Miranda Hagerman Email & Phone Number

Chatham, Virginia, United States

-Serve as an Americorps National Service member through the University of Virginia to increase the number of first-generation, low-income, and under-represented students who enter and complete higher education -Work closely with school counseling offices and other college access providers to improve the school’s college-going culture by planning and executing college nights, college application workshops, SAT preparation sessions, college visits, financial aid nights, and FAFSA workshops -Assist high school students with SAT/ACT registration, college essay editing, college application completion, scholarship searches, FAFSA completion, and enrollment in postsecondary institutions -Assist families with financial aid applications and scholarship searches, as well as contacting colleges and universities with questions and concerns -Track student data to evaluate efforts against the program’s objectives

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

-Trained a cohort of 59 advisers on the fundamentals of college advising through a 2 ½ week pre-service training -Created team energizers to help create team bonding and cohesion through a multitude different activities -Aided in a small group curriculum to ensure understanding of topics presented on and regional needs by school culture -Led and created presentations geared towards defining college advisers’ roles and responsibilities

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

-Listened to oral history interview conducted in 2015 with people who attended or were employed by Community School in Tehran, Iran before the Iranian Revolution and shortly afterwards before it was shutdown -Reported my findings and analysis of each interview back to Dr. Matthew Shannon, associate professor of history at Emory & Henry College, to help him publish the information with the Baskerville Institute -Assisted Dr. Shannon with composing a new list of questions to continue oral history interviews with people who attended or were employed by Community School -Presented on my findings of the oral history interviews with the Baskerville Institute on a panel

Emory & Henry College

-Worked as front office personnel to coordinate volunteer opportunities and community service projects for the Bonner Scholars Program, Civic Leader Scholars, and the Civic Innovation Major at Emory & Henry College -Managed scheduling of colleagues within various capacities of the building -Assisted with the archiving of the Appalachian Oral History Project, the Watershed Freedman’s Bureau, and the EHC 1840-1897 Student Records

Marion, Virginia, United States

-Curated and archived a multitude of documents and items about the history of local slavery, segregation, integration, and advancements within the African American community -Led a team and assigned tasks that helped archive material that they have obtained and deciding which material to implement into the museum -Created a system for volunteers to be able to continue archive and curate items of the museum -Coordinated funding from the Community Innovation Program at Emory & Henry College by giving a report on current conditions of museum, financial need, and how much of a benefit to the community are and will be

Emory, Virginia

-Attended each class session throughout the semester to aid with instruction and ensure I was up to date with the lecture -Hosted after class tutoring twice a week to go over content, assist with essays, and review before tests with students -Created Jeopardy PowerPoints to make learning engaging and help retainment of information -Gave feedback to the professor on test questions and student progress during tutoring