Prevention, education, and response as it relates to dating/domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault.

Supervise a staff of two graduate assistants and nine resident assistants in order to maintain two primarily upper class residential communities of approximately 900 students. Indirectly supervise two residential community front desks. Support students through intentional intervention strategies including creating community opportunities for student learning and engagement, accountability of community standards, and facilitating a safe and welcoming living environment.

My role at the Graduate Intern for Winter/Secchia Halls is to supervise, train and evaluate seven student employees working as desk assistants, advise the Community Council on programming and philanthropic initiatives, enhance and maintain the procedures for guest housing and facilities management. I work closely with the Living Center Director in implementing individual student intervention strategies, developing students in their employment roles, and collaborative efforts with campus partners such as Pew Student Services and Student Life.

Under the direction of the Assistant Dean of Students, collaboratively serve students who primarily attend courses at the Grand Rapids campus of GVSU.Plan and implement best practice techniques for serving adult and non-traditional students including a decentralized model for non-traditional student support.Facilitate improvements to the functionality and execution of the Academics Beyond the Classroom program for co-curricular programs fostering LEAP Learning Outcomes.Collaborate with campus departments in and outside of the Division of Student Services for events and programs such as downtown residential activities, campus traditions including Family Weekend/Sibs & Kids weekend, and Graduate Orientation.Develop and promote a collaborative online student discount program with Grand Rapids Community College and Cooley Law School; manage five internal GVSU CMS web pages and the social media accounts for the department.Interpret assessment data collected from various constituents or focus areas including graduate and non-traditional student satisfaction, UniLOA & LEAP learning outcomes data and MapWorks student success data.Design opportunities for students to stand up against bigotry and bias on campus through the Speak Up! Campaign as a charge from the Team Against Bias.

Trained and oversaw thirty-seven students in implementing a summer camps and conference experience for more than fifty groups of guests.Conducted weekly staff meetings with students and campus partners, including facility services, custodial services, public safety, parking services, and dining services.Learned and utilized Conference Programmer software to coordinate guest room assignments, prepare guest arrival/departure and process final records and bills.Responded to on-call emergency/non-emergency situations with one co-intern.

Developed and maintained a collegiate internship and law school externship program from inception; trained, oversaw and assessed intern progress each semester.Constructed and wrote a comprehensive training manual for new staff, including interns, legal assistants, paralegals and attorneys.Reviewed and provided feedback for case work completed by interns and peer paralegals, especially in association with training new staff; created processes to review Chapter 13 clients over the length of their repayment plan (three to five years) in order to generate revenue while increasing accountability for our clients and attorneys.Managed a high volume case load between 80 to 140 active clients; worked under strict deadlines and ensured outstanding compliance with local, state and federal laws as well as the Federal Bankruptcy Code.

I assisted the bank organizers and directors in raising $5 millions for the purpose of opening a community owned and operated bank through community events, partnerships and endorsements from community members. As an Event Coordinator it was most important to utilize my skills in planning and executing events with an eye for detail, maintaining organization through the use of technology and spread sheet data, and a strong sense of customer service when working with all constituents.

In seven summers at Meadowbook Country Club, I worked as a swim instructor, assistant swim coach, lifeguard and assistant manager. I fosters positive relationships with the club members and provided excellent customer service skills while creating a safe and family-friendly atmosphere for the swim area. I worked with the swim team staff and lifeguard staff to host multiple large and small swim meets each summer, coordinated seasonal opening and closing tasks, and upheld standards for clean and safe facilities. The longevity at this position shows the dedication I had to building long-lasting relationships between swim staff and the members, as well as commitment to building an outstanding swim program.

Student Organization Development: Communicated with over 250 student organization leaders on the registration process and online procedures required of their organization & members; compiled, assessed and wrote bi-annual statistics reports for Student Organizations and Fraternity & Sorority Life; presented monthly to the Student Organization Review Board new organizations and those under review.Transitions: Developed logistics and evaluation plans for the fall orientation program; maintained records of Transitions leaders; coordinated and conducted interviews of potential leaders; reviewed and updated the leader manual and training requirements.