Ambassadors

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At Olsson Associates, we encourage our interns to practice skills beyond making copies or even analyzing algorithms by inviting them to participate in our Student Ambassador Program. We even pay them for it and give them free clothes.

There's a lot more to being an engineering or design consultant than plan sets. We encourage our interns to learn about marketing, giving presentations, working with clients, interpersonal skills, and effective communications. It's like a crash course in the real world.

>>> Program Description

The Student Ambassadors Program, launched in the summer of 2006, gives our student employees a chance to develop communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills -- all valuable tools for a professional career, but not always highlighted in academic programs.

Besides this valuable experience, the students will earn cash stipends each semester they participate and will receive special Olsson Associates Student Ambassador apparel (T-shirts and hooded sweatshirts) so they can represent the firm on their campuses.

>>> What do I have to do if I become a student ambassador?

Olsson student ambassadors are encouraged to take an active role as a liaison between the firm and their campuses, professors and students, making sure Olsson is represented during technical conferences, career fairs, and other special events on campus. The Student Ambassadors Program is open to all college-aged students working at Olsson Associates, whether they're summer interns or year-round employees.

Ambassadors must:
* dedicate five hours per month to ambassador duties.
* agree to help with planning and/or implementing student activities, and participate in focus groups.
* give feedback on students entered in the college recruiting database, assist Olsson's Human Resources (HR) department in making contact with student organizations and professors, and notify HR of special speaking or presentation opportunities on campus.

>>> Ambassadors

Meet our 2008-2009 student ambassadors

Alan Domer- University of Missouri-Columbia- Mechanical Engineering
Zack Fergus- University of Nebraska-Lincoln- Landscape Architecture
Brian Geiger- Kansas State University- Civil Engineering
Erica Florez- Iowa State University- Civil Engineering
Paul Hamilton- Missouri University of Science and Tehcnology- Civil Engineering
Philip Mullins- Missouri University of Science and Technology- Civil Engineering
John Parizek- University of Nebraska-Lincoln- Civil Engineering
Andrew Synhorst- University of Nebraska-Lincoln- Civil Engineering
Drew Seybold- Arizona State University- Civil Engineering
Katie Sobcynski- Kansas State University- Landscape Architecture


>>> Alumni

Damon Birkby- Omaha
Brian Degen- Grand Island
Brett Lauritzen- Kansas City