Experience

Calumet College of St. Joseph

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Career and Academic Support Services

  • Jan 2013 - Present

  - Assist with various projects under Academic Support Programs: Learning Community Mentoring Program, Retention initiatives (academic alerts, intrusive advising, academic probation, and First Year Experience), and the Office of Servant Leadership. - Serve on various cross functional department committees including the Retention Committee under Academic support. - Coordinate and implement New Student Orientation, special events such as Career Fair and Academic Support Open House, Resume Building Week, workshops, Career Services/internships presentations, and classroom visits. - Advise all freshmen on degree choices and career planning using FOCUS software. - Advise all freshmen on learning styles using CAPSOL assessment tool. - Advise all upper division students on internship opportunities/requirements, resume building, mock interviews, and job search (using College Central Network). - Advise students on prerequisites needed to register for an internship. - Effectively mentored and advised a diverse student population (including First Year students) addressing their career, academic, financial, and social needs. - Successfully established relationships with faculty, departments, and staff to strategically plan best practices for experiential learning and report findings. - Increased Career Service’s utilization by 28% by promoting Career Readiness Workshops, CCN, Intern.NET, Resume Week, Roundtables and etc. - Met 100% of career services objectives outlined in the Retention Committee’s strategic plan. - Created, revamped, and implemented surveys such as the Internship Manual and Graduate Exit survey. - Analyzed, created, and implemented departmental policies and procedures to address effective customer service. - Responsible for establishing new community partnerships for internships, experiential learning, and service learning opportunities for CCSJ students. - Successfully managed various departmental and grant budgets and ledger accounts. Show less



Purdue University Calumet

• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Administrative Professional - Graduate Assistant

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2012

  OFFICE OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY - Assisted with the development of the Affirmative Action Plan- Exercised good judgment and maintain confidentiality- Planned and scheduled meetings, maintain minutes and related corresponding documents- Monitored, developed and reconciled budgets- Ability to manage work priorities and completed deadlines- Prepared and presented communication for programs, processes and procedures- Ensured that the web design is up-to-date for the department- Performed administrative, technical and office support Show less

• Administrative Assistant

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2012

  - Project management: involved in tracking and reporting to meet critical deadlines- Collaboration: Maintain contact with on-campus and off-campus resources/constituents- Concept planning: involved in creative input to overall program structures- Created press releases and publications; marketing- Provided safety and service trainings for event staff- Negotiated contract terms and conditions with vendors and limited term employees- Developed relationships with community members, local officials, civic and religious leaders- Reviewed and created recommendations of campus food and event polices - Database management- Served as staff and volunteer liaison Show less