Wikipedia:Campus Ambassadors/Trained ambassadors

This is a list of Campus Ambassadors who have been through official training and are available to assist with courses.

Harvard University

Ambassador	Name	Description/Profile
	Michael Chen	My name is Michael Chen, and I'm a campus ambassador to Harvard University. I've long used Wikipedia and made minor edits, but have only recently started to contribute more significantly. I'm interested in the ways in which the Internet affects society, and how the sharing of information can accelerate innovation and advance culture more rapidly. I'm also curious about how technology can improve government transparency and change the way citizens interact with their leaders and elected officials. This fall, I'll be starting my sophomore year at Harvard College, where I (currently) plan to major in computer science and minor in government.
	Antony-22	I'm Antony–22, a graduate student in chemistry at Harvard with a research interest in DNA nanotechnology, and a campus ambassador for Harvard University. I've been editing Wikipedia since fall 2006, and in that time I have generally spent my time improving articles related to science and science policy, as well as topics of local interest.
	Jen	I'm Jen, a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School a few years back, and I'm a campus ambassador for Harvard University. I began editing Wikipedia in 2005, and I became an administrator around 2007. Since then I've contributed to a wide range of articles, particularly on topics that are underrepresented on Wikipedia, such as those related to the developing world and those of interest to women.

Indiana University

Ambassador	Name	Description/Profile
	ifmicecouldfly	I am an Instructional Technologies Consultant at Indiana University Bloomington's teaching & learning center. I'm new to editing Wikipedia, but have spent several years helping instructors determine how technologies can help meet their teaching objectives. Before joining the at IUB I served as an agroforestry agent in Peace Corps Mauritania, and I'm currently working toward an M.S. in Therapeutic Outdoor Programs.
	Saeed	My name is Saeed Moaddeli and I am a graduate student of Information Science at Indiana University Bloomington. I am very happy to be part of Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Program. I am looking forward to work with a class of students during the spring semester.

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Ambassador	Name	Description/Profile
	LoriLee	I am a museum studies graduate student at IUPUI and recently served as the Teacher Assistant for the Collections Care and Management course. Over the past two years this course has helped to create WikiProject Public Art, which includes a variety of tools that can be used in the classroom. I am currently the Wikipedian-in-Residence at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis where I am assisting with museum-Wikipedia collaboration, including a student program to create Wikipedia articles for the museum's notable objects.
	Bburk	My name is Brenda Burk and I am the Philanthropic Studies Archivist at the IUPUI University Library. I just completed Campus Ambassador Training and welcome the opportunity to expand the program at IUPUI by working with faculty members.
	Koavf	I have degrees in philosophy and political science from IUPUI and assisted in the fall of 2011 and spring of 2012. I have had several jobs on campus and I am still recognized from when I worked at the bookstore in 2005–2006.

James Madison University

Ambassador	Name	Description/Profile
	Austin Dixon	Hello everyone! My name is Austin Dixon. I am an undergraduate student at James Madison University, currently studying English. I am from the Northern Virginia area, but I have lived in various places across the country. Outside of school I enjoy hanging out with friends and family. I am typically a very active person. I enjoy a lot of outdoor activities like snowboarding, camping, going on long motorcycle trips, and usually anything of that nature. I think that the motives behind Wikipedia are great, and I am excited to be a part of the Wikipedia community!
	Mike Surowiec	I am an undergraduate at James Madison University studying business administration with a concentration in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship and I'm also studying computer science. I love snowboarding, motorcycling, skim boarding, riding my bicycle, playing the guitar, and staying healthy and active. I am an artist. I like to draw and I like to design but since I'm colorblind I focus on line, flow, and shape. I am a programmer. I develop for Android, iOS, and the web. I am a self starter and right now I'm starting a business that I'm really excited about!
	Maureen Abernathy	Hello! My name is Maureen Abernathy and I am a junior at James Madison University. I am double majoring in SMAD, with a concentration in Digital Video and Cinema, and WRTC, the TSC concentration with a web design track. I love reading, film, music, doodling on my notes, good food, traveling, and studying languages. I hope to travel a lot after college! I want to see and experience new cultures, foods, ways of life/living, and my time after college might be the best time for it. I'm very excited about joining the Campus Ambassador team, and I'm looking forward being involved in many upcoming projects!
	Peter Riggs	I'm an undergrad at James Madison University working on a degree in Technical and Scientific Communication—in short, I'm a career grammar nazi. I have a background in computer science, web design, and general nerdiness, and I'm fairly involved in wikiwork outside of Wikipedia itself. On Wikipedia, you can expect to find me fixing grammar and hanging out around the pages of obscure Scandanavian metal bands.
	Spencer Adams	Hello! I'm so excited to have this opportunity and I hope I can be of help to anyone that needs it. I am a junior at JMU, majoring in WRTC (Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication) and live with three of my best friends in Sunchase Apartments. I'm originally from the Northern Virginia area (Manassas). I love the Outer Banks, skiing, playing video games (in the process of building my computer), discovering new indie music, and making the most of my weekends.
	Dean Stubbs	Hello! I'm Dean Stubbs, a sophmore at JMU, majoring in Computer Information Systems. I'm looking forward to helping you all throughout the semester.

