Tacoma, Washington, United States
Experienced Academic Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in higher education. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Fundraising, Leadership, Training, and Social Media. Strong education professional with a Master of Education (M.Ed.) focused in Student Development Administration from Seattle University.
● Provide academic advising to 350 current undeclared and exploring undergraduates, including first-time-in-college students, running start students, and transfer students who have not yet declared a major. ● Serve as pre-health lead advisor for UAA and collaborate with other departments to develop pre-health resources for undergraduate students. ● Develop curriculum for and teach a major and career exploration course annually. ● Coordinate annual Transfer Advisor Workshop with Undergraduate Admissions and academic departments. ● Educate students about the relationship between their personal strengths and interests, and opportunities in the University curriculum and professionally.
• Hire, train, supervise, mentor, and evaluate 9 campus tour guides • Co-chair the Student Engagement and Enrollment Services Student Employee Task Force • Develop and implement on campus programming and events for prospective freshman students transfer students, and their families • Welcome over 2,000 students annually to the UW Tacoma College Planning Days • Collaborate with various campus partners to create effective visitation programs • Coordinate all admissions on campus group visits for various constituents including middle school, high school, community college, military, and community partners • Review applications submitted by prospective students, and make admission decisions and recommendations on behalf of the University of Washington, Tacoma • Maintain records of contacts, data sheets of campus visits, and other informational data • Assist students from various backgrounds (first-generation, international, low-income, out of state, and transfer students) with pre-admissions advising
•Collaborate with other departments to coordinate a six-week University wide wellness challenge for students, faculty, and staff •Manage an annual programming budget of $9,000 •Coordinate an eight day comprehensive student leader training including facilitation of a national certification process •Recruit, select, and train a diverse team of 14 undergraduate peer health educators •Advise and evaluate 14 undergraduate student leaders individually and as a group in research-based wellness program planning in alignment with data driven needs •Assess programmatic learning outcomes in various ways to evaluate effectiveness •Implement wellness education in alignment with NCAA and University expectations
•Member of student staff responsible for addressing needs of 4,000 incoming undergraduate students •Identified gaps in the orientation program and coordinated events to address unmet needs •Devised and facilitated a workshop about student life and campus culture to all incoming students in order to connect incoming students to campus resources and ease their transition
•Supported the faculty in managing and leading a class of 40 undergraduate students to ensure that all students receive personalized attention •Devised weekly lesson plans and led both class activities and intern training •Evaluated homework, proctored exams, updated online portal, and communicated with students to promote success in the course
Assisted and organized large-scale campus events, promoting; flourishing, acceptance, balance, wellness and happiness. Duties included community outreach, solicited donations from local businesses, fundraising, organizing day of events as well as budget management.