Resume

Relevant Experience

Miami University Office of International Education

Oxford, Ohio, USA

Study Abroad Advisor

2008 - present

  • Advise students on study abroad options
  • Maintain office website
  • Create and maintain information resources, including printed materials, website and study abroad newsletter (3000 subscribers) to reach and inform the university population
  • Communicate with students via Study Abroad Newsletter, Facebook and Twitter
  • Collaborate with other offices and departments on campus to enhance study abroad environment
  • Development of (and promotion for) semester-long Co-Sponsored programs
  • Supervise student peer advisors
Study Abroad Counselor

2005 - 2008

  • Advised students on study abroad options
  • Built and maintained office website
  • Created and maintained information resources, including printed materials, website and study abroad newsletter (3000 subscribers) to reach and inform the university population
 

University of Michigan Overseas Opportunities Office

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Peer Advisor/Webmaster

2003 - 2005

  • Advised students on opportunities to study, volunteer or work abroad, with special responsibilities for study abroad in France and teaching abroad
  • Organized and participated in panel discussions and workshops on education abroad
  • Maintained one of the best-known education abroad sites on the Internet and created the SECUSSA-WIVA site on Work, Internships and Volunteering Abroad
 

University of Michigan International Career Pathways

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Web Designer

2004 - 2005

  • Chosen by a University-wide committee to develop and design a website and additional materials to publicize the event
 

European-American Center for International Education

Pontlevoy, France

Web Development Intern

2004

  • Developed organizational plan for intranet to improve communication
  • Conducted usability studies and redesigned company websites
 

Lycée Valéry Larbaud

Cusset, France

English Language Assistant

2002 - 2003

  • Selected by the French ministry of education to participate in the program
  • Created and carried out lessons and activities to encourage high school students to use conversational English
 

Albion College Center for International Education

Albion, Michigan, USA

Orientation Leader

2001

  • Assisted incoming international students in adaptation to campus and to the United States
  • Was involved in the creation of the International Student Union
 

Education

University of Michigan School of Information

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Master of Science in Information (Human-Computer Interaction)

2003 - 2005

  • American Library Association accreditation
  • Executive committee, Student Organization for Computer-Human Interaction (2004-2005)
 

Albion College

Albion, Michigan, USA

Bachelor of Arts (French)

1998 - 2002

  • President, International Student Union (2001-2002)
  • Study abroad experience in Grenoble, France (2000-2001)
 

Centre Universitaire d'Études Françaises

Grenoble, France

Diplôme Approfondi de la Langue Française (DALF)

2000 - 2001

  • Certifies a level of language skill appropriate for entrance into a French university (equivalent to TOEFL)
 

Affiliations

  • NAFSA: Association of International Educators, 2005 - present

Institutional Service

  • Miami University Office of Employee Health and Well-Being
    • Wellness Captain, 2009 - present
  • Miami University Unclassified Personnel Advisory Committee, 2008 - present
    • Networking Chair, 2008 - 2009
  • Miami University Student Affairs Council, 2006 - 2009

Skills

  • Languages: Fluency in written and spoken French, conversational level in Spanish, basic Modern Standard Arabic.
  • Web/programming languages: HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Java, Javascript.
  • Applications: Microsoft Word, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop.
  • Operating system experience: Primarily a PC user, but have experience with Apple products in a professional context.

References

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