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Toledo, Ohio, United States

Laramie, Wy

Provide direct support to the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. Duties include calendaring, meeting planning and providing detailed minutes, event planning and coordination, travel arrangements, submit and reconcile procurement card and travel expenses, point of contact for internal and external clients, order office supplies, and website maintenance.

Department Of Molecular Biology

Performed high-level accounting and office duties for a large research focused department. Duties included:• Reviewed and maintained accounting status of multiple federal grants, state budgets, and special accounts. Developed annual budgets for departmental state block grant funds. • Provided monthly budget reports to the Department Head and grant PI's. • Processed expenditure corrections. Coordinated federal and state grant budgets with Departmental PI's, the Research Office, and the Office of Sponsored Programs. • Tracked and processed summer salary and subawards payments.• Provided assistance with large purchases and processed contracts through the Universities contract system. • Performed billing for multi-department Liquid Nitrogen purchases. • Worked with the College of Ag and Natural and Resources and Academic Affairs to oversee the faculty Tenure & Promotion process. • Worked with Academic Affairs and Human Resources to process faculty, staff, and student hires. • Worked with Department Class Scheduler to load department class schedules each semester.• Served on and assisted with staff and faculty hiring committees. • Graduate Student Coordinator for both the Molecular Biology Department and the Interdisciplinary Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences (MCLS) graduate program. • Supervised Accounting Associate, Office Associate, and work-study positions. • Coordinated work-study positions for the department: worked with faculty to submit position requests and advertise open positions and processed hires.• Time and Labor entry for Faculty, Staff, and student workers. Completed monthly PARs (Personnel Activity Reports). • Maintained departmental files. • Maintained department website and social media accounts.

Department Of Animal Science

Provided accounting and office support for a large research focused department that also worked with county extension offices, managed the University Farm and Meat Lab, as well as numerous student teams and groups. Duties included:• Procurement card management and reconciliation for department staff and faculty. • Department meat sales: Working with the Meat Lab Manager, I would advertise and oversee the online bi-monthly meat sales, work with student workers to handle customer pick-up and payment collection, reconcile sale, submit deposits, and track purchases for recall purposes. During my tenure the Meat Lab Manager and I worked with IT to design and implement a new online sales system for the meat lab, which is still in use today. • Travel arrangements for faculty, staff, and students as needed. • County Extension Office Red Book Program: Worked with Wyoming Extension Offices and Veterinarians to order and distribute "Red Books" to farmers for livestock tracking.• Event planning (Cowboy Youth Classic, Annual Pig & Lamb sale, Spring Commencement celebration, various holiday celebrations, retirement parties, etc.)• Student recruitment: Served as department contact for future students and their families by providing a review of our program offerings, answering questions about the department and campus, giving building tours, and arranging follow-up meetings with specific faculty upon request. • General office duties including answering phones, greeting visitors, mail, copier, and addressing classroom issues as needed.

Carleton, Mi And Melvindale, Mi

As a CSR, I provided excellent service by building strong relationships with my customers, processing transactions correctly and efficiently, problem solving when needed, and offering appropriate financial services to help meet my customer’s needs.

Ann Arbor, Mi

As the front desk receptionist my main duties included greeting visitors, answering a multi-line phone system, and booking travel for clients and our training team/customer service teams and purchasing office supplies. As administrative assistant in the customer service department I maintained customer records, took minutes for both customer service and engineering department meetings, assisted with travel reimbursement and answered the overflow customer service line and performed other office support functions as needed.

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