BETHANY N. ROBINSON
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http://www.aftercollege.com/profile/robinson09
Current and Permanent Address:
Candor, NY 13743
Cell:607-***-**** H:607-***-****
Objective Graduate with collegiate education, experience,
technical writing, and team/project leadership skills in
the environmental studies field seeking an
entry-level position in the environmental sustainability,
planning and policy, management or research
discipline(s).
Education Binghamton University: State University of New
York Binghamton, NY
Bachelor's of Science in Environmental Studies
December 2009
Concentration in Ecosystems
Major GPA: 3.07 Cumulative GPA: 2.988
Transfer GPA: 3.70
Skills Field: Soil and water sampling, soil and water
testing, wetland delineation, GIS (ArcPad 7), soil erosion
mitigation procedures, species
identification, note taking, marine research, snorkeling
Collegiate: Sustainability, Environmental
Impact Statements, Environmental Law, Environmental
Planning and Policy,
Soils, Ecological Agriculture, Tropical, Wetland, Forestry and
Marine Ecology; Tropical
and Forestry Conservation, Evolution, Botany, and Organic
Chemistry, worked with
Endangered Species Act, SEQR, Clean Water Act, CERCLA, and
NEPA
Computer: Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe,
Macintosh, OUTCOMES, Corel, Inspiration,
and SPSS
Writing: Environmental Impact Statements,
Technical, Research, Regulatory and Sustainability
directed
Photography: Digital and Manual cameras, Dark
Room Skills, and Photoshop
Public Speaking: Addressed small audiences
Other: Supervisory and Team/Group Project
Leader, Collaboration
Research Internship
June - July 2009
Costa Rica
Tropical Forestry Initiative
-Soil erosion mitigation procedures
implemented
-Hydrology group project accomplished
-Researched anthropogenic effects on the
conductivity and pH of a riverine system via acquisition of
water samples which were subsequently tested;
determination of upland and down-stream land
practices, furthermore the group analyzed and
hypothesized our findings
Marine Biology
August 2007 - January 2008 Cortland,
NY
-Traveled to Belize in January where
researched anthropogenic effects on corals and their
zooxanthellae symbiants, as well as
epizootic diseases with consequentially devastating effects
Related Evolving Local Sustainability August
- December 2009 Binghamton, NY
Job -Team leader
Experience -Collaborated with team members to evaluate health
benefits, ecological benefits, ecosystem services,
and a cost-benefit-analysis of trees
-Recommended parking lot blue print and city
ordinances altercations
-Presented work to class, subsequently paper
taken to Binghamton city planning meeting
Environmental Planning
August - December 2009 Binghamton, NY
-Collaborated with group members to assess
the feasibility of a hypothetical project, generated
alternatives and guidelines, cost-benefit-
analysis; evaluated ecological, economic and social impacts,
in addition to presenting a case study
Environmental Impact Statements
January - May 2009 Binghamton, NY
-Team leader
-Researched applicable regulations; evaluated ecological,
economic, and social impacts, feasibility
assessed, and networks originated using Inspiration program
-Composed an EIS (Environmental Impact
Statement) via compilation of resources, research material,
and generated alternatives
Ecological Agriculture
January - May 2009
Binghamton, NY
-Conceived a sustainable ecological
agriculture systems for a suburban area; devised planting cycle,
quantity, fallowing schedule, field(s) lay-
out, and integration procedures
-Composed research paper and oral
presentation
Wetlands Ecology
August - December 2008 Binghamton, NY
-Utilized a hand-held GIS unit encompassed
with ArcPad 7programing to map a wetland once
designated areas (or blocks) had been
established based on species identification
Work Enumerator
April - June 2010
Candor, NY
Experience U.S. Census Bureau
Supervisor/Environmental Services May
2000 - August 2009 Candor, NY
J.D. Cleaning Service
Cashier
February 2008 - June 2009
Candor, NY
Xxtra Mart
Honors Binghamton University
-Dean's List, awarded Truman Scholarship
SUNY Cortland
-Dean's List, awarded Alpha Sigma Alpha
Scholarship
Keuka College
-Dean's List, awarded Board of Trustee's Scholarship