GAIAS Ambassador Program

What is a GAIAS Ambassador?
A GAIAS Ambassador is a returning student who serves as a GAIAS representative on his or her home campus.

What does a GAIAS Ambassador do?
Ambassadors are given as a potential email reference for prospective and admitted students who want to speak with someone who has participated in a GAIAS program.

Ambassadors are asked, but not required, to help distribute information about GAIAS at their home universities. Ambassadors may participate by representing GAIAS in a study abroad fair, giving a presentation to a biology class, setting up a table on campus, or hosting an informational session to answer questions about the GAIAS program.

How can I request materials?
Once you have signed up to be a GAIAS Ambassador we would be happy to send you materials such as Bulletins and GAIAS flyers in order to support your project. You can request materials by emailing Nicole Sakraida nicoles@usfq.edu.ec.

Sample Activities:

• Posting bulletins and GAIAS flyers around campus
• Planning a photo exhibit on-campus
• Talking and providing information to any students potentially interested in studying at GAIAS
• Being an email contact to any students potentially interested in studying at GAIAS
• Representing GAIAS in a study abroad fair
• Setting up a table on-campus with information about GAIAS
• Giving a short presentation to a class (i.e. biology, ecology, environmental science class, anthropology, international relations, etc.)
• Hosting an informational session to answer questions about the GAIAS program.
• Talking to your Study Abroad Office/ Advisor
• Talking to your Faculty Advisor
• Providing information to the Department Heads at your home institution (i.e. Biology Dept, Ecology Dept., Environmental Science Dept., etc)
• Distributing information to interested faculty members
• Sending an informational email to relevant on-campus clubs (i.e. biology club, ecology club, etc)
• Organizing a meeting with interested students: show a photo presentation, talk about excursions, activities, professors, facilities, your personal experiences, etc.

For more information or to sign-up to be a GAIAS Ambassador, please contact:

Marta Romo-Leroux
GAIAS Program Coordinator
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
gaias@usfq.edu.ec