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San Francisco, California, United States

With oversight from the senior administrative director, maintain all Academic Systems, including Workday, Coursdog, e-Catalog, Moodle, Portal, and Vault. Manage Course Section Scheduling and Curriculum Changes and Updates for all UG/Grad Programs. Create and Maintain Process Documentation, Guidelines, Knowledge Base, Reporting, Training Documentation and Videos for Faculty and Staff. Partner with Finance, Technology Services, Library Services, Student Records and Enrollment Management.-Support the senior manager in auditing and inventorying extant knowledge bases, process guides, and policy explainers to eliminate contradictions, ensure accuracy, and keep information up to date.-Develop workbooks for faculty leaders in Google Sheets using SIS data. Guide chairs in fleshing out the skeletal SP24 course schedule to produce the final, publishable version.-Adapt to various stages of the multiphase Workday/Coursedog integration; execute schedule-building process in alignment with the current state of the software.-Provide first-line support at a physical help desk to help faculty with questions about navigating the newly reorganized academic affairs functional units.

San Francisco, California, United States

Partnered with BFA Graphic Design and BFA Illustration department chairs in general program administration under the direction of the of the Senior Manager of Academic Programs (SMAP). Strategic communications through Google Groups and internal- and external-facing web pages and social media profiles. Judicious purchasing and budget management. Recruited, hired, trained, and developed student workers and temporary staff. Event marketing, planning, and coordination.-Promoted and facilitated the Design Lecture Series. Orchestrated the complex, large-scale Design and Architecture and End-of-Year Exhibition, transforming academic spaces into exhibition spaces and welcoming numerous attendees.-Adapted to working in a larger functional team and supporting more complex academic units with greater enrollments and curricular offerings. Learned new job functions, while managing a fast-paced administrative flow with minimal managerial intervention.-Created data-rich student internship records in Salesforce, partnering with the faculty coordinator to maximize flexibility for students and minimize barriers to internship requirement fulfillment.-Partnered with academic advising and the records office to support students in mitigating the impact of course scheduling conflicts and academic setbacks.-Recruited, trained, and coached student workers to maintain a supportive and functional environment in the graphic design studio; advertised temporary job opportunities in support of the End-of-Year Exhibition; interviewed and hired candidates.-Strategically managed FY23 programmatic budgets and accurately documented expenditures in a shadow budget and in Workday. Supported FY24 budgetary planning.-Spearheaded and championed main building workspaces improvement initiative, physically redesigning and functionally enhancing the program managers’ office and the academic chair workspace.

San Francisco, California, United States

Managed administration of the Upper Division Interdisciplinary Studio (UDIST) college-wide, undergraduate curricular requirement, under the direction of the Associate Provost. Schedule-building, enrollment management, budgeting, and procurement for UDIST sections and instructors. Assisted faculty coordinators of the Ecological Practices and Computational Practices undergraduate minor curricula. Sustained strategic, accurate, digestible, and up-to-date digital communications. Additional duties related to institutional research, communications, and committee operations.-Doubled enrollment in Ecological Practices through a poster campaign and targeted email communications to students, executed in collaboration with the faculty minor coordinator. Created a custom Workday report to identify students on whom the minor recruiting effort should focus.-Reorganized thousands of datapoints pertaining to course section definitions in in Workday to streamline academic schedule building with updated and optimized course information. -Managed an extensive project involving all undergraduate academic department chairs through well-established deadlines, milestones, and periodic follow-ups, culminating in a combined slide deck, that synthesized content about all undergraduate majors from all unit leaders. -Built the Spring 2023 UDIST course schedule on a newly reorganized campus, on an accelerated timeline, with minimal training and multiple constraints including an internal scheduling template and highly specific faculty scheduling needs and preferences. -Redesigned UDIST budget template to increase policy compliance, streamline communications, and ensure procurement accuracy. -Orchestrated call for UDIST course proposals through Submittable, provided an orientation to the Submittable interface for the curriculum committee, and centralized scoring and ranking data in an organized spreadsheet.

San Francisco, California, United States

Composed explanatory and contextual essays for Wang’s artwork; published zine with Cassandra Press. Edited writings for academic promotion dossier; edited artist's statement. Updated artist's website. Created AirTable database of artist's past works.

San Francisco, California, United States

Assessed pre-applicant portfolios through the AICAD review program. Lead tours for groups of prospective graduate students, fostering connections through anecdotes and providing basic information across all graduate programs. Researched prospective student backgrounds and interests, to inform tours. Trained undergraduate ambassadors on the delivery of the prospective graduate student tour. Created tour resource book with program digests, sequence charts, and core course descriptions. Researched academic offerings through the CCA website, internal portal, and recorded interviews with academic department chairs. Researched alumni outcomes via LinkedIn.

San Francisco, California, United States

Designed newsletter graphics, posters, and social media promotions for upcoming events and new articles. Researched Bay Area arts events and artist resources. Wrote questions for arts publishing panel. Proofread website content. Researched funding and institutional partnership strategies. Researched content archiving platforms.

San Francisco, California, United States

Engaged with exhibitions through artist walkthroughs, curatorial essays, and exhibition-related press. Ensured artwork safety and facility upkeep; performed opening and closing procedures; handled incoming mail; documented attendance; answered visitor questions.

San Francisco, California, United States

Researched academic advising processes and systems at AICAD colleges. Developed information systems: booklets, cards, bulletin boards, and social media content about course registration and advising events. Peer advising in person and via email. Extensive document management and data entry: digitized years of student records; documented midterm progress reports.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

"Currents:" a six-week artists' residency for rising seniors and recent BFA graduates. Seminar on contemporary art history through corporeal feminist and psychoanalytic theoretical lenses. Workshops in experimental sculpture and photo-printmaking practices.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Visual And Critical Studies

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Alliance Co-CoordinatorProgram Motto: "There is no social system that is not first and foremost.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Painting, High Distinction

Activities and Societies: Student Council Member, Orientation LeaderMinor in Visual Studies. Major Program Overview: "We provide aspiring.

Graduate Certificate, Higher Education Administration

The graduate certificate in higher education administration is designed to address the need for enhanced understanding of the higher.

Graduate Certificate, College Teaching

The purpose of the online graduate certificate in college teaching is to enhance the teaching skills and career preparation of graduate.