Just last spring, we began the process of hand-picking the best and brightest U.S College students to represent us as Wolfram Student Ambassadors. We wanted to see what we could create if we gave those with a pre-existing passion for all-things-Wolfram the resources and support to do what many of them were already doing by their own accord – introducing their peers to the Wolfram Technology stack, and showing them first-hand its accessibility. Over the past year, it’s been fascinating to see how many different academic disciplines yield enthusiastic and talented applicants. More fascinating yet, were the applicants that defied our original demographic parameters: our Student Ambassador Program was receiving applications from professors, and even people without any academic affiliation at all. Which made sense – while Wolfram software has had a steady, growing popularity amongst students in recent years, its most loyal fans have been users since Mathematica’s conception in the late 80’s. Knowing this, coupled with the positive precedent set by the success of our Student Ambassador Program, it became apparent we needed to create a new program - something especially designed for our original Ambassadors.

So who are we looking for?

Odds are, you’ve been with us since the beginning. You’re most likely a natural leader, and love to get your friends/colleagues/students to that “light bulb” moment on projects and collaborations. Or maybe you’re an especially active member on community.wolfram.com, and you excel at performing solo projects with our software. Whatever it may be, we want to empower you to be able to do even more of it. This program will offer support to our professional enthusiasts, and give us the opportunity to say thank you by providing complimentary benefits, support, and tools for establishing a community or developing a personal project. We’d like to encourage anyone who has either considered or possibly already created a group to contact us in order to discuss getting involved in this new partnership opportunity.

Benefits, which will vary in accordance to background/ area of expertise, may include:

• Free Access to select Wolfram technologies
• Cloud Credits (up to 1,000,000)
• Training and workshop access
• Materials and marketing merchandise for meetups/workshops
• Opportunity for professional development as you give talks, organize meetups, and inspire others
• Potential publication opportunities through Wolfram Media

We’ve provided the platform – now we’re passing you the baton. This is our chance to thank you for the help you’ve already provided us, and support you as you help nurture and inspire the next generation of Wolfram Users.

If you would like to know more, contact us at wca@wolfram.com