with the local NYU alumni club

Terms begin in August. The admissions recruitment period tends to be busiest during late August and early September, so we want our Introduce Ambassadors to have enough time to familiarize themselves with any new Admissions materials.

As many as you want! Become an ambassador and volunteer in any and all areas that interest you. 

The expected time commitment varies between types of ambassadorships and the time of the year, but is generally 0-5 hours per month. 

• Introduce Ambassadors can expect to be busiest during August-September and March during the recruitment and accepted students periods.
• Connect Ambassadors can expect peak interest in September and February, during the beginnings of semesters, and during the summer internship recruitment period.
• Support Ambassadors will vary throughout the year, but alumni events can be held at any time during the year in collaboration with the Office of Alumni Relations.

Yes! Even if your time at NYUAD was solely in Sama and the Downtown Campus, your experience is still valuable to potential and admitted students.

We will provide a welcome kit of helpful resources and information about the NYU Alumni Association. For “Support” Ambassadors — we will provide (non-financial) assistance with events and programs that you are interested in hosting in your city.

Sign up with the application. We recruit ambassadors from July-August, with Ambassadorships beginning in late August. 

Yes! Ambassadorships are renewable and we highly encourage alumni to stay involved through the NYUAD Alumni Ambassador program.

Great question and there so many ways! Consider:

• Encourage co-workers and friends who have college-bound children to look at NYUAD.
• Wear NYUAD apparel and display NYUAD memorabilia at work and home.
• Nominate a fellow alumnus for an Alumni Award or as a Changemaker.
• Continue to learn about what is happening on campus via our social media channels.
• Attend all NYU Alumni events in your area.
• Hire other alumni or students for internships or jobs.
• Keep us updated with your information.
• Encourage your classmates to stay involved.
• Contact former professors to say thanks.

We ask that all volunteers abide by professional and ethical standards, upholding conduct of utmost respect. 

A Volunteer Code of Conduct will be available for review soon. 

If you have any other questions about the program, please email nyuad.alumni@nyu.edu.