Study Abroad Ambassadors

 Ambassadors work to boost participation & connect fellow world-travelers

Promotion: Represent Purdue Study Abroad through outreach & recruitment activities meant to educate, and increase participation.   

PASSPORT:  Assist with the integration of our domestic and exchange students by helping ensure the success of this social club.  This includes PASSPORT Partners, a buddy program for returning study abroad participants & exchange students new to campus.

If interested in applying to becoming an Ambassador, or if you would like to request an Ambassador to speak to your class, or organization, please email Michael Bittinger at mbittinger@purdue.edu.

[Ambassador's Schedule of Events]

College of Agriculture

Cole McGinley
Major: Animal Sciences
Study Abroad Experience:
  Heartland to Heartland: Agriculture in Belgium, Germany, and The Netherlands (Multiple Countries)
Shail Patel
Major: Biological Engineering
Study Abroad Experience:
  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
  University of Hohenheim: Research Internship (Germany)
Olivia Stauffer
Major: Biological Engineering
Study Abroad Experience:
  University College Dublin - AG (Ireland)

College of Engineering

Karishma Dhayagude
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Study Abroad Experience:
  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
Katharina Guth
Major: Aero & Astro Engineering
Study Abroad Experience:
  Engineering in the Southern Cone: Buenos Aires and Patagonia (Argentina)
Kathryn Kabat
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Study Abroad Experience:
  IFSA-University of Galway (Ireland)
Sean Kelley
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Study Abroad Experience:
  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
Peighton Oliver
Major: Environ & Ecological Engr
Study Abroad Experience:
  University of New South Wales (Australia)
  International Perspectives in Water Sciences and Management- India (India)
Kaitlyn Omans
Major: Industrial Engineering
Study Abroad Experience:
  CIMBA Summer (Italy)
  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
Rebecca Rehm
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Study Abroad Experience:
  IES-Christchurch: University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
Giovanni Stabile
Major: Chemical Engineering
Study Abroad Experience:
  Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) (Ecuador)

College of Health and Human Sciences

Jay Barot
Major: Financial Counseling& Plan
Study Abroad Experience:
  Florence - MGMT 310 Financial Management (Italy)

College of Liberal Arts

Valeria Paulina Cordero Salinas
Major: Industrial Design Prof Pro
Study Abroad Experience:
  Innovation in Medellin (Colombia)
  Emerging Leaders - Sankofa Study Abroad in Ghana 2024 (Ghana)
  Global Problems, Global Solutions: Problem Solving Across Borders in Brazil (Brazil)
Catherine Joven
Major: Political Science
Study Abroad Experience:
  Adventure and Environment in Canada (Canada)
  University of New South Wales (Australia)
Fayrouz Mourad
Major: Political Science
Study Abroad Experience:
  IES-Rome (Italy)

College of Science

Arushi Chaudhary
Major: Applied Statistics
Study Abroad Experience:
  IES-Sydney: University of Sydney (Australia)
Mara Welty
Major: Biology
Study Abroad Experience:
  Monash University (Australia)

Daniels School of Business

Hsiao-Tse Chiang Lin
Major: Pre-Supply Chain Oper Mgmt
Study Abroad Experience:
  Summer in Scandinavia (Sweden)
Gandolph Muscarella
Major: General Management
Study Abroad Experience:
  Bocconi University (Italy)
Shiva Shakouri
Major: Economics
Study Abroad Experience:
  Copenhagen Business School- International Summer University (Denmark)

Polytechnic Institute

Yukun Li
Major: Systems Analysis & Design
Study Abroad Experience:
  National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Madison Loyd
Major: UX Design
Study Abroad Experience:
  Explore the Global Classroom: Bavaria to Catalonia (Multiple Countries)
  CIEE-Sydney: Summer Global Internship (Australia)
  IES-Vienna: Business, Economics and International Relations (Austria)
James McCormac
Major: Prof Flight Technology
Study Abroad Experience:
  Global Leadership in Peru for Freshmen (Peru)
  Aviation Business and Cultural Exposure to East Africa (Kenya)

[Ambassador's Schedule of Events]