Simone Mckelvey Email & Phone Number

United States

Simone & Tuesday LLC is the new name of my natural personal care products company. City Girl Soaps will no longer be used as of January 1, 2024.

Fishersville, Virginia, United States

Cookeville, Tennessee

I own a natural soap business. All soaps are scented and colored with essential oils, herbs or spices.

Cookeville, Tennessee, United States

Cookeville, Tennessee

Lexington, Virginia

• Provided vision and direction for the Miller Academic Center (MAC) in order to see students succeed. • Created programming and development opportunities for eight new and 120 veteran faculty advisors to enhance their ability to guide advisees excellently.• Administrated the VMI Academic Advising Program. • Ensured that approximately 500 incoming students for 14 academic programs are assigned a faculty advisor.• Conducted annual reporting of goals and outcomes for MAC programming and the VMI Academic Advising Program.• Assessed the MAC and Advising Program using CAS standards for an internal and external review every five years. • Strategically planned MAC programming to meet the changing needs of the student population.• Managed budgets for the MAC and VMI Academic Advising Program.• Monitored Jackson Hope Foundation funding and writes grant renewal proposal every five years.• Mentored student tutors to foster positive academic support interactions with their peers. • Advocated the use of innovative technologies to assist students in setting an academic plan. • Used self-authored movies to educate the campus community on academic policies and support services.• Maintained and updates program information on the VMI Portal (intranet)

Lexington, Virginia

• Originally hired as the Coordinator of Advising & Learning Specialist and given additional duties as the Associate Registrar for Advising Support one year later• Administrated the VMI Academic Advising Program• Implemented constructive resolutions to advising issues by engaging relevant parties. • Set and assessed strategic goals for the academic advising program. • Evaluated the effectiveness of the program on an ongoing basis. • Assisted Army National Guard members with documentation and processes needed to obtain Federal Tuition Assistance. • Initiated the automation of a Registrar's Office function to relieve time pressure on the student population.• Maintained and updated the VMI Academic Advising Program website until VMI centralized web updates to the Communications & Marketing Office.• Worked cooperatively with the Committee on Academic Advising to obtain faculty input regarding new initiatives.

• Created college success skills print resources to support academic growth for traditional and non-traditional students. • Provided frequent high impact staff development for fifteen student tutors. • Directed the daily academic support activities of the Student Success Center.

• Spoke Spanish while advising Hispanic students concerning ESL placement test results, courses, foreign credential evaluation procedures, college programs and transfer opportunities. • Composed lesson plans and taught College Orientation courses in Spanish and English.• Submitted copies of Visa and permanent residency documentation to Admissions and Records. • Counseled international and American students concerning course offerings, college programs and degree progress. • Increased awareness of bilingual services and scholarship opportunities by contacting all Hispanic students via e-mail.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Curriculum And Instruction Of Modern Languages (Education, Spanish)

I obtained a Master's degree in Education with a focus on the Curriculum & Instruction of Modern Languages. Spanish was my language focus.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Spanish

Activities and Societies: Alpha Delta Pi, Black Christian Fellowship (New Generation Campus Ministries), Black Voices, Skandaline.