Megan Garrett
Director Of Development at UNC School of Education- Claim this Profile
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Sabrina Heise
Megan is organized, efficient and personable. She learns quickly and doesn't need to be micromanaged. She creates new projects for herself if she isn't given something directly. She was a pleasure to work with!
Katelyn Ander
After working with Megan for four years at the Media Resources Center in the Undergraduate Library at UNC I feel confident in her abilities as a competent and respectful coworker. For the three years we worked as student assistants together she was extremely helpful and pleasant to be around. She was always willing to do more than her fair share and was great at interacting with patrons and taking on special projects for our supervisors. In the six months I worked as her supervisor at the MRC, Megan continued to show an impressive work ethic and an ever increasing amount of responsibility. In the absence of one of my fellow supervisors, Megan took over the often difficult and time consuming tasks of a full time employee while still taking a full load of classes. She was a quick learner and helped to ease the large amount of work that was falling onto the shoulders of the other employees. In addition, she is extremely friendly and fun to be around and never failed to make the MRC a more exciting place. The supervisors and other student assistants enjoyed her presence and admired her work and I am grateful that she was part of our work force for many years. I wish all student assistants could work to such standards.
Sabrina Heise
Megan is organized, efficient and personable. She learns quickly and doesn't need to be micromanaged. She creates new projects for herself if she isn't given something directly. She was a pleasure to work with!
Katelyn Ander
After working with Megan for four years at the Media Resources Center in the Undergraduate Library at UNC I feel confident in her abilities as a competent and respectful coworker. For the three years we worked as student assistants together she was extremely helpful and pleasant to be around. She was always willing to do more than her fair share and was great at interacting with patrons and taking on special projects for our supervisors. In the six months I worked as her supervisor at the MRC, Megan continued to show an impressive work ethic and an ever increasing amount of responsibility. In the absence of one of my fellow supervisors, Megan took over the often difficult and time consuming tasks of a full time employee while still taking a full load of classes. She was a quick learner and helped to ease the large amount of work that was falling onto the shoulders of the other employees. In addition, she is extremely friendly and fun to be around and never failed to make the MRC a more exciting place. The supervisors and other student assistants enjoyed her presence and admired her work and I am grateful that she was part of our work force for many years. I wish all student assistants could work to such standards.
Sabrina Heise
Megan is organized, efficient and personable. She learns quickly and doesn't need to be micromanaged. She creates new projects for herself if she isn't given something directly. She was a pleasure to work with!
Katelyn Ander
After working with Megan for four years at the Media Resources Center in the Undergraduate Library at UNC I feel confident in her abilities as a competent and respectful coworker. For the three years we worked as student assistants together she was extremely helpful and pleasant to be around. She was always willing to do more than her fair share and was great at interacting with patrons and taking on special projects for our supervisors. In the six months I worked as her supervisor at the MRC, Megan continued to show an impressive work ethic and an ever increasing amount of responsibility. In the absence of one of my fellow supervisors, Megan took over the often difficult and time consuming tasks of a full time employee while still taking a full load of classes. She was a quick learner and helped to ease the large amount of work that was falling onto the shoulders of the other employees. In addition, she is extremely friendly and fun to be around and never failed to make the MRC a more exciting place. The supervisors and other student assistants enjoyed her presence and admired her work and I am grateful that she was part of our work force for many years. I wish all student assistants could work to such standards.
Sabrina Heise
Megan is organized, efficient and personable. She learns quickly and doesn't need to be micromanaged. She creates new projects for herself if she isn't given something directly. She was a pleasure to work with!
Katelyn Ander
After working with Megan for four years at the Media Resources Center in the Undergraduate Library at UNC I feel confident in her abilities as a competent and respectful coworker. For the three years we worked as student assistants together she was extremely helpful and pleasant to be around. She was always willing to do more than her fair share and was great at interacting with patrons and taking on special projects for our supervisors. In the six months I worked as her supervisor at the MRC, Megan continued to show an impressive work ethic and an ever increasing amount of responsibility. In the absence of one of my fellow supervisors, Megan took over the often difficult and time consuming tasks of a full time employee while still taking a full load of classes. She was a quick learner and helped to ease the large amount of work that was falling onto the shoulders of the other employees. In addition, she is extremely friendly and fun to be around and never failed to make the MRC a more exciting place. The supervisors and other student assistants enjoyed her presence and admired her work and I am grateful that she was part of our work force for many years. I wish all student assistants could work to such standards.
