Getting to Know Gabby

Getting to Know Gabby

Avila Ambassadors Welcome a New Addition to the Team

 

            This semester Avila Ambassadors welcome their newest member, Gabby Sysavath, to the organization. Sysavath is a sophomore this fall, majoring in Pre-Med with a minor in psychology. In her future, Sysavath hopes to become a pediatric neurologist. But for now she just wants to be involved in as many aspects of Avila as possible. Sysavath was first interested in joining the ambassadors before she was even enrolled.

            “Bailey Carr was actually my ambassador when I came for a tour, she was just so peppy and upbeat, she really sold the school to me,” said Sysavath.

            Carr spends much of her time in the admissions office, when she isn’t giving tours herself she is training new ambassadors on how to sell Avila. Before giving any tours to potential students, ambassadors must go through a series of practice tours with Carr. One way that the practice tours work is that Carr acts as the tour guide so that ambassadors can observe and model her techniques. Another use of the practice tours is for ambassadors to show Carr they are ready to give a tour on their own. The ambassador will have a fake group of visiting students and they are to go through the motions as if they were selling Avila to a new group of potential students.

  Another ambassador, Jessica Jankowski, was also a key player in getting Sysavath to join.  

            “Jessica always told me how cool it was to be able to interact with possible new students and how fun it is to meet new people,” Sysavath said. 

            Sysavath joined the ambassadors as a way to get more involved at Avila and to be a part of persuading students to come to the University. In addition to participating as an ambassador, Sysavath is a part of the Avila Cheer Squad and a member of the Bio-Med club.

            “I don’t have a job right now but I’m kind of looking, it’s hard to work when it conflicts so much with the things I’m involved with at school,” said Sysavath.    

            Although she is very busy, Sysavath is happy to be involved with Avila University. She has learned many things just from the short time she has been involved that she otherwise would have never known.

            “I thought it was funny that before the Eagles we were actually the Avalanche, I’ve learned a lot of interesting things about the school from becoming an ambassador,” said Sysavath.  

            For those students looking to get involved, Avila has a wide variety of clubs and organizations that are always looking to acquire new members. From academics to athletics, and many special interest groups in between, there is always something to do at Avila University.