Applied Learning Experiences Ambassadors

ALE Ambassadors

Applied Learning Ambassadors will play an integral role in making applied learning available to all learners at Kansas State University. Ambassadors will promote applied learning through sharing their own experiences, working to define applied learning across the university community, and will staff sponsored events. The team will offer strategic insight on imperative goals, offering student perspectives to steering committees. Ambassadors will serve a one-year term, selected late in the spring semester.

Ambassador responsibilities

Here's what ALE Ambassadors do:

  • Promote applied learning opportunities on social media
  • Attend sponsored events
  • Offer strategic insights to university steering committees
  • Attend monthly meetings
  • Engage with students and spreading the word about ALE and how it can benefit their education

Who are ALE Ambassadors?

The Applied Learning Ambassadors are a group of learners from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences, representing:

  • Each academic college, a variety of undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates
  • Physical and online campuses
  • Various clubs, organizations, and interests
  • Traditional, nontraditional, and transfer paths to degree completion
  • In-state, out-of-state, and international populations

Meet the 2025-2026 Ambassadors

 

Ana Halstead
Ana Halstead
Sophomore, Political Science, Art History
Madison Neal
Madison Neal
Senior, Agricultural Communications, Mass Communications
Jennifer Honorato
Jennifer Honorato
Sophomore, Public Health, Pre-medicine
Ashlyn Simonson
Ashlyn Simonson
Sophomore, Environmental Science
Connor Dove
Connor Dove
Junior, Computer Engineering
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Nakiya Woodley
Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering Technology
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Ramsay Thayer
Freshman, Personal Financial Planning
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April Hough
Junior, Landscape Architecture and Psychology
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Sam Scott
Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering Technology
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Catherine Lindsay
Sophomore, Animal Science and Industry, Pre-Vet
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Logan Forssberg
Junior, Finance

 

Contact us

The Applied Learning Ambassadors team and process were designed by a student for students! Applied Learning Intern Sadye Patterson will serve as the lead for this important team under the direction of the Marketing and Communications Manager. Have questions? Reach out to Sadye, or to Marketing and Communications Manager Loren Miller.

Sadye Patterson
Sadye Patterson
Applied Learning Intern
Loren Miller
Loren Miller
Marketing and Communications Manager

Applied Learning Experiences
appliedlearning@k-state.edu
103 Leadership Studies Building
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6087