Who: Savannah Hallworth
Unit: Student Recruitment and Advising
Since: September 2014
Job Specifics: As the Student Support Representative at UBC’s Okanagan campus, Savannah is the face and voice of UBC to prospective students and families. Located in the Welcome Centre, Savannah welcomes students to UBC, responds to the influx of student emails and phone calls, and supports recruitment activities from the heart of The Tube.
Professional: Savannah graduated in June 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from UBC’s Okanagan campus. During the course of her undergrad, she was overwhelmingly involved on campus, taking advantage of diverse leadership opportunities including her roles as Residence Advisor, Get Involved Program Lead, and co-founder (and executive!) of a social justice club.
It’s a wonder we have coaxed her into The Tube, as she clearly loves to travel. Upon receiving the Irving K Barber International Education Travel Subsidy in 2011, Savannah travelled to Peru for 6 weeks. Later, shortly after graduating, she was chosen as one of 26 young Canadians to take part in the Aga Khan Foundation Canada International Fellowship, which brought her to Kyrgyzstan, a post-Soviet country in Central Asia. Here, she worked as a Communications Analyst with the University of Central Asia, a liberal arts development university focused on providing world class education and stimulating growth in the rural regions of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
She must love the Okanagan, however, as Kelowna called her back to BC! Prior to taking this position in SRA, she spent the summer piloting the First Year Peer Advisor program at UBC’s Okanagan campus (where our team came to love working with her – and snapped her up shortly after).
Personal: As you’ve already guessed, Savannah has caught the travel bug. Not only has she left her hometown on Vancouver Island to live in the Okanagan, but in the last 6 years, she’s travelled to 5 different continents – and she is itching to start her next adventure (any guesses?). Here in Kelowna, she stays busy volunteering with Engineers Without Borders and the Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society. Somehow she also has time to cook (good news for The Tube), spend time outdoors on her bike or in the water, and enjoy her favourite TV shows.