Michigan State University

Ambassador	Name	Description/Profile
	Anna P. Chlopecki	Hello Wikipedians! I am a new, but quick learning Wikipedian. I am excited to work with professors to spread their knowledge and the knowledge of their students to the world. I am a Campus Ambassador at Michigan State University. Hope to hear from some of you soon!

Montana State University

Ambassador	Name	Description/Profile
	Mike Cline	I am Mike Cline, Vice President Operations, Venturist Inc. I have worked as a software and presentation designer, programmer and strategic planning consultant with Venturist, Inc. since 1996. I have experience with Visual Studio .NET, ToolBook and many other software applications. I currently program strategic planning tools to support consulting operations and teach strategic planning concepts to global companies. Before that, I was a Federal Law Enforcement Officer for 23 years with experience in major felony fraud and criminal investigations; and counterintelligence investigations and operations. I am a Lt. Col. Retired from the US Air Force after 28 years of service. Over the years I have lived happily in San Antonio, Texas, Tacoma Washington, Great Falls, Montana, Anchorage, Alaska, Washington DC., Watford England, Woodbridge England, Sembach, Germany, Istanbul, Turkey, Angeles City, Philippines, Saigon Republic of Vietnam and Slapout, Alabama. I recently and proudly purchased a second home in Bozeman, Montana where I now live in which to spend my autumn years.
	kmpolacek	I'm delighted to serve as a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador. Among other endeavors, the MSU WCA team is working with Writing 101 students to integrate neutral, verifiable writing into their coursework, and ultimately contribute this content to Wikipedia. Thus far, we have helped students expand approximately 50 stubs and create content for 3 new articles. We hope to double those numbers in the Spring 2012 semester.
	McMormor	I work in the MSU-Bozeman Libraries and my job responsibilities include: PHP and MySQL coding, web analytics, and project support for web-based digital and electronic-information distribution projects. My previous professional experience includes working as an Information Architect (IA), Tech Writer, and Corporate Librarian for a semiconductor micro-engineering firm; working as an IA Consultant, Project Manager, and Web Content Editor for an IT consulting firm; and as an Applications Developer for a financial firm. I create sculptures and paintings.

University of Kentucky

Ambassador	Name	Description/Profile
	Ben Norton	I'm Ben Norton, and I'm the Campus Ambassador at the University of Kentucky. I'm both a graduate and an undergraduate student (it's a little unusual :p ), working on an M.M. in composition, along with B.A.s in Spanish, film studies, and music, and a minor in mathematics. I'm a fervent supporter of the freedom of information, and I believe Wikipedia is one of the most noble and important projects of our day.
	Desirae Duncan	I'm Desirae Duncan, and I'm one of the Campus Ambassadors at the University of Kentucky. I'm an undergraduate student majoring in journalism with a focus in broadcast. I enjoy reading, editing videos, and watching cartoons. I'm a big Wildcat fan and enjoy wearing blue and white every where I go. C-A-T-S! Cats! Cats! Cats!

University of Maryland College Park

Ambassador	Name	Description/Profile
	lisadforeman	My name is Lisa Foreman and I am a Campus Ambassador at the University of Maryland, College Park. I will graduate in May with a B.S. in Information Systems and Marketing. I am excited to increase the appreciation for and the awareness and usage of Wikipedia on such a large campus. I have been reading articles for as long as I can remember but am fairly new to editing Wikipedia and am eager to learn more. I am a vegan and enjoy promoting animal rights and a sustainable lifestyle.

