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Oversee event planning, monitoring, and promotion for the UT Dallas International Center events● Manage large-scale projects from creation to implementation● Facilitate virtual and in-person workshops for students, faculty, and staff● Design and develop online training and assessment materials for international student orientation● Evaluate current orientation and training materials to assess need for improvements● Create distance learning materials and web-based resources● Designs, develop and implement a wide variety of performance solutions

• Supervise 5 professional Hall Directors• Work with vendors to support the business functions of the Central Housing office• Collaborate with multiple campus departments and on student wellness and social media initiatives • Create programs and marketing for Big 12 Housing Director’s conference• Create sustainability initiatives and marketing for the Central Housing office • Collaborate with partners to develop a reusable mug program for the University Coffee Shop• Design House Calls Wellness Check Collaboration program for Faculty and Staff • Implement and support Hall Director training

Fort Worth, Tx

• Develop, plan and implement campus-wide events and activities• Provide excellent customer service parents, student and campus constituents• Collaborate with a variety with campus departments on intergroup projects• Ensure safety and security of 360 upperclassmen students in a co-ed facility• Supervise, train and evaluate eight resident assistants, one assistant hall director to address the specific needs of upperclassmen students• Create and maintain a semester budget of approximately $3500• Develop comprehensive trainings for student leaders within the Housing and Residence Life department• Adjudicate conduct cases of residence hall policy violations for all residents• Mediate conflict among staff and students• Counsel students on personal, academic, and social development• Perform campus-wide on-call duty throughout the semester

Fort Worth, Tx

Established a strong residence hall identity “brand” that became recognized throughout campus• Provided consistent supervision and feedback through weekly staff meetings, one on one meetings and evaluations to six Resident Assistants, and one Assistant Hall Director• Supervised and trained one professional Office Assistant• Created yearly hall traditions that served to build community throughout the hall

Fort Worth, Tx

• Worked with Student Affairs Marketing to create marketing plan for a campus wide international programming intiative• Created and update forms for immigration records• Attended meetings with students and staff to understand immigration, academic and social issues pertaining to international students

Grambling, La

• Assisted International Students from 48 countries with immigration and academic related issues• Used SEVIS database to enter and update International Student immigration information• Processed financial paper work in accordance with University processes• Created a procedure manual for the office which included office and SEVIS procedures

Supervised and mentored 2 area managers and 6 customer representatives in a manner that was consistent with Target's values and protocol Analyzed financial and other business related data in order to fully understand the Target businessActed as a team to ensure store merchandising programs were implemented effectivelyResolved issues daily among both customers and employees

Collaborated with faculty, staff, and students to coordinate volunteer program during move-in weekOrganized hiring and training processes for student workersCompiled and analyze departmental data in a spreadsheet style programResponsible for 6 student workers who assisted on the community service floorCreated publicity for campus processes and programs; Mentor in the Beyond Boundaries International Mentorship Program

Master Of Business Administration, Marketing, International Business

Bachelor Of Arts, French