Graduate Admission Specialist

• Jul 2013 - Present

The Graduate Admissions Specialist's main responsibility is to ensure that all aspects of the admissions process run as smoothly as possible in the Graduate School. I work with potential and current graduate students regarding their successful admission to MSU's graduate programs as well as providing information on program admission requirements.

Graduate Admission Specialist

• Jul 2013 - Present

Staff Assistant for COMA

• Aug 2012 - Present

I am currently working in conjunction with Technology and Communication and Marketing Department in developing the MYMSU portal website for the internal audience (faculty, staff and students). I meet with the individual departments to discuss the content they require on each of their websites. I work closely with IT to create and move content to the new portal. This involves collaborating with each department closely and then training them once their website is completed to be published to maintain their perspective websites. (Hired August 2012- Ending May 2013) Show less

Technical Assistant for IT

• Oct 2011 - Jul 2012

I am currently working with the Communication and Marketing Department and the Information Technology Department on the MYMSU portal website. We are collaborating with the other departments to add all available services to the portal that are specifically for the internal audience (faculty, staff and students) of MSU to make it more user friendly for them to access information. (Hired Oct. 2011- Ending July 2012)

Customer Service in Financial Services

• Feb 2011 - Sep 2011

Receptionist duties as well as customer service duties such as looking up students accounts regarding holds and balances, answering students general questions, sorting out the mail, distributing payroll checks to each department folder, answering phones, etc.... ( Hired Feb. 2011- Ended Sept. 2011)*****(The reason for the gap between 2008 and 2011 is my husband along with our daughter Rachel lived in Charleston, South Carolina for 10 years where I worked as a real estate closer, my husband was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and we moved to Kentucky at the end of December 2008 to be close to my family, he passed away in February 15, 2009. I purposely did not pursue employment for the first year and a half to spend time with my daughter and help her get acclimated with her new surroundings and I volunteered a lot at her school to be more involved with her and her school. Then in the fall of 2010 I started searching for employment locally, which turned out to be a difficult task until I secured the temporary position at MSU in February 2011)***** Show less

Senior Closer/ Office Administrator/Escrow Officer

• May 2007 - Dec 2008

Responsible for all aspects of residential real estate transactions in a fast paced office environment including, but not limited to, the following: resolving title defects, coordinating closings with all parties involved, preparing legal documentation, preparing legal descriptions, reviewing lender documents for accuracy, reviewing and preparing contracts, processing title opinions, binders, and policies, preparing settlement statements, deposited funds, cut checks and disbursed loan proceeds. Paid off mortgages, prepared satisfactions and partial releases to remove liens from property, calculated title insurance premiums, assisted attorney with reconciliation of escrow account. Handled all types of closings and title insurance coverage from start to finish including national builder purchases, new construction (custom), resales, refinances, equity lines, foreclosures and modifications. Additional administrative duties included: training new employees, assisting other team members with their responsibilities based on volume of work, developing file forms to streamline the closing process and improve office efficiency, maintaining office calendar, scanning office files, and preparing, ordering and stocking office supplies. Show less

Senior Closer

• Jul 2005 - May 2007

Responsible for all aspects of the residential real estate transactions in a very fast paced office environment. I was involved with ordering all title searches, opening up files, clearing title defects, preparing all legal documentation for the closing including preparing a settlement statements, reviewing and preparing contracts, balancing the trust account and cutting checks for disbursement of the proceeds, reviewing lender documents for accuracy, communicating with all parties of the transactions including but not limited to buyers, sellers, real estate agents, lenders, brokers, developers, IRS, SCDOR, etc… Handled all types of closings and title insurance coverage from start to finish including national builder purchases, new construction (custom), resales, refinances, equity lines, foreclosures and modifications. Assisted with all team members with areas and tasks where they were not knowledgeable, and training new employees. Show less

Senior Paralegal

• Jan 2005 - Jun 2005

Responsible for all aspects of residential real estate closing transactions in a fast paced office environment. I was involved with ordering all title searches, opening up files, Clearing title defects, preparing all legal documentation for the closing, preparing the settlement statement, balancing the trust account and cutting checks, disbursing the funds, reviewing lender documents for accuracy , communicating with all parties involved including but not limited to buyers, sellers, real estate agents, lenders, brokers, developers, IRS, SCDOR, etc… Handled all types of closings and title insurance coverage from start to finish including national builder purchases, new construction (custom), resales, refinances, equity lines, foreclosures and modifications. Assisted with all team members with areas and tasks where they were not knowledgeable, and training new employees. Show less

Senior Real Estate Closer and Office Administrator

• Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

Responsible for all aspects of residential real estate transactions in a fact paced office environment including but not limited to, the following: resolving title defects, coordinating closings with all parties involved, reviewing lender documents for accuracy, preparing legal documents, processing title binders, opinions and policies, preparing settlement statements, cut checks, disbursed loan proceeds. Additional administrative duties included: training new employees, assisting other team members with their responsibilities based on volume of work, developing file forms to streamline the closing process and improve office efficiency, maintaining office calendar, scanning office files, and preparing, ordering and stocking office supplies. Show less

Paralegal & Escrow Officer

• Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

Responsible for all aspects of residential real estate transactions in a fact paced office environment including but not limited to, the following: resolving title defects, coordinating closings with all parties involved, reviewing lender documents for accuracy, preparing legal documents, processing title binders, opinions and policies, preparing settlement statements, cut checks, disbursed loan proceeds. Additional administrative duties included: training new employees, assisting other team members with their responsibilities based on volume of work, maintaining office calendar. Also was the escrow officer and made all deposits and assisted with the reconciliation of the escrow account every month. Note: I have six letters of recommendation from my past employers who all are listed on my resume and will bring them with me if I am called for an interview. Show less