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Ambassadors sta medical booths
at events like charity walks and runs,
help out at campus open houses for
high school students and give many
individual tours to prospective
medical students.
A couple of first-year students have
mentioned it was what convinced
them to come to the Wichita campus,
because of the ambassador who
showed them around.
"A lot of them are just curious about
what medical school entails," Oakes
added. "There are medical (television)
shows where people kind of get an idea,
but they just want to know what the
day-to-day life is like for us."
Ambassadors have also spoken to
local public ocials and prospective
donors about the school. Whatever
their audience, it's not hard to see
why the ambassadors' enthusiasm
is contagious.
"I think we're just trying to make
it more known that the Wichita
campus is not only present but
flourishing, and people are generally
happy to be here," Oakes said.
"I would choose it all over if I
could."