NICOLE D. CHASE
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Portland, OR 97217 E-mail: *************@*****.***
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from Bowling Green State University
Honors Program; Neuroscience and Geography double major
Double minor: General Sciences minor and Chemistry minor; emphasis on atmospheric science
Multiple classes focused on Esri’s ArcGIS, along with experience using GIS in research outside of classes
Graduated May 2013
Papers Accepted for Presentation at National Scientific Conferences:
Chase, Nicole D., and Eckmann, Ted C., (2013) Patterns in Lightning Occurrence and Lightning Mortality in the United
States. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers: April 9 -13, 2013. Los Angeles, CA.
Newman, Cassondra M., Chase, Nicole D., and Eckmann, Ted C., (2013) Analyzing Spatial Patterns in Tornado
Deaths and Destructiveness in the United States to Improve Tornado Safety. Annual Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers: April 9-13, 2013. Los Angeles, CA.
Selected Honors and Awards:
Presented Patterns in Lightning Occurrence and Lightning Mortality in the United States at BGSU’s
2013
Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 28th, 2013
2011 One of the first four recipients of the Leadership Certificate Program, Center for Leadership, BGSU
2011 Certified weather spotter through The National Weather Service (NWS) and SKYWARN
2010 Initiated into Phi Sigma Pi Honor Fraternity, Epsilon Beta Chapter
2010 Hand selected for the BGSU LeaderShape Institute at Camp Joy in Clarksville, OH
2010 Received a bronze leadership pin through National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH)
2010 Awarded the Dr. Suzanne K. Miller Undergraduate Research Assistantship for $550
2009 Initiated into Order of Omega, an honor society for Greek students, Bowling Green Chapter
2009 Inducted into The National Society of Leadership and Success, BGSU chapter
2009 Attended the November 2009 Central Atlantic Association of College and University Residence Halls
(CAACURH) Leadership Conference in Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Initiated into Alpha Phi Omega Co-Educational Service Fraternity, Zeta Kappa Chapter
2008 Inducted into Falcon Chapter of the National Residence Halls Honorary (NRHH) for being a part of
the top 1% of student leaders on BGSU’s campus
2008 Attended the May 2008 National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH)
Leadership Conference in Stillwater, OK and presented about “Leadership Styles in Harry Potter”
2008 Awarded Clifford and Lyn Long Scholarship for $1,026
2008 Attended Leaders in Residence (LIR)-a semester long seminar about leadership types and styles at BGSU
2007 to Hand selected for a neuroscience and endocrine lab group about Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
2010
Hand selected for a research project called Megafarms to collect and analyze water for E. coli and
2007 to
2008 chloroform from rivers in the Wood County area near factory farms
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Examples of Related Work Experience:
Time Position Duties
Aug. Data Analyst ● Analyze and manipulate car accessories data from General Motors
2013 to at Chrome ● Responsible for the accessories data on various GM vehicles
Present Data ● Interact with a wide variety of people both inside and outside of the Portland office
Solutions in ● Deal with problems that arise in a fast paced job
Portland, OR
Aug. Teaching ● Attended GEOG 2130: Meteorology, GEOG 3030: Severe Weather, and GEOG 3310:
2012 to Assistant via Conservation of Ecology during all class meetings
May BGSU’s ● Answered students’ questions in GEOG 2130’s lab along with grading GEOG 2130’s
2013 Geography labs as well as GEOG 3030’s Active Learning Exercises
Department ● Tutored students in the three classes before exams and whenever needed
● Lead lectures in all classes as needed
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May Weather ● Assisted meteorologists, but mostly the chief meteorologist with making forecasts
2012 to Forecasting ● Witnessed forecasts that I had made being used on television during the 5:00 pm,
Aug. Intern for 5:30 pm, 6:00 pm, and the 11:00 pm newscasts
2012 WEWS in ● Dealt with problems that arise in both live television and in a fast-paced weather
Cleveland, environment
OH ● Extracted and analyzed raw data from weather models, and converted them to a
