Mallory Safley, M.Ed. Email and Phone Number

• Advise students in all aspects of career & professional development. • Assist freshmen/sophomores who are undecided/unsure of their majors/career paths by providing resources, assessments, and information to help them choose the right major. • Meet with employers to assess their employment needs and ensure our students are prepared to meet those needs either through internships, part time, or full time employment opportunities. • Create and update student resumes, cover letters, and other documentation needed for their career and/or graduate school pursuits. • Help students apply to graduate schools and prepare for graduate entrance exams. • Coordinate mock interviews, job shadowing, informational interviews, classroom presentations on career related topics, and trainings on how to use LinkedIn and the online job board. • Host several professional development events to teach and prepare students for their next steps beyond the college. • Administer the first destination survey to graduates each semester. • Guide students along their educational path, providing assistance and advice preparing them for their career goals.• Design marketing materials using Canva for Dean of Students Office, as well as other departments across campus.• Chair and/or participate on local and state boards/committees such as University System of Georgia - CACE, Georgia Association of Colleges & Employers, Junior Achievement of Georgia, Momentum Approach, Believe Greater Dalton, First Baptist Church of Dalton's Children's Learning Center, and Dalton State's Staff Council.•Other duties as assigned.

• Create/update syllabus, set up online course requirements in GA View, and compose lessons/quizzes on the topics of Professional Development and your Career.• Work with community partners to secure additional resources and opportunities for students to advance and learn.• Host workshops and events to prepare students for their future careers, such as networking practice, utilizing LinkedIn, attending career fairs, and participating in etiquette dinners.• Edit resumes/cover letters, grade quizzes, score recorded interviews, and ensure mandatory attendance to required events.• Teach real-life lessons needed for student's future career.

• Submit the previous year’s budget with the upcoming year’s budget request to the President, Secretary, and Treasurer at the March board meeting for review and presentation to the Board and membership at Annual Conference.• Determine conference theme.• Recruit, establish, train, and manage all Sub-Conference Planning Committee members.• Develop preliminary calendar, content, and deadlines of all conference planning meetings.• Monitor conference planning and financial progress through scheduled planning meetings and conference calls.• Adhere to the approved budget and ensure that Sub-Committees adhere to their area budgets.• Plan a conference site visit to walk through hotel meetings rooms, dining areas, display areas, registration area, entertainment areas, etc. to determine feasibility of using available areas.• Work with Conference facilities management and coordinators to manage and confirm details• Work with the Board and Programming and Keynote Sub-Committee to ensure program speakers are timely, promotes dialogue, and enhances the knowledge of the membership to align with the mission of the Association.• Ensure a broad range of organizations, programming, and topics are timely, promotes dialogue, and enhances the knowledge of the membership to align with the mission of the Association.• Work with the Technology Committee to ensure registration is open to members, non-members, partners and vendors.• Facilitate partnership between the Association’s Marketing and Communication’s Chairs and the Conference Marketing Sub-Committee.• Provide final review and approval for text and artwork for Conference Program.• Facilitate partnership between the Association’s Partnership Chairs and the Conference Partnerships Sub-Committee to develop and promote Partnership opportunities.• Direct activities of the conference.• Prepare and submit Conference final report along with recommendations to future Conference Chairs.

• Maintained and increased the integrity and increased the usage of the GACE brand.• Coordinated with identified vendor for "for-sale" items to assure availability of a variety of items and prices for our membership.• Designed and printed materials to represent the association including banners, promotional items and other forms of marketing collateral.• Publicized all GACE events held by other Committee Chairs to the membership through social media.• Acted as liaison to all committees to maintain the GACE brand within the events, including but not limited to student, university & employer: flyers, emails, social media posts, and other online communication designed to get individuals to participate in the event.• Solicited and organized articles from Board and Committee Chairs to produce a quarterly newsletter that featured information about events, membership updates, and other relevant content (suggested timeline: August, November, February, April, May (a few weeks before conference) and June (President’s wrap-up).• Administered and maintained social media accounts to facilitate relevant discussions and association business (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Hootsuite, etc.).• Submited the upcoming year’s budget request to the President, Secretary, and Treasurer at the March board for review and presentation to the Board and membership at Annual Conference.• Performed other duties as assigned by the GACE President and Board.

• Served as a voting member on the board for the Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers.• Assisted with events and program offered by the organization and provide input and feedback as the representative for the higher education institutions/career services leaders.

• Served as chair of the University System of Georgia's Career Services Peer Group (USC-CACE) for FY23.• Attended GACE Board Meetings to provide an overview of what USC-CACE members are discussing or are concerned about.• Disseminated any pertinent information gathered from the GACE Board Meetings to USC-CACE.

• Co-Chaired the GACE Annual Conference during the pandemic.• Worked alongside the Chair to transition an in-person conference into a dynamic, engaging virtual conference for 150 attendees across the state of Georgia and surrounding areas.• Presented and hosted on a virtual platform from personal home.• Designed logo, conference program, and prize packages for all attendees.• Created an engaging educational program that included breakout sessions, games, times of fellowship, and mental health breaks all on a virtual platform.• Co-chaired the conference committee and assigned tasks.

• Advised students with disabilities on admissions and financial aid, and provided classroom accommodations that are necessary for their academic success. • Determined eligibility for services by evaluating student’s documentation of disability. • Coordinated all academic accommodations for students with disabilities across five campuses. • Aided students in identifying any barriers in achieving goals and help them overcome these barriers. • Developed faculty accommodation letters each semester. • Coordinated staff and faculty trainings on disability services yearly. • Chaired the Carl Perkins Grant committee which spearheads enrollment and retention activities targeted toward special populations and disability students. • Attended various trainings to stay current on ADA laws. • Worked as liaison between students and faculty and provided assistance during the advisement process. • Knowledgeable with American Sign Language and communicated with students who are deaf. • Collaborated well with all faculty and staff across the college in all aspects of support services, activities, retention, and registration. • Worked as Coordinator of Student Life and planned and carried out student activities, field trips, conferences, and award banquets each term at all five college campuses. • Advised the Student Government Association and oversaw all other clubs. • Helped facilitate different aspects of student orientation.For each of the above functions: answered phone calls, responded to emails in timely manner, gave campus tours, visited high schools, served on several committees, created pamphlets, designed flyers, sat handicap guests at graduation, proctored placement tests with accommodations, created purchase requisitions/carts, managed 150 student files in a given semester, contacted vendors, coordinated college days and resource fairs, attended peer group meetings, organized annual food drive, and oversaw photo ID systems college wide.

• Counseled individuals with hearing impairment on how to succeed with a hearing loss. • Assisted with setting goals, retaining residual hearing, and ways to better improve oneself in the workforce. • Purchased assistive technology: hearing aids, vibrating alarm clocks, light-flashing doorbells, etc. • Maintained over 200 case files, covering 9 counties, and upheld an excellent repertoire with Audiologists and clients. • Assisted with job placement, interviewing, and college/job training.For each of the above functions; scheduled appointments, designed pamphlets regarding information for individuals with a hearing loss, and communicate effectively through verbal and American Sign Language. Managed responsibilities with minimal supervision and achieved deadlines as required.

• Recruited high school students, gave campus tours, and answered questions of parents and students regarding admissions, financial aid, scholarships, and housing.• Organized, planned, and directed a variety of student activities on campus.• Assisted with student registration and helped students in the Career Center by answering questions about certain career goals, taking interest tests, and applying to the universities of their choice.For each of the above functions; answered the phone, responded to emails, handled mail-outs, managed the front desk, ran errands for the counselor, managed timesheets, and organized the counselor’s appointments and itinerary.