Adding your profile

Trained ambassadors should add their profile according to the examples above.
NOTE: You must be logged into your Wikipedia user account to add your profile.

Step 0: Upload a photo

If you need to upload a photo for your profile, go to Wikimedia Commons and follow the instructions to upload your file. You can add the category "Wikipedia Ambassadors" to your picture.

Step 1: Add your University to the Interest List

Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Campus_Ambassadors, which is our Interest List. Is your affiliated university already on that page? If no, go to Step 1.a. If yes, skip to Step 1.b.

1.a

Add a section for your school using the Add a new school button. This creates an interest list for your university so that other people (instructors or potential Ambassadors) can sign up if they would like to get involved. Don't add yourself to that list, though; because you're a trained Ambassador, you'll create your profile on a separate subpage (Step 2 & 3) and then "transclude" (embed) that page into the Interest List (Step 4).

Now skip to Step 2.

1.b

On the Interest List (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Campus_Ambassadors), under your affiliated university's section, is there already a subsection for "Trained Campus Ambassadors"? If no, go to Step 2. If yes, skip to Step 3.

Step 2: Create "Trained Ambassadors" Subpage

Create a "Trained Ambassadors" subpage for your university, by typing "/Trained Ambassadors" at the end of the URL for your university's page. For example, if your affiliated school is Southern Wikipedia University, your full URL will look like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Campus_Ambassadors/Southern_Wikipedia_University/Trained_Ambassadors.

Once you're on the subpage, click the "Create" tab at the top.

Step 3: Create your profile

Add the following code to the subpage, replacing the parts in ALL CAPS with your own details:

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!class="unsortable"|Ambassador
!Name
!class="unsortable"|Description/Profile
|-
| [[File:YOUR PICTURE.jpg|140px]]
{{#tag:inputbox|
type=comment
default=Special:Emailuser/YOUR USERNAME
buttonlabel=email YOUR NAME
break=no
hidden=yes
nosummary=1
}}
| [[User:YOUR USERNAME|]]
| YOUR PROFILE OF ABOUT 100 WORDS
|}

If there is already a table like this on the subpage with another trained Ambassador's profile, you can just expand the table to include yours by repeating this part within the table code:

|-
| [[File:YOUR PICTURE.jpg|140px]]
{{#tag:inputbox|
type=comment
default=Special:Emailuser/YOUR USERNAME
buttonlabel=email YOUR NAME
break=no
hidden=yes
nosummary=1
}}
| [[User:YOUR USERNAME|]]
| YOUR PROFILE OF ABOUT 100 WORDS

You've now added your profile to the "Trained Ambassadors" subpage of your university's page. This subpage can now be "transcluded" (embedded) into other pages. There are two places to transclude the subpage: the Interest List, and the Public Policy WikiProject.

Step 4: Transclude subpage into the Interest List

This step has two parts. We're going to first transclude the subpage into your university's page, and then transclude your university's page into the Interest List.

Step 4.a: Transclude the subpage into your university's page

On your university's page (for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Campus_Ambassadors/Southern_Wikipedia_University), add this code:

'''Trained Campus Ambassadors''':
{{Wikipedia:Campus Ambassadors/Southern Wikipedia University/Trained ambassadors}}

Step 4.b: Transclude your university's page into the Interest List

On the main Interest List (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Campus_Ambassadors), add this code:

{{Wikipedia:Campus Ambassadors/Southern Wikipedia University}}

NOTE: By now you've probably noticed that this is the standard code for transcluding pages: the page to be transcluded in two double brackets.

Now we have a complete table of trained Ambassadors on the Interest List!

Step 5: Transclude subpage into WikiProject

If you are working with a class as a Campus Ambassador for the Fall 2010 or Spring 2011 term, also transclude the subpage into the Campus Ambassadors section of the Public Policy WikiProject. As you may predict, you can do this by adding the following line of code to that page:

{{Wikipedia:Campus Ambassadors/Southern Wikipedia University/Trained Ambassadors}}

Need help?

If you have any trouble or questions with these instructions, try getting on the Wikipedia Ambassadors channel on IRC for some live help: #wikipedia-en-ambassadors ^connect (a web-based method for accessing this channel is here). You can also leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Campus Ambassadors or leave a message on the talk page of one of the Online Ambassadors.