more simplistic format to generate a weather forecast
Sept. General ● Assisted student managers and full time managers
2010 to Student Food ● Customer service skills and multitasking skills
May Service ● Dealt with problems that occur in fast paced job
2013 Worker at ● Interacted with employees of all ages and backgrounds
BGSU’s
Kreischer
Sundial
Aug. Tutor for ● Attended MATH 1150: Introduction to Stats class two times a week and took notes
2010 to blind student ● Helped blind student comprehend and understand statistics
Dec. for BGSU’s ● Enhanced communication skills
2010 Disability ● Experienced a truly life changing semester
Services
May Clerical ● Answered phones and transferred them when applicable
2010 to Assistant for ● Made new files and organized files that were very much confidential and sensitive
Aug. BGSU’s in nature to be given to the staff
2010 Disability ● Interacted with many students with disabilities as well their parents
Services ● Kept office clean, organized, and presentable
Apr. Deli Sales ● Assisted head boss and two other bosses
2007 to Associate at ● Orchestrated orders of trays and processed them efficiently
Apr. The ● Focused on building communication and people skills with employees and with
2010 Anderson’s, customers
Toledo, OH ● Handled problems that occur in a fast-paced job
Sept. Peer ● Collaborated with a professor who received the Master Teacher award in 2005
2008 to Facilitator for ● Organized and implemented a make-up time for movies to be shown as well as
Dec. THFM 161V: study sessions for exams and whenever was needed
2008 Introduction ● Guided class discussions about movies and movie theory
to Film ● Served in other facets that would be related to that of a Teaching Assistant
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Examples of Leadership Experiences while at BGSU:
Time Organization Position Duties
2011 to Geography President ● Planned and organized scholarly, social, and fundraising events
2013 Club for this newly reactivated club
● Interacted with the BGSU Department of Geography and our
faculty advisor, among other outlets, on a regular basis
● Lead general assembly meetings on a monthly basis and Executive
Board meetings
2011 to Phi Sigma Pi Inter-Chapter ● Networked with fraternity Brothers within the Buckeye Region
2012 National Relations ● Planned and organized BGSU’s first Regional Conference for Phi
Honor (ICR) Chair Sigma Pi for 60 Brothers-held in Jan 2012
Fraternity ● Coordinated events that served our local philanthropy-Wood
County Humane Society
2010 to Resident Social Events ● Planned and organized social events within RSA
2011 Student Coordinator ● Worked with a small committee within RSA
Association ● Solved conflicts that arose in this newly created position
(RSA)
2009 to Dance Faculty, Staff, ● Communicated with various faculty, staff, and graduate students
2010 Marathon and Graduate on campus
Student Core ● Organized the three-hour block in which members of those above
Committee groups participated at BGSU’s 15th annual Dance Marathon, which
is Ohio’s largest student-led philanthropy
● Collaborated with other core committees and steering committee
members
2009 to NRHH Vice President ● Planned and organized various recognition programs for NRHH
2010 of Recognition and for other organizations on campus
● Dealt with Of the Month (OTMs) awards and made sure that they
were submitted properly
● Balanced a budget to make sure money was being spent properly
2008 to RSA Director of ● Planned and organized large scale and small scale programs for
2009 Programming RSA
● Interacted with many other organizations as well as and
administrators of Residence Life
● Balanced a budget to make sure money was being spent properly
on programming events
2008 to Chapman Chapman ● Mentored freshman students who lived in the Chapman Learning
2009 Learning Leadership Community in Kohl Hall
Community Team ● Helped out professors and staff of the Chapman Learning
Community
● Served as one of the faces of the Chapman Learning Community
Academic and Professional References:
Dr. Brett Holden Deborah Novak Dr. Ted Eckmann
Assistant Professor at BGSU Assistant Dean of Students at BGSU Assistant Professor and Researcher at
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Christine Ferreira Dr. Heath Diehl
Broadcast Meteorologist at WGAL Instructor at BGSU
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