Candice M. Bowling
**** ***** ***** ******, #*** 920-***-****
College Station, TX 77840 *******.*******@*****.***
Skills/Abilit Computer and Writing Expertise
ies Extremely competent with multiple Windows operating
systems, as well as PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
Accomplished technical writer
Skilled in rhetorical analysis
Technical/Artistic Experience
One decade's experience in ceramics media, business,
scientific and artistic theory
Specialize in hand-building and wheel-throwing
Manufacture of house clay bodies glazes
Preparation, operation, cleansing of electric kilns
Multi-media artistry, including graphics creation,
collage, dying, airbrushing, and screen-printing
techniques
Provide assistance in artifact retrieval, site report
compilation, and data processing related to physical
anthropology
Foreign Language
Social and academic proficiency in Spanish, including
reading, written, and conversational abilities
Exposure to Castellano, Mexican, Columbian, and Argentine
Impromptu and prepared presentations in Spanish
Immersion in Spanish art, culture, and history
Experience Senior Office Associate; Department of Chemistry, Texas
A&M University; College Station, TX (February 2008-
Present)
Duties: Management of three research groups;
coordination of seminar colloquia, including:
arranging/approving guest accommodations and travel plans;
serving as point-of-contact; schedule creation;
reimbursement processing; literature processing; grant
review/ editing/ updating/ submission; journal paper
submission; maintenance of confidential filing databases;
events planning; management of all business matters for a
research budget, including authorization of purchase
requisitions, invoice approval, budgeting, and salary
authorizations for laboratory personnel; maintenance of
records for multiple accounts, requiring familiarity with
the procedural requirements and accounting procedures of
various internal and external agencies; compilation of
statistics and direct preparation of periodic financial
reports and research proposal budgets. Correspondences
with faculty, students, staff, and guests; class,
conference and committee organization and preparation
relating to any and all matters; cultural and
administrative acclimation of entering domestic and
international visiting scholars and students; assisting in
literature research using Sci-Finder and Web of Science;
website design and maintenance; organization of groups'
extensive research records; tracking progress/activities
of current and former group personnel; extensive
preparation of and familiarity with visa documentation and
procedure
Cashier, Store Attendant; A & H Foods; College Station, TX
(August 2007- September 2007)
Duties: Multi-tasking to achieve customer service and
satisfaction, Spanish translation, problem solving;
delivery processing, payables, cleaning duties, and safety
concerns
Cashier, Store Attendant; Simpson Properties; West
Lafayette, IN (Aug. 2005- Sept. 2005)
Duties: Customer interaction and satisfaction, problem
solving, comment processing, handling of financial
interchanges, cleaning, and closing duties
"Swing" Position; Moe's Southwest Grill; Murell's Inlet,
SC (June 2004 - August 2004)
Duties: Customer satisfaction attendant, meal finisher,
multiple responsibilities upon circumstantial need,
cooking, cleaning, and closing duties
Front Office Clerk; Maloney Associates; Cave Springs, AR
(June 2002- September 2003)
Duties: Phone duties, filing and billing invoices, mailing
duties, file-keeping, errands, and arts apprentice
Education Non-degree, Concurrent Credit, Spanish Culture
and Language Studies January-
June 2007
Universidad de Sevilla; Seville, Spain
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology and Sociology May 2006
With Distinction
Purdue University; West Lafayette, Indiana
Major: Anthropology (GPA: 3.76)
Related coursework: kinship systems; special
emphases in cultural and physical anthropology,
Spanish language, gender topics in
communications and linguistics, and development
of anthropological and sociological theory; June 2003
historical seminars in cross-cultural death January-
conceptualization, constitutional history; area December
studies in Native American culture and 2002
literature
Diploma with High Honors
Bentonville High School; Bentonville, Arkansas
Non-degree, Concurrent Credit
Northwest Arkansas Community College
Activities/ Athletics
Memberships Rowed on Purdue Crew team; donated services to
the fund-raising "Rent-A-Rower" program; cleaned
festival grounds of Feast of the Harvest Moon;
and carried boats to benefit local charities and
research in the Wabash Fun Run/Walk (2005)
Trained in both Western and Hunt riding styles
in Purdue Intercollegiate Horsemanship Club;
maintained stable and tacking; groomed healthy
and injured horses (2004-2005)
Participated in Bentonville High School soccer
and swimming teams (2001-2002)
Social/ Academic
Texas State Employee Charitable Campaign - Unit
Coordinator (2009)
Participant in Campaign Against Texas House Bill
1896 (2009)
Member of Golden Key Academic Honor Society
(2006-present)
Member of Purdue Clay Club (2004-2006)
Member of Purdue Anthropology Club (2004-2006)
President of Public Relations, B.E.S.T.
Robotics, Bentonville High School (2002-2003)
Awards Graduation with Distinction, Purdue University
(May 2006)
O. Michael Watson Outstanding Senior Capstone
Award, Anthropology Departmental Award, Purdue
University (May 2006)
Purdue Academic Excellence Tuition Credit in the
amount of $3000 (Fall 2005)
Purdue Semester's Honors and Dean's List (Spring
2004-Spring 2007)
AP Scholarship Recognition (July 2003)
Public Relations Campaign 3rd place, B.E.S.T.
Robotics Regional Competition (March 2003)