{"id":289,"date":"2020-11-13T16:52:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/?page_id=289"},"modified":"2024-03-27T18:40:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:40:58","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Engineering Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">OVERVIEW<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The RPI Engineering Ambassadors (EA) program began in the Spring of 2011 and is managed through Rensselaer\u2019s School of Engineering \u2013 Educational Outreach Office. Our mission is to provide an assembly of highly motivated students who drive to inspire a younger audience to explore the role of engineers in society. As ambassadors, we strengthen our teaching skills by participating in extensive communications and professional development training to learn techniques to produce engaging presentations and hands-on demonstrations to take into classrooms. Throughout the academic year, EAs participate in 12 \u2013 15 full-day visits to regional middle and high school classrooms and encourage over 5,000 students to consider careers in the areas of science, technology, and especially engineering. We estimate that we have connected with over 45K students since our program initially took flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Find a brochure for our mission statement, offerings, and more <a href=\"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EA-brochure-final-003.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/EA-brochure-final-003.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/mark><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-left has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-600c174748ff9e933e9c1771fe071edb\" style=\"text-transform:none\">Here are some of the schools we&#8217;ve visited so far!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=17P1riob8WInvPiUlyIQMfp-xLh4yBCA&#038;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5414071b4afcba3097bead1358bab523\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Our Purpose: Fostering Passion for Engineering  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Listen to additional insights from our students about their motivations as an Engineering Ambassador!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GsfNH7FiHvc\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OVERVIEW The RPI Engineering Ambassadors (EA) program began in the Spring of 2011 and is managed through Rensselaer\u2019s School of Engineering \u2013 Educational Outreach Office. Our mission is to provide an assembly of highly motivated students who drive to inspire a younger audience to explore the role of engineers in society. As ambassadors, we strengthen &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/about-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About the Engineering Ambassadors&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2029,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions\/2029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringambassadors.union.rpi.edu\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}