{"id":17,"date":"2023-06-29T11:57:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:02:24","slug":"experiential-learning-ambassador-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/programs\/experiential-learning-ambassador-program\/","title":{"rendered":"EL Ambassador Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL Ambassadors are current CAS students who support the EL Connector\u2019s mission by helping their peers identify and access experiential learning opportunities at BU and beyond.<\/p>\n

Booking an individual consultation or a workshop with an EL Ambassador will enable you to maximize your experiential learning at BU. Ambassadors are trained to help <\/span>you <\/span>build<\/span> awareness of experiential learning, <\/span>identify<\/span> <\/span>your <\/span>goals<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>make a<\/span>n individualized<\/span> plan<\/span>,<\/span> reflect<\/span> <\/span>what <\/span>you\u2019ve<\/span> learned,<\/span> and communica<\/span>te<\/span> the<\/span> transferable skills <\/span>you\u2019ve<\/span> built <\/span>through <\/span>your<\/span> experiences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Consultations run in the fall and spring semesters and do not run during the summer. If you would like to meet over the summer, please email the EL Connector<\/a> to arrange a consultation with a staff member.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meet our Ambassadors!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n


\nLucas Dantas Leite (they\/them) \"\"<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\nCAS \u201826 | Philosophy major<\/span>
\nExperiential learning experiences: <\/span><\/b>UROP Research; Philosophy Karbank Fellowship; CGS Study Abroad in London; Orientation Facilitator\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Holly Hessner (she\/her)
\n<\/span><\/b>CAS \u201826 | Political Science<\/span>
\nExperiential learning experiences:<\/span><\/b> Internships at national, state and local-level campaigns; non-profit internships; internship at District Attorney’s office; BU Washington DC program<\/p>\n

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Philipp Standring (he\/him)<\/span><\/b> \"\"<\/span>
\nCAS \u201827 | Psychology major; Data Science minor\u00a0<\/span>
\nExperiential learning experiences: <\/span><\/b><\/span>Clinical Psychology Research; UROP; Directed Study; Peer Tutor<\/p>\n

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Lynne Zhou (she\/her) \"\"
\n<\/span><\/b>CAS \u201827 | Economics and Mathematics major
\nExperiential learning experiences: <\/span><\/b>Internships; BU Fed Challenge Team; BU Summer Term Program Assistant; Student Government<\/p>\n

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EL Ambassadors are current CAS students who support the EL Connector\u2019s mission by helping their peers identify and access experiential learning opportunities at BU and beyond. Booking an individual consultation or a workshop with an EL Ambassador will enable you to maximize your experiential learning at BU. Ambassadors are trained to help you build awareness […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16661,"featured_media":0,"parent":3684,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3937,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/3937"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}