Rigbeselam Mengistu
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Education
University of Minnesota Duluth Major: Psychology
College of Education and Human Services Major GPA: 3.48
Anticipate date of Graduation (May 2011) Cumulative: 3.196
Teaching Experiences
University of Minnesota Duluth
Teaching Assistant
Department of Psychology January 2009- December 2009
Proctored exams, graded assignments, made announcements in class, and facilitated communication
between students and professor.
Tutor January 2010- May 2010
Worked and communicated closely with students needing assistance with General Chemistry I and II.
Research Experience
University of Minnesota Duluth May 2010- July 2010
OPM lab
Assisted Dr. Slowiak with the study she conducted on effects of incentives on motivation by running
sessions, collecting data and entering data to Microsoft Excel.
University of Minnesota January 2010- December 2010
Experimental and applied methods class
Designed, Conducted, obtain and analyzed data using SPSS software with my fellow researchers.
Work Experience
Multicultural Center Front desk-Desk Attendant August 2010- Present
Answered questions from visitors that came to the Multicultural Center, made appointments, answer calls
and overall made sure the front desk was in order.
Tutoring Center- Desk Attendant September 2010-Present
Filled out attendance records for tutors, answered calls, sent out emails to tutors, made announcements
in classes about the tutoring center and the services it provides.
Volunteering experience
Kid’s Café February 2008- April 2008
Assisted by serving food at the soup kitchen for kids and their parents after
School; I volunteered for one hour a week for 15 weeks.
Mind to Mind October 2008- December 2008
Provided assistance with Math, English, and reading for children of ages 6-14; 5 hours weekly for
6 weeks.
SMDC Pharmacy November 2009- April 2010
Assisted pharmacists two hours every other week by organizing medication and completing other
general pharmaceutical duties as directed
Affiliations
International Club January 2008- Present
Black Student Association January 2008- Present
Psychology Club September 2008- Present
Awards
Dean’s List May 2008
International Student Scholarship July 2009
First Level Certified Tutor Certificate October 2010