Jenna French Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, United States

Buffalo, New York, United States

• Manage the DREAM undergraduate student makerspace, overseeing 10-16 student staff, coordinating workshops and events, collaborating with faculty and clubs, recruiting and training apprentice and DREAM staff, managing DREAM micro-credentials, and assessing program outcomes• Coordinate hands-on experiences such as intramurals and senior design, engaging stakeholders including student clubs, SEAS corporate partners, and alumni • Execute strategy to encourage implementation of the SEAS professional development blueprint. • Manage the SEAS 360 professional development program for graduate students, coordinating workshops with UB offices and alumni, promoting events, tracking student progress and outcomes. • Coordinate faculty advisory boards for sharing senior design and experiential learning/internship best practices. • Collaborate with the UB Career Design Center, Startup, and Innovation Collaboratory, Experiential Learning Network, alumni engagement, and other offices.

Amherst, New York, United States

- Interact with clients in a high-end restaurant setting and provide them with a unique dining experience - Generate sales by upselling specific meal, liquor, or wine options based on customer preference

Buffalo, New York, United States

-Co-teach a section of LAI 203 (Academic Success Strategies)-Assist with weekly preparation for the course by designing engaging activities related to the course material-Meet with students to review academic success strategies to ensure their academic and professional success

Buffalo, New York, United States

- Shadowed advisors - Facilitated UB Curriculum workshops - Developed and completed an individualized project of interest that will focus on advising specialized student populations- Advised an undergraduate student under the supervision of an advisor- Participated in departmental meetings

Buffalo, New York, United States

- Meet with undergraduate and graduate students to review resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles- Train, supervise, and assign work to seven student assistants- Manage college’s job search platform: Handshake- Create targeted emails to promote jobs and events for specific majors and class years- Griffs Dress for Success: Interviewed career professionals from a variety of colleges and universities to determine best practices for starting a Career Closet at Canisius; developed and implemented the first-ever campus-wide career clothing ‘pop up’ shop to provide students with free professional and business casual clothing; solicited and evaluated donations from faculty/staff, merchandised items in order to appeal to students, promoted via all campus social media channels, and provided styling advice and guidance to undergraduate and graduate shoppers- Griff Fair 2023: Engaged students by designing promotional collateral using Canva to create posters, flyers and emails including registration information targeted to varying class years; created TikToks to encourage attendance- Handshake Challenge: Coordinated five-day Handshake challenge on social media to educate students on the benefits of platform and to encourage students to claim Handshake account

Buffalo, New York, United States

- Shadowed experienced reporters to learn about the field of broadcast journalism - Assisted reporters with research or conducted interviews that would be included in their stories- Wrote pieces that either aired on the radio or were published on their website- Utilized various software to record and edit my stories that aired on the radio

Buffalo, New York, United States

- Mentored my peers by providing them with advice or suggestions to make their writing stronger; focused on strengthening their voice as individual writers- Fostered a safe space where each student's thoughts and feelings were heard- Celebrated the linguistic diversity present at Canisius amongst my colleagues

Masters Of Science, Higher Education And Student Affairs Administration

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Journalism And English

Dual Enrollment

Dual Enrollment

High School Diploma