New students join Libraries Ambassadors at K-State, announce upcoming book club
Friday, Jan. 31, 2025
MANHATTAN — Nineteen Kansas State University students have been selected to join the K-State Libraries Student Ambassadors. The ambassadors help promote and advocate for all libraries at the university, including Hale Library.
The new ambassadors will serve two-year terms as representatives for K-State Libraries at social, cultural and recruitment activities. They join 18 students currently serving as ambassadors. The ambassadors provide valuable feedback on K-State Libraries' initiatives as well as services for the university student body. As ambassadors, the students learn leadership skills and have the opportunity to make a positive impact at the university.
The ambassadors were chosen following an application process and finalist interviews. The interview committee included ambassador advisers and academic services librarians Sara K. Kearns, Dan Ireton and Carol Sevin, and three current ambassadors.
“Every year, my fellow advisors and I have high expectations for our incoming ambassadors, and every year those expectations are exceeded,” Ireton said. “The drive and passion these students bring to the organization is absolutely electrifying and we're so excited to see what they come up with next.”
One upcoming project for the ambassadors is the Where the Wildcats Are Book Club. The ambassadors organized the bimonthly book club meetings and chose the book selections. The first book club meeting for the spring semester will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the Hale Library second-floor living room. The event is open to all students and the selected read is “Vicious” by V.E. Schwab. Additional dates can be found on the Libraries events webpage.
The following students are new K-State Libraries Student Ambassadors:
Hannah Mack, freshman in animal sciences and industry, Bel Aire; Emily Pray, senior in biology and chemistry, Bluff City; Logan Brown, freshman in business administration, Concordia; Lauren Miller, freshman in biology, Derby; Katelyn Kuckelman, freshman in computer science, Lenexa; Ian Foster, junior in history, philosophy and pre-law, Lyons; Ayesha Imiya Mudiyanselage, doctoral student in chemistry, Manhattan; Kaleah McClure, freshman in exploratory studies, Olathe; Isabelle Greenemeyer, freshman in English, Salina; and Morgan Voth, sophomore in accounting, Wichita.
From out of state: Katie Funk, freshman in marketing, Scottsdale, Arizona; Gabby Moran, sophomore in integrative human sciences and pre-nursing, Romeoville, Illinois; Sage Perez, freshman in architecture, Streamwood, Illinois; and Aly Youngers, senior in history and philosophy, Wylie, Texas.
From out of country: Raksa Ma, master’s student in data analytics, Takeo, Cambodia; Abhi Boddepalli, master’s student in entomology, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India; Midhat Tugoo, master’s student in agronomy, Jammu and Kashmir, India; Elly Khosh Manzar, doctoral student in agronomy, Tabriz, Iran; and Mary Adeyemo, master’s student in English, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
