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Meng (Megan) Li

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MS degree in Statistics, bachelor degree with double major in Financial Statistics and English

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Solid statistical background:

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18+ months SAS programming experience, and certified SAS 9 Base Programmer

10 months statistical consultation experience in academic field using SAS and Microsoft

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2-year experience as an instructor in Kansas State University

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EDUCATION

Master of Science in Statistics, full scholarship Passed Thesis Defense, Graduation Expected Aug

2014

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS GPA: 3.5/4.0

Bachelor of Science, double major in Financial Statistics and English August

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2008 - June 2012

Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China GPAs: Statistics 3.4/4.0, English

4.0/4.0

Skills, Abilities, and aCHIEVEMENTS

Organized, efficient, intellectually curious

Can juggle priorities and manage busy schedule well: Besides my own graduate program study, I also taught

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2 classes to 70 undergraduate students, 5 hours per week (in charge of teaching, preparing all the course

materials, hosting office hours, grading homework/exams, and fulfilling 3-hour computer lab duty each

week)

Highly productive & achiever: At college, while the vast majority of my classmates studied only one major, I

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finished two in four years with good grades

Inquisitive: I studied elective courses of economics, finance and international trade in college to broaden my

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knowledge spectrum and cultivate my interest in finance and banking

Motivated, leader, volunteer and intern

Actively participated in extracurricular activities: 1st place of the ‘Best Debaters Competition’ at Zhengzhou

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University in 2008, won 2nd place prize in ‘National English Contest for College Students’ in 2011, and

published a paper on “College Students' Sports Shoes Consumption Study” in Business China, 2011

Managed ‘Psychology Club’ and acted as a ‘Deputy Director’ for 2 years in my college time, organized

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events and activities to provide opportunity and space for students to reduce and cope with stress

Volunteered at the ‘Home for the Aged’ program as I believe happiness lies in helping others in need

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Intern at PRAP, China Public Relations Consultants, Inc., Beijing from 01/2010 to 02/2010. Major

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responsibilities included receptionist and assistant for process reimbursement and accounting sheet.

Hands-on with technical skills

Familiar with MS office tools: Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel and Pivot table

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Statistical analysis tool/Language: SPSS, R, SAS (Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9)

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Fluent in English and native in Mandarin Chinese

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Experience

Graduate Student Consultant, Dept. of Statistics, Kansas State University Sep’13 –

Dec’13

Served as statistical consultant to internal clients

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Worked with a PhD student on his paper: discussed study objective, documented meeting minutes, cleansed

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research data, ran SAS procedures to look at treatment impact, and prepared reports and presentation material

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Statistics, Kansas State University Aug’12 –

May’14

Teach undergraduate course ‘Intro to Statistics’, 2 classes per semester

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Primary responsibilities: prepared course slides, graded homework and examination, hosted office hours for

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tutoring, led lab discussion, and provided consultation to students on statistical concepts and report writing

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