Résumé

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. M.S.W., 1994.
Concentration: Social Planning and Administration.

Haverford College, Haverford, PA. B.A., 1988.
Major: Psychology.

Courses
  Learning Principles, Spring 2010. Kansas State University.
  Designing Institutional Research Studies, Fall 2008. Penn State University.
  Applied Statistics, Spring 2008. Penn State University.
  Foundations of Institutional Research, Fall 2007, Penn State University.
  Web Design and Development, Summer, 2003, Hudson Valley Community College.
  Computer Science I, Summer, 2001, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
  Writing to the Worldwide Web, Spring 1998, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Manager of Student Affairs, Computer Science Department. October, 1995-Present.

• Organize events for current and prospective graduate students including orienation, mixers, and students appreciation event.
• Host visiting prospective graduate students
• Respond to questions, suggestions, and complaints from prospective and current students.
• Coordinate graduate admission and aid selection processes.
• Assist students with administrative processes.
• Manage database and hard copy records of students and prospective students.
• Assign graduate student teaching assistant positions, offices, and keys.
• Maintain department web site.
• Write minutes of department and committee meetings.

North End Union, Boston, MA. Intern. Academic year 1993-1994.

• Coordinated volunteer program.
• Visited homebound elderly woman weekly.
• Wrote minutes for meetings of community organization.
• Organized Thanksgiving food drive.

Equinox Domestic Violence Shelter, Albany, NY. Children's Programming Coordinator. Summer 1993.

Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, Boston, MA. Intern. Academic year 1992-1993.

• For community needs assessment, collaborated on survey design, conducted door-to-door interviews, and handled all data analysis, including coding scheme design and SPSS programming.
• Collected information on self-sufficiency programs through telephone interviews and review of written materials. Wrote summary and made oral presentation to inter-agency task force.
• Provided staff support to Family Self-Sufficiency Task Force.

American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA. Administrative Assistant. October, 1988-July, 1992.

• Coordinated publicity for 75th Anniversary celebration.
• Designed, implemented and managed database of media contacts.
• Coordinated press mailings.
• Handled inquiries from press and public.
• Supervised Secretarial Assistant.

WRPI member and folk music host since fall 2005.

Nia January 2005-May 2009

Gardening 2006-2010.

Mother's volunteer fall 2002-fall 2005.

Clearwater Festival volunteer June 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

United Way of Northeastern New York, Community Investment Committee, 2002-2003.

Tao of Tao, WAMC, volunteer August 2002-December 2003.

Eighth Step volunteer April 2000-April 2003

In-line skating since July 1997.