High School Project

Cody Elizabeth Half-Moon White

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Skills

Enthusiastic, resourceful recent graduate with academic and professional

background in research, communications, and media.

Core Qualifications

. Highly organized with superior attention to detail

. Expertise with scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project

. Energetic and organized

. Critical thinker

. Excellent communication skills

. Quick learner

. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,

Outlook Express

. Highly organized with superior attention to detail

. Outstanding interpersonal skills

Work Experience

Certified Writing Tutor

August 2009 to May 2011

Sam Houston State University - Huntsville, Texas

. Guided students through varied writing processes, assisting them with

their writing capabilities for composition courses, dissertations,

these, and community projects;

. Assisted students not only with their projects but with their writing

abilities;

. Scheduled students, answered phone calls, and kept the center clean;

. Created numerous resources for students;

. Gained a keen knowledge on proper citation styles, such as APA, MLA,

ASA, Chicago, etc;

. Wrote session reports, analyzing the outcomes of each session and

reporting them to the students' professors

Presenter

May 2011 to May 2011

South Central Writing Centers Association - Houston, Texas

. Presented researched information on ways to apply educational tactics

to students as tutors guide them through their writing process.

Presenter

April 2011 to April 2011

GEAR UP: Project GRAD - Lake Buena Vista, Florida

. Presented researched information regarding college bound high school

graduates at a research symposium for projects that are funded by the

GEAR UP government grant.

. Selected because of outstanding volunteer service with alumni high

school and voted on because of recorded "pep talks" given to alumni

high school students.

Research Assistant for Tenured Professor

August 2010 to December 2010

Sam Houston State University - Huntsville, TX

. Researched and analyzed18th century documents, such as journals,

letters, and publications, to determine an undiagnosed illness of the

English satirist Jonathan Swift;

. Responsible for all information in research;

. Presented researched information in the form of a seminar

presentation, displaying my research and the final causes,

credibility, and conclusions of that research

Presenter

May 2010 to May 2010

South Central Writing Centers Association - Lake Charles, Louisiana

. Presented researched information about the ways writing centers can

use business tactics to sell their appointments and benefit a greater

portion of the student population.

Writer

April 2010 to May 2010

Houston Tidelanders Chorus - Houston, Texas

. Interviewed director and several members of the Houston Tidelanders

Chorus;

. Wrote Special Interest pieces for their monthly brochure

Education and Training

Sam Houston State University 2011

Huntsville, Texas, GPA: 3.55 Cum Laude, with Honors, Honors College

English, Mass Communications

Bachelors in the Humanities and Social Sciences

. Dean's List, 7 semesters

. Outstanding English Student, 2011

. Recipient of Elliot T. Bowers Honors Medallion

. Excellence in Writing Award, 2009

. Member: Honors College, Kappa Delta Chi Community Service Sorority

. Volunteer: Wynne Home Museum; Public Relations

. Representative Coursework: Research Methods, Media Law and Ethics,

Information Analysis, Writing for Public Relations and Advertising,

Specialized Writing, Global Media Communication, Honors Seminar in the

Humanities, Special Problems in English

Accomplishments

. Managed detailed scheduling to ensure adequate staffing through high-

volume semester periods. Successfully developed new resources for

students, such as writing style guides and citation worksheets.

. Initiated a project as a reference desk at the Sam Houston State

University Library, distributing resources and guiding students

through the worksheets to aid to their learning process Data Analysis

. Assisted training at Sam Houston State University as a certified

tutor.

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