Experience
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UNC School of Education
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Of Development
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Mar 2022 - Present
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Interim Assistant Dean for Development
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Oct 2021 - Feb 2022
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Associate Director Of Development
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Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
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Assistant Director, Development and Stewardship
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Aug 2017 - Mar 2021
Front-line fundraiser with a specific focus on Leadership Annual Giving. Directly responsible for maintaining and managing a personal portfolio with a mandate to identify, cultivate, and solicit annual fund and endowed gifts.Create and oversee new stewardship programming for the School of Education
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Event Logistics Manager
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Apr 2017 - Aug 2017
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Events Coordinator
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Feb 2015 - Mar 2017
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Intern
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Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
• Manage project on eastern North Carolina nonprofits • Mine data from three sources to create extensive dataset on operating educational 501(c)3’s in eastern N.C. • Work with staff at EdNC to create a user friendly map to access the data • Visit, interview, and film various nonprofits in the region studied • Write a collaborative article and film video for web presentation with data map • Manage project on eastern North Carolina nonprofits • Mine data from three sources to create extensive dataset on operating educational 501(c)3’s in eastern N.C. • Work with staff at EdNC to create a user friendly map to access the data • Visit, interview, and film various nonprofits in the region studied • Write a collaborative article and film video for web presentation with data map
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Events Director
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Jul 2012 - Feb 2015
• Plan, manage, execute and evaluate over 60 annual events with attendance over 500 and invitations up to 2,000• Manage ongoing series of legislative policy discussions among N.C. lawmakers, reporters and experts on issues important to the state• Manage budgeting and contracts with department accounting and university purchasing services• Recruit, host and schedule visiting professionals and class speakers to the school assuring a quality experience for the visitor, students, faculty, and staff• Promote student involvement in school events, enriching the student experience and helping to build the strength of the school’s network of alumni, donors, faculty, staff, and students• Assist in effective promotion and publicity with success in increasing attendance by 50 percent• Identify and analyze audiences, consider a range of publicity tactics, arrange for photography and video, and draft promotional materials including fliers, web pages, broadcast emails, news releases, calendar listings• Recruit, hire and supervise students to assist events and communications teams
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Library Assistant - Park Library
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Mar 2010 - Jul 2012
• Curated visiting Ken Heyman photography exhibit from CEPA Gallery featuring photojournalism• Instituted first Therapy Dog visit on campus for student stress relief during exams• Managed daily operations including circulation, cataloging, reserves, fines and basic reference• Initialized process to convert to new classification system for over 25,000 books• Recruited, trained and supervised 10 student workers per semester to assist with patrons• Administered technical support to staff and patrons, served as contact for 16 campus libraries
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Fines and Billing Assistant
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Sep 2008 - Mar 2010
• Managed all fines and payments for patrons and for entry onto students’ accounts, and assisted with appeals process for over 30,000 students, staff and faculty • Supervised 2-5 students during the 10 hours supervising the Circulation desk each week • Managed all fines and payments for patrons and for entry onto students’ accounts, and assisted with appeals process for over 30,000 students, staff and faculty • Supervised 2-5 students during the 10 hours supervising the Circulation desk each week
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Assistant Communications Director (Temp Position)
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May 2008 - May 2008
•Wrote articles for magazines about Museum special events •Drafted and sent press releases •Composed blurbs about Museum events for website use •Wrote articles for magazines about Museum special events •Drafted and sent press releases •Composed blurbs about Museum events for website use
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Workman Publishing
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Book Publishing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Publicity Intern
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May 2007 - May 2008
• Mass Mailings to Media and Booksellers • Fulfilling Book/Manuscript Requests • Pasting Up and Organizing Media Reviews • Mailing Reviews and Fan Mail to Authors and Agents • Compiling Lists and Addresses of Possible Booksellers • Editing Lists and Letters • Mass Mailings to Media and Booksellers • Fulfilling Book/Manuscript Requests • Pasting Up and Organizing Media Reviews • Mailing Reviews and Fan Mail to Authors and Agents • Compiling Lists and Addresses of Possible Booksellers • Editing Lists and Letters
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Student Assistant
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Jul 2004 - May 2008
• Provide Excellent Customer Service • Complete Special Projects • Manage Inventory of DVD and VHS Library • Place materials on reserve for professors using on-line cataloging • Insert new material into library web search engine • Create records in library database • Provide Excellent Customer Service • Complete Special Projects • Manage Inventory of DVD and VHS Library • Place materials on reserve for professors using on-line cataloging • Insert new material into library web search engine • Create records in library database
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Communications Intern
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May 2006 - Sep 2006
• Researched and wrote articles for newspaper and magazine Published in News & Observer and Naturalist Magazine • Hosted and planned media events • Organized and distributed press kits for the entire Triangle area • Wrote press releases • Contacted media and guest speakers • Solely coordinated "BugFest" Media Preview event, including arranging for three broadcast media judges and two chefs in a bug cook-off • Researched and wrote articles for newspaper and magazine Published in News & Observer and Naturalist Magazine • Hosted and planned media events • Organized and distributed press kits for the entire Triangle area • Wrote press releases • Contacted media and guest speakers • Solely coordinated "BugFest" Media Preview event, including arranging for three broadcast media judges and two chefs in a bug cook-off
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Education
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2014 - 2016
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master of Public Administration (MPA), Public Administration -
2004 - 2008
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A., Journalism and Mass Communications
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