Student Ambassadors meet with prospective students interested in pursuing English as a degree, and they also help the department with prospective student outreach events. Our current Student Ambassadors thrive both within the English Department and the community, and they are here as a resource for anyone who wants to learn about their experiences as English students at the University of Iowa. If you are seeking insider-English-major information, they are the ones to ask!
To find out more information or schedule a visit with a Student Ambassador, contact Kate Torno. To apply to be an ambassador, please fill out the application form and put in Kate's mailbox in 310 EPB or deliver to her via email.
Ben Blumenthal
Jalen Carter
Morgan Corbett
Morgan is a third-year student from Flemington, New Jersey majoring in English and Creative Writing on the Publishing Track. She is a part of the Honors Program and has two minors: Cinema and Theatre. Outside of academics, she works as a Prose Editor for New Moon Magazine, a Writing Copy Editor at Wilder Things Magazine, and a Resident Assistant in Petersen Hall.
Ellen Fox
Ellen is a junior at the University of Iowa, majoring in English and minoring in Communications. She is an On Iowa! Leader and a member of the English Honors program. Ellen is also employed on campus at the University of Iowa Center for Advancement (UICA) and at the Business Library. If you see her around campus make sure to stop and say hi!
Ellen is from Stockton, IL and is an avid football fan (the Hawkeyes and Packers), so she is often decked out in her favorite sports teams’ colors on game day. Ellen is a Cancer, which is stereotypically more emotional. While Ellen is firmly against the perpetuation of stereotypes. . . she has been known to cry over several books. Some of her favorite titles include Pride and Prejudice, Animal Farm, And Then There Were None, and The Song of Achilles.