Peter William Hurford

**** ******* ***** ~ Denison University ~ Granville OH, 43023

Email: abqgfy@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Denison University, Granville OH

Bachelors of Arts, Expected May 2014

Majors: Political Science and Psychology

Concentration: Organizational Studies

GPA: 3.36

INVOLVEMENTS

Chair / President of Venture Philanthropy Club Spring 2012 - Ongoing

Venture Philanthropy Club Summer Fellow Summer 2012

Associate Partner of Venture Philanthropy Club Fall 2011 - Spring 2012

Manage a $80,000 fund, from which a $10,000 grant is given to a local

organization every year

Oversee an organization of 20 students to give 200 hours of direct service each

year to the chosen organization

Market the organization to the administration, alumni, students, and the

community to keep continued support for the organization

Aid in the professional development of all members by the creation of training

programs, and the planning and attending of national conferences and meetings

with professionals

Plan avenues to bring venture philanthropy and associated ideas to the campus

community at large through lectures, internships, and other programming

Help choose an organization every year for funding based on a careful analysis of

maximizing capacity building and impact, overseeing a formal proposal and

interview process of 14 prospective organizations

In Spring 2012, VPC received the Denison University President Award for

Excellence in Service was a finalist for the Sillerman Prize for Innovations in

Philanthropy.

President of Gaming Guild Fall 2012 - Ongoing

Treasurer of Gaming Guild Fall 2011 - Spring 2012

Gaming Guild DenCon 2012 PR Manager Spring 2012

Managed a budget of $300 used to buy board games for our Game Nights, and

then created a new budget of $200 to be applied for next year.

Helped advertise and run a nation-wide gaming convention, DenCon 2012, that

had over 70 attendees.

Scheduled and ran a campus-wide gaming convention, B.A.D. O.G.R.E. 2012.

Designed and facilitated a number of Role Playing Games over two years, totaling

56 hours of gameplay.

Service Chair of the Alpha Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Spring 2012

Webmaster of the Alpha Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Fall 2012 - Ongoing

Coordinate service events for 62 brothers and pledges, creating a total of four

events, and generating a total of 50 service hours.

Senator of the DCGA Campus Affairs Council Spring 2012 - Ongoing

Working within a group of three to create, distribute, and analyze a survey to all

professors on campus to measure their involvement on campus and assess barriers

to increased involvement, and then reported those results to the campus.

Working with DCGA Senators and Administrators to investigate and assess

administration - student communication on campus.

Vice President of Secular Student Alliance Fall 2011 - Ongoing

Treasurer of Secular Student Alliance Fall 2010 - Ongoing

Applied, received, and managed a budget of $1000 a year for two years, using it

to bring a total of two speakers to campus, with attendance of 40 people at each

event, then created a new budget of $900 to be used for next year.

Moderated weekly discussion meetings about philosophical topics, attended by 10

- 20 people

Lugar Program Intern for Senator Lugar s Office Summer 2012

Interned with Senator Richard G. Lugar s office for three weeks, giving tours of

the Capitol and assisting in archiving and mail sorting projects.

Interned with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for one week, assisting in

research on the Law of the Sea Treaty and archiving projects.

Political Science Department Assistant Spring 2012 - Ongoing

Paid tutor position to tutor Political Science students five hours a week in using

STATA, and help them with their research papers.

Assisted Dr. Djupe with cataloging incoming submissions to the Religion and

Politics journal.

Treasurer of Badminton Club Fall 2010 - Spring 2012

Applied for, received, and managed a budget of $500 to buy replacement

equipment for the club and fund tournaments, then created a new budget of $200

to buy more equipment and fund another tournament.

Treasurer of Green Team Fall 2010 - Fall 2011

Applied for, received, and managed a budget of $1800 to fund events intended to

raise awareness about various environmental issues on campus, as well as fund

replacement recycling bins for the campus dorms

Designed an advertising campaign for the Fall 2010 Water Wars Competition, an

annual competition where dorms compete against each other to reduce water

usage.

