{"id":2261,"date":"2018-04-17T10:32:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T14:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/?page_id=2261"},"modified":"2025-04-30T09:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:12:36","slug":"alliance-heath-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/students\/alliance-heath-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alliance of Health Science Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\" \">The Alliance of Health Science Ambassador program began in 2002 to promote interdisciplinary student involvement by encouraging communication between students and administration, peer camaraderie, recruitment of prospective students, assistance to matriculating students, and alumni involvement. The student ambassadors serve as health sciences representatives at various college fairs, school tours and campus events. They are an elite group of students, with strong leadership abilities, a positive attitude about UNC-CH, excellent communication skills, and good academic standing. To be eligible, applicants must be currently enrolled in any division of the Department of Health Sciences with a grade point average meeting the standards of their current program. These students also must exhibit a history of student involvement prior to attending UNC-CH and participate in an interview and ambassador orientation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32048\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2020\/08\/Ambassadors-2019-20-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2020\/08\/Ambassadors-2019-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2020\/08\/Ambassadors-2019-20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2020\/08\/Ambassadors-2019-20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2020\/08\/Ambassadors-2019-20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2020\/08\/Ambassadors-2019-20-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2020\/08\/Ambassadors-2019-20-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">2019-2020 Allied Health Ambassadors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>\u00a0The Alliance of Health Science Ambassador Responsibilities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Speak to college or high school groups about health disciplines<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer at department events (Example: Difference Matters programs)<\/li>\n<li>Organize events for students and faculty (Example: Allied Health Week programs)<\/li>\n<li>Communicate information about ambassador activities to peers<\/li>\n<li>Promote ambassador events on campus and online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional Information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/1uPkx9Y6LYLAXrDG8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ambassador Registration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/04\/AHS-Ambassadors.pptx.pps\">Ambassador activities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Difference Matters<\/h3>\n<p>See our Difference Matters page and watch the Spring 2025 speakers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/difference-matters-aha\/\">Spring 2025 Difference Matters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\" \"><a href=\"mailto:kimberly_capri@med.unc.edu\">Kimberly Capri<\/a>, Student Services Manager, is the primary mentor for this group. Please contact Kimberly for more information about this group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery gallery-2261-1\"><div class=\"row gallery-row\"><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_3-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_3-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Department of Health Sciences faculty, staff, and students during the 2018 annual kickball tournament. <\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_2-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Department of Health Sciences faculty, staff, and students during the 2018 annual kickball tournament. <\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_1-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2018\/09\/Kickball_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Department of Health Sciences faculty, staff, and students during the 2018 annual kickball tournament. <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alliance of Health Science Ambassador program began in 2002 to promote interdisciplinary student involvement by encouraging communication between students and administration, peer camaraderie, recruitment of prospective students, assistance to matriculating students, and alumni involvement. 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They are an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/students\/alliance-heath-ambassadors\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Alliance of Health Science Ambassadors\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55977,"featured_media":0,"parent":2258,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"template-home":[],"class_list":["post-2261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Alliance of Health Science Ambassadors | Department of Health Sciences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/students\/alliance-heath-ambassadors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Alliance of Health Science Ambassadors | Department of Health Sciences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Alliance of Health Science Ambassador program began in 2002 to promote interdisciplinary student involvement by encouraging communication between students and administration, peer camaraderie, recruitment of prospective students, assistance to matriculating students, and alumni involvement. 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