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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Develops, authors and posts content promoting the committee and events on social media, print, and web
• Coordinates with faculty, students, and visiting scholars to organize events
• Reviews fellowship and grant applications from students, confirms eligibility, and works with the finance department to initiate the payment and reimbursement process
• Consults with committee members on the budget and oversees faculty research accounts

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Recruit and manage volunteers and student interns
• Communicate across practice groups to understand their needs for volunteers and capacity forinterns
• Collect, enter, and ensure accuracy of monthly data
• Screen intern applicants, schedule interviews, and collect correct paperwork
• Post opportunities on the organization website using WordPress

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

• Served as main point of contact for anyone seeking to contact the organization and maintainedformal communication with all registered participants for virtual event
• Coordinated scheduling and planning with event presenters and built curriculum and schedules forlearning events;
• Worked with Microsoft and Google Suite on a daily basis
• Served as moderator and Zoom host for virtual events and panels
• Showed independence and time management skills by working completely remote

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

• Complete assignments in a timely and accurate manner;
• Interview community members for quotes, select the most powerful quotes for use;
• Record event audio and edit soundbites in Adobe Audition;
• Prepare on-air scripts in Newsboss;
• Author web stories, take photos if needed.

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

• Assist attorneys with day-to-day work in estate planning, real estate, business law, litigation and estate administration;
• Communicate with clients, schedule appointments, assist them in understanding legal documents;
• Draft and edit legal documents, Author letters explaining said documents to the clients;
• Monitor client billing and firm deposits.

Illinois Wesleyan University

Designed cover art for the journal Senior thesis entitled "The Muslim Brotherhood’s Influence and the Democratization of the Middle East"

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Carry out interviews of potential new editors Manage a group of section editors; execute monthly payroll Use critical thinking to author pieces that are interesting to the student body Edit and format submitted pieces Engage with students in order to recruit potential writers

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Analyze and assist with professors’ research Guide students through political science research using excel, SPSS and other technology and resources Engage with faculty through assistance with grading and other assistive tasksIllustrate my knowledge of political science to help other students with studying and homework Communicate with the IT department to.

Normal, Illinois, United States

Assisted Librarians with shelving books and other library tasks Engaged with patrons to help them find books or answer questions Worked with children of all ages and their parents through various summer reading events held at the library and offsite Helped with set up and clean up for daily library operations and special events

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Wrote press releases and news stories for the university Assisted with editing for the Illinois Wesleyan University magazine Corresponded with students, faculty, staff, community members and others in order to acquire information for stories Worked to keep the university website up to date and interesting for current students, potential students, faculty.

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Engaged with alumni on the phone, through letters, in person or through email Designed and wrote content for the annual paper class newsletters Updated online class newsletters (via WordPress) with updates acquired from correspondence with alumni Assisted with various office tasks

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Carried out research pertaining to an independent project on The McLean County Drug Court Assisted attorneys with filing and other intern tasks Participated in court observations Engaged with community groups, executives, elected officials, and citizens in order to further research; look at city, police, and court records as well as policies and laws.

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Designed and managed campaign Facebook and Twitter pages Advised candidate on campaign strategies using experience I have from the federal campaign Communicated with voters in order to convince them to vote Engaged with a large voter roster on Microsoft excel Utilized social media for campaign fundraising purposes

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Recruited and managed a team of around 10 interns Engaged with voters in our community over the phone and in person; persuaded them to vote for the candidate; trained and managed large groups of volunteersExecuted large amounts of data entry using VoteBuilder and Excel Staffed campaign events

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Communicated with club members in order to best meet their needs and provide an overall positive experience and reputation of the club Collaborated with other workers in order to set up and run events efficiently Illustrated flexibility and problem solving in order to keep events running smoothly at every stage

Master’S, Sustainable Urban Development

Activities and Societies: Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development Scholar Contributing Writer for the DePaulia Newspaper

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science

Activities and Societies: IWU Women of Color Model United Nations IWU Student Senate Former Cross Country and Track Athlete Humanities.

Visiting Student, Politics, Philosophy, And Economics

Activities and Societies: Member of the Oxford Union

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Cross Country and Track Co-Founder of MSHS Students of Color Alliance Freshmen Mentor National Honor's Society.