Denison Admissions Overnight Host Fall 2010 Fall 2011

Hosted five different perspective and admitted students at different times

throughout the year, giving them a tour of the campus and answering questions

about Denison.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Anne Elizabeth Withers 24 Endowed Fund for Young Scholars (Summer 2011)

Funded to stay on campus over the summer for ten weeks and do a political

science research paper, supervised by Dr. Paul A Djupe. Culminated in

Opinions, Perceptions, and Networks: Opinion Types and Their Origins.

(http://issuu.com/peterhurford/docs/opinions_perceptions_networks)

Carl Arvid Anderson Family Fund for Young Scholars (Summer 2012)

Funded to stay on campus over the summer for ten weeks and do an economics

research paper, supervised by Dr. Fadhel Kaboub. Culminated in The Employer

of Last Resort: A Policy to Ensure Full Employment and Greater Price Stability.

(http://issuu.com/peterhurford/docs/elr)

V.O. Key Award in Political Science (Fall 2010)

The V.O. Key Award, started in Fall 2001, is presented every semester to a

student in recognition of outstanding performance in the quantitative analysis of

political phenomena; redefining the parameters of contemporary social science;

and statistical reasoning and interpretation above and beyond the call of duty.

First and only First-Year Student in Denison s history to win the award

Moot Court Ohio Regionals 2-1 Record (Fall 2011)

Moot Court Ohio Regionals 3-1 Top 16 Record (Fall 2010)

Moot Court is a regional competition of over 50 teams that involves simulated

Supreme Court argument.

Chatterbox Challenge - Babbage - 11th place Bot (2011)

Chatterbox Challenge - Ganymede - 7th place Bot (2007)

The Chatterbox Challenge is a global, one-month long, annual contest for

chatbots, which are computer programs designed to simulate human conversation.

Entrants range from young children to PhDs in computer science.

The 2007 contest featured 44 bots and the 2011 contest featured 43 bots.

http://www.chatterboxchallenge.com

Denison Community Association Silver Award for 175+ Annual Hours of

Community Service (Fall 2011 - Spring 2012)

Presidential Medal for Service (Fall 2011 - Spring 2012)

Pi Sigma Alpha Membership (Joined Spring 2012)

Denison Founders Scholarship (Fall 2010 - Spring 2014)

National Merit Commended Scholar (Spring 2010)

CollegeBoard National AP Scholar (Spring 2010)

National Honor Society (Spring 2009)

National Novel Writers Month Winner (Fall 2011)

PUBLICATIONS

Peter Hurford with Dr. Fadhel Kaboub. 2012. Employer of Last Resort: A Policy to

Ensure Full Employment and Greater Price Stability. Denison Summer Scholars.

http://issuu.com/peterhurford/docs/elr

Peter Hurford with Dr. Michael Brady. 2012. You Can t Make Everyone Happy All The

Time: Why Partisans Wanting Different Legislatve Outcomes Might Mean Dissaproval is

Here to Stay. http://issuu.com/peterhurford/docs/congress_dissapproval

Peter Hurford with Dr. Paul A. Djupe. 2011. Opinions, Perceptions, and Networks:

Opinion Types and Their Origins. Denison Summer Scholars.

http://issuu.com/peterhurford/docs/opinions_perceptions_networks

Peter Hurford with Dr. Paul A. Djupe. 2010. The Media Creates Confidence:

The Factors that Drive Confidence to State Opinions and How They Affect Democracy.

http://issuu.com/peterhurford/docs/the_media_creates_confidence

COMPETENCIES

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft

Publisher, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamworks, Adobe Photoshop, iPhoto, Keynote,

iMovie, Google Apps, Wordpress

Proficient in using SPSS and STATA Statistical Packages

Basic knowledge of Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) and Spanish

Can program computers and do web design in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and

Python. Can use FTP.

Website administrator and blogger at http://www.greatplay.net (Spring 2009 - Ongoing)

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