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Kansas City, MO, US

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

• Provided strategic leadership and guidance to the Student Alumni Network that serves to connect 24,000+ students to 350,00+ alumni.
• Served as the co-advisor to the institution’s Homecoming experience, representing 30+ events over 7 days connecting alumni, students, faculty, staff, and community populations.
• Managed an annual portfolio of 52 large and small-scale events that included event timelines, projected budget, and vendor screening.
• Developed all training and onboarding materials for volunteer student leaders.
• Reviewed the organization’s 4-year strategic plan alongside departmental leadership to establish KPIs and priorities.
• Facilitated regular cross-departmental strategy meetings to review project process and recommendimprovements.

Centers For Orientation & Academic Advising Programs

• Led the planning, development, and execution of the institution’s signature transition programs geared toward student success, transition, and retention.
• Achieved record high welcome week program attendance of 14,000 unique and 30,000 overall in 2022.
• Provided daily programmatic support for students and their families attending New Student Orientation, representing 5,300+ students and 6,400+ student’s guests.
• Oversaw internal and external strategic communication plans to stakeholders, campus partners, and student populations.
• Successfully piloted and implemented a new population-specific intervention program, Sophomore Success Program, to support student engagement and retention into and throughout their second year.
• Led and established assessment efforts for programmatic development across all transition programs that aligns with the divisional objectives and the Center’s learning outcomes.

Student Success Center

• Managed programmatic development and key logistical responsibilities for an academic support program, Supplemental Instruction (SI).
• Recruited, trained, and directly supervised staff of 100+ student leaders while monitoring 300+ weekly student support sessions.
• Oversaw programmatic assessment initiatives that led to increased programmatic growth, employee retention, and student engagement.
• Assisted in achieving record high program engagement of surpassing 40,000 student interactions.
• Redesigned program curriculum to enhance employee training and growth by incorporating professional development, strategic facilitation methods, personal and professional goal setting, and diversity and equity training.
• Facilitated academic consultations with undergraduate students on topics of Study Skills, Exam Preparation, Test-Taking Strategies, as well as Procrastination and Prioritization.

Student Government

Communications & Marketing- Served as a direct advisor to Student Government, primarily the Director of Communications and indirectly advised the elections marketing chair.- Advised the Student Government social media managers in effective marketing strategies to maximize student outreach.- Demonstrated culturally-inclusive advising, coaching, and.

New Student Programs

- Served as a temporary administrator during the Summer 2019 New Student Orientation cycle.- Assisted in monitoring 30 orientation sessions throughout the summer along with over 5,000 new students and over 10,000 guests.- Calculated weekly attendance reports to monitor distribution of students in the various sessions.- Assisted the professional staff in.

College Of Education And Department Of Psychology

Teacher Education and Learning Services- Advised by Dr. Teomara Rutherford within Educational Psychology- Researched children’s cognitive and motivational factors among school subjects-especially within mathematics and the implementation of digital learning platforms.- Administered data-collection through cognitive interviews and observational.

New Student Programs

- Worked within a team of 41 Orientation Leaders to deliver information and resources.- Facilitated group discussions with new students on topics of micro-aggressive language and behavior, inclusive terminology, and collegiate expectations to ensure student success.- Developed and displayed a level of understanding regarding social justice, diversity, and.

Kansas City, Missouri

Master Of Education - Med, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Graduate Assistant of the Year Finalist

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology

Provost’s Professional Experience Program Fellow