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ISE Ambassadors

ISE ambassadors group photo outside Durham Hall during fall 2024
ISE Ambassadors 2024-2025

ISE Ambassadors assist the ISE department, student body, and community. This support is in a variety of areas, including advisory board and alumni relations, community outreach, curriculum development and improvement, marketing, event planning, and recruitment. Example activities include assistance with Department, College, and University recruiting events for prospective ISE students (Engineering Open House, University Open House weekends, etc.), and freshman engineering students (Freshman Information Session), as well as social events (e.g., Family Day). Ambassadors are amongst the best and brightest ISE upperclassmen: they are selected through a rigorous application and interview process in the Spring semester, with service as an Ambassador that begins the following Fall.

Click here to read more about the ISE Ambassadors Program (PDF | 10.8 MB).

Connect with the ISE Ambassadors

Are you interested in meeting with an ISE Ambassador to learn more about the undergraduate program in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department?  Fill out the Google Form linked below to schedule a virtual meeting!  We're happy to chat with you about the major, opportunities in the ISE field, Virginia Tech, and answer any other other questions you may have. 

Ask Ambassadors

If you would like to learn more about the program, schedule a meeting with the ISE Ambassadors co-coordinators, or find out how the Ambassadors can support your needs, please contact ISEambassadors@vt.edu.

MEET THE AMBASSADORS!

Shanthi Krishnaswamy

Shanthi Krishnaswamy

ISE Ambassadors Coordinator

Bella Princi

Bella Princi

Recruitment Committee Head

Lauren Dorr

Lauren Dorr

Engagement Committee Head

Sydney Weeks

Sydney Weeks

Relations Committee Head

Kara Gossard

Kara Gossard

Learning Factory Head

Recruitment Committee

Recruitment committee

(From left): Mollie McKee, Nicole Quriam, Bella Princi (head), Amanda Mizerak, Apurv Verelly

The recruitment committee is responsible for holding recruitment events for potential college students and freshman engineering students.

Engagement Committee

engagement committee

(From left): Syeda Hossain, Naira Rodriguez-Fernandez, Mia Herrera Fallaque, Lauren Dorr (head), Joanna Haley, Nick Brown, Dev Patel

The engagement committee manages community outreach projects performed by the organization and responsible for planning fundraising events and other fun activities hosted by the department.

Relations Committee

relations committee

(From left): Francisco Torres Granizo, Micki Ross, Sydney Weeks (head), Srishti Ekkad, Nihal Sageer

The relations committee organizes events for the students to give feedback regarding ISE curriculum and responsible for managing relations and events with alumni and the ISE Advisory Board.

Learning Factory Committee

learning factory committee

(From left): Dayna Rohmann, Jude Sanborn, Trevor Ierardi, Kara Gossard (head)

The Learning Factory committee Act as liaison between the ISE Ambassadors and the Learning Factory faculty, staff and student employees; as well as support the mission of the Learning Factory as it relates to department, college, or university initiatives

Jacob Kerstiens

Jacob Kerstiens

ISE Ambassadors Faculty Advisor