Nicholas Sydow Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Responsible for oversight and coordination of a 20 person professional staff committee dedicated to creating networking, recognition, and leadership development opportunities for both peer (undergraduate and graduate student) leaders, as well as the supervising professional staff of their peer leaders.Collaborate with all departments within Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) Division of Student Affairs (DSA) through the work of the Peer Leadership Committee to create virtual training programs for all DSA peer leadersOrganize and co-chair a virtual student leadership conference for over 170 VCU students in Fall 2020.Co-supervise first-year, scholarship-based leadership program called Emerging Leaders designed to recruit and retain high achieving students from Virginia.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Responsible for oversight of a co-educational upperclass apartment community housing approximately 400 studentsSupervise, train, and evaluate 9 Resident Assistants (RAs) and manage 1 full-time Administrative Assistant through regular meetings and continuous developmental initiatives.Budget management of all in-hall programming/events within the Grace and Broad Residence Center at VCU>Engage in on-call crisis management, intervention, and emergency response for an on-campus population of approximately 7,000 students.

Clemson, South Carolina

As a Graduate Community Director I supervised and mentored Resident Assistants to execute various programming and events around the residence hall.Served in an on-call crisis rotation with other para and professional staff for the eastern side of Clemson's Campus.Mediated conflicts on an interpersonal level. Worked as an Academic Advisor to help students schedule classes to meet graduation requirements for their major.Interned with Clemson’s College of Engineering to improve communication abilities for graduate students, and create staff development opportunities for STEM faculty.

As a resident advisor I built a community for my residents by enforcing policies of the dorm. Created and planning events for them to develop professionally and network with people in their surroundings as well as foster an environment for students to feel safe and have a quiet place to study. I counseled students when they had issues with roommates or with classes and filed maintenance requests when the building required repairs.

As a Bookseller at Books A Million I organized merchandise when shipments came in, provided information on various events the store was putting on for customers, and sold products and membership cards to customers.

As a cashier/service clerk I assisted with cleaning the store, providing information on various events that the store was putting on for customers, and sold products.

Master'S Degree, Counselor Education

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Organizational Communication, General

Activities and Societies: Resident Advisor, InterVarsity Christian OrganizationAs a student at James Madison University I have gotten.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Forensics (speech team), VHSL Theatre, Thespian National Honor Society, National Honor Society, French National.