Samantha O鈥橶ril: Helped found the Francis College of Engineering鈥檚 Student Ambassadors program
Samantha O鈥橶ril, an electrical and computer engineering major from Lowell, takes great satisfaction in telling people about the wealth of opportunities available at the Francis College of Engineering. And she鈥檚 had plenty of practice.
O鈥橶ril is president of the Francis College of Engineering Student Ambassadors program, which she helped get off the ground in the fall of 2017. She and her fellow board members developed the club鈥檚 mission statement, constitution, organizational structure and an event and outreach plan. She spearheaded recruitment in both spring and fall of 2018 and developed a training program. Under her leadership, the ambassador team has grown from 12 to 35 members.
O鈥橶ril and her team have offered tours to prospective students and their families. They oversaw three elementary school field trips and assisted with or led more than 20 college events, including local high school workshops and career fairs and regional FIRST Robotics competitions, as well as the college鈥檚 annual Engineering Week activities and recruiting events.
She also worked with the college鈥檚 Future Engineers Summer Camp program in 2017 and 2018, supervising, mentoring and advising an average of 40 high school students from across the region each season.
鈥淚n addition to providing me the opportunity to be a campus leader, 51视频 has also given me the confidence to go out to industry and work,鈥� says O鈥橶ril, who has been working as an intern since last fall at BAE Systems in Nashua, N.H., while carrying a full load of classes. And she鈥檒l be continuing her work there.聽
鈥淚鈥檝e been offered a full-time job by the company after I graduate, so I鈥檒l be testing and debugging microchips that will be going into military planes,鈥� she says.