Benjamin Dictus Email & Phone Number

United States

We are growing. We would love to engage you with the wondrous honey bee! This role allows me to ensure we keep our charm, pizzazz, the secret sauce, or whatever you want to call it... at the forefront of how we operate. Culture is hard to pin down and always changing, but we know it is what makes us special so we are bee-ing intentional with it.

United States

I help our beekeepers bee successful!! I still get to keep bees too! I like to joke that I keep people and bees now... but it is a great honor to work with bees and the humans that keep them at BDT.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Keep bees, roughly 250 colonies, in the Raleigh-Durham area in urban settings - this includes rooftops. We work with and in the community to raise the awareness and understanding of the honey bee but also as an engagement tool to help companies connect their employees to the company and to the larger world.

Cedar Grove, North Carolina

- Ability to complete and deliver research trials- Set-up, conduct, and manage study/trial activities according to protocol, GLP, SOP, and/or sponser requirements.- Act proactively to identify problems and potential problems with all phases of study design, scheduling, and conduct of study.- Maintain study data and facility records in organized manner.

Cedar Grove, NC

- Microscope maneuvers and general laboratory experiences (GLP of course).- Moving/transporting hives safely and without queen-loss (over 500 hives transported).- Feeding bees: includes making commercial grade feed to actual feeding of 1000's of hives.- Splitting and supering of hives as well as the knowledge to know when to do which.- No frames dropped.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

- Manage the CDC student ambassador group (over 40 student volunteers total).- Coordinate bi-weekly class meetings for group focused on career presentation topics, presentation skills, professional development, and other relevant material.- Create/ maintain online training resource web page for ambassadors - Coordinate and manage coverage for the.

Forest Grove, OR

-Developed the rugby program from a student club that practiced anywhere it could to a fully funded entity housed by the university athletic department with its own dedicated field.-Work with students and admissions department to continuously recruit students/players.-Develop and maintain an active web presence and communication network with players.

Forest Grove, OR

For 2014-2015 academic year:-Manage/supervise 9 resident assistants with responsibilities for over 500 students.-Oversaw 3 buildings to ensure their upkeep and smooth operation.-Develop programming and events for academic year in each building (budgets total over $6,000).For 2011-2012, 2012-2013, and 2013-2014 academic years:-Manage/supervise 14 resident.

Managed McCormick Hall including: 3 Resident Assistants, 1 Senior Resident Assistant, Hall Council advising, facilities/maintenance issues, student conduct, programming, and budgets for each.

Bowling Green, OH

-Monitored 15 students each year (30 total) as they progressed through this AmeriCorp program. -Taught a class once a week each year on Civic Engagement and Leadership.-Worked with AmeriCorp to ensure that the program maintained accreditation.-Plan and coordinate large service events for students within TRIO.

-Maintain a rigorous travel schedule throughout North America (Midwest)-Present to audiences ranging from 10-300 on recruitment and retention, marketing, strategic planning, change management, crisis management, and leadership development -Facilitate workshops at various univesities/colleges and conferences

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration, Abd

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Advisory Board to the College of Education (Chair - 2016-2017), Graduate Student Association.

Masters & Certificate, Ma - Higher Education Administration & Certificate In Organizational Change

Activities and Societies: Order of Omega, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Theta

Ba, Biology

Activities and Societies: -Phi Delta Theta Fraternity: Alumni Relations Chairman, Scholarship Chairman, and President (2002-2006).

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