A look at enrollment statistics by state assures us that Irene, Marti and Jim have been successful. Ambassadors work in two major ways. Sometimes the Dana admissions office supplies names of prospective students and the Ambassador calls or writes them. Rector have done this and follow up by sending the information back to Dana. Another major way for an Ambassador to work for Dana is to gather information on possible prospective students.
Ambassadors make referrals from students they have met in community and church settings.
Johnson recently contacted all 80 high school students at her church to be sure they heard about Dana. Dana Ambassador Pastor Merle Brockhoff '81 brought a group of students to campus in October. They visited the Danish Immigrant Archives, checked out The Forum and went swimming. Carol Hansen, who teaches at Riverside High School in Oakland, Iowa, has been brining her students to Dana for years. They come to see plays, listed to concerts, visit Black Elk Niehardt Park, or whatever fits the curriculum.