Trinity Ambassadors are junior and senior student volunteers, nominated by their departments, offering peer-to-peer support. They are a resource to guide, inform, and support other undergraduates.
In addition to working directly with undergraduates, they can be found involved in other activities, such as coordinating student events, participating in Majors Fair and/or Blue Devil Days, writing articles for newsletters, taking part in focus groups and more.
Meet our Ambassadors
Jason Murray
Class of 2026
Majors in Classical Studies and Philosophy
I am a fourth-year undergraduate student at Duke University who co-leads the Transformative Ideas LLC, works at the Center for Christianity and Scholarship, and is part of the Mellon Mays Fellowship. I have a passion for ancient history and theology, particularly the intellectual life of the Eastern Roman Empire. I love to play Chess and strategy video games in my spare time.
Favorite Class: The City of God by St. Augustine. It was an entire class simply focused on an abridged version of a primary text which I always wanted to read. Dr. Gonzalez was an excellent instructor and facilitator for group discussions which were lively and impactful.
Monet Shum
Class of 2027
Interdepartmental Major in Computational Linguistics and Classical Languages
I'm an undergraduate from Aldie, Virginia majoring in Computational Linguistics and Classical Languages. I have a strong interest in digital humanities and its intersection with tech ethics. Outside of classes, I enjoy working on academic journals on-campus (Vertices and Historia Nova) and also am an active member of the Duke Symphony Orchestra and Duke History Union. I also work at the Wilson Center for Science and Justice, the Wang Lab, and Duke Coffeehouse. In my spare time I enjoy beading and playing mahjong.
Favorite Class: My favorite class was Latin Epic with Professor Micaela Janan. We explored how Roman epics engage with themes of perception, power, and gender, learning how to reimagine established interpretations and ideas of the texts. The exercises of both translating and discussing the texts as a class allowed us both to make new academic and personal connections on many different levels.