Fourteen Students to Serve as 2018-19 Walton Ambassadors

(Left to right) Molly Tyler, Mariam Bartlett, Dalton Nokes, Madalyn Lamoreaux, Kenton Taggart, Grace Satterthwait, Grant Hylton, Abbey Dyke, Marisa Villanueva, Lindsey Wagaman, Elle Moon, Nick Foster and Torey Morris. Not pictured, Evann Ogburn.
David Speer

(Left to right) Molly Tyler, Mariam Bartlett, Dalton Nokes, Madalyn Lamoreaux, Kenton Taggart, Grace Satterthwait, Grant Hylton, Abbey Dyke, Marisa Villanueva, Lindsey Wagaman, Elle Moon, Nick Foster and Torey Morris. Not pictured, Evann Ogburn.

Fourteen students will serve as Sam M. Walton College of Business ambassadors for the 2018-19 school year. 

The student ambassadors selected each year assist Walton College's Undergraduate Programs Office with recruiting. "These students assist the Undergraduate Programs Office with recruitment efforts through sharing their positive college experiences with prospective students and their families throughout the year," said Sierra Hayes of the Undergraduate Programs Office. "It was a tough decision, as always, but we have a great group of ambassadors for the next school year."

Some of the 2017-18 ambassadors said the experience expanded their learning as it gave them a chance to give back to the Walton College.

"To me being a Walton Ambassador has been an honor," said 2017-18 ambassador Andrew Henn, a Walton College senior. "Every week, I get to speak to perspective students and tell them everything Walton has to offer. I get to talk to them about what it is like being a student here in Northwest Arkansas. I may be biased but after hearing everything we have here, I wouldn't go anywhere else in the country! WoooPig."

Ambassador Adia Threatt, also a senior, said she enjoyed helping prospective students and their parents make a life-changing decision. "As an ambassador, you realize that you are impacting a huge decision for their future during their short time here," she said. "Through my time in the program, I have been able to take advantage of so many opportunities and meet so many people that I would not have had the ability to do if it wasn't for the doors that being a Walton Ambassador opened for me."

"Being an ambassador for this college has been so rewarding in and of itself," Threatt said.

Student ambassadors for 2018-19 are listed below by name, hometown, major and minor. An * indicates an ambassador returning for a second term.

  • Abbey Dyke*, a senior from Jenks, Oklahoma, international business-marketing and Spanish
  • Dalton Nokes, a junior from El Dorado, Arkansas, management
  • Elle Moon, a junior from Nixa, Missouri, marketing
  • Evann Ogburn*, a senior from Murphey, Texas, international business-marketing
  • Grace Satterthwaite*, a senior from Glencoe, Missouri, supply chain management
  • Grant Hylton, an Honors College senior from San Diego, California, accounting and Chinese
  • Kenton Taggart, a senior from Jonesboro, Arkansas, finance and business analytics
  • Lindsey Wagaman, a junior from Topeka, Kansas, marketing and supply chain management
  • Madalyn Lamoreaux, a junior from O'Fallon, Missouri, supply chain management and marketing
  • Mariam Bartlett*, a senior from Fayetteville, Arkansas, information systems and supply chain management
  • Marisa Villanueva, a junior from Coppell, Texas, marketing and economics
  • Molly Tyler*, a senior from Lufkin, Texas, international business-supply chain management and Spanish
  • Nick Foster, an Honors College Fellow and junior from Edmond, Oklahoma, supply chain management and ERP/business analytics
  • Torey Morris, a junior from Mansfield, Texas, international business-general business
Contacts

Sierra B. Hayes, undergraduate recruiter
Sam M. Walton College of Business
479-575-4622, sbhayes@uark.edu

David Speer, director of communications
Sam M. Walton College of Business
479-575-2539, dlspeer@uark.edu

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