Assistant Project

Tyler D. Kimmel

**** * ******* **., ************, AR 72701● *********@*****.*** ● 570-***-****

EDUCATION

La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Economics, May 2013

• Member of Lambda Pi Eta

WORK EXPERIENCE

Northwest Arkansas Worker Justice Center

Finical Assistant, September 2013- Present

• Handle the Center’s taxes and finances from the month of November to August.

• Reconcile each month’s expenses to help maintain an organized and balanced budget.

• Organized data for a state wide survey where as a staff we interviewed over 500 low-income workers.

• Handle weekly discriminated employees who were facing wage theft, wrongful termination, and harassment by

giving a step by step process of how the employees were to move forward with their case.

La Salle University Day One Host, May 2011- August 2011

• Served as a liaison for incoming students by guiding them through the campus and explaining in detail what the

campus could provide.

• Guided groups of 15 or more students: help students register for classes, adjust to the diversity of the campus, and

answered any questions pertaining to the college lifestyle.

INTERNSHIPS

American Cancer Society

Intern, September 2011- December 2011

• Wrote press releases for ACS events and awards.

• Called news stations in the greater Philadelphia area to explain upcoming ACS events.

• Wrote and produced presentation videos for ACS to review their events throughout the year to help raise

awareness about ACS events.

ACTIVITIES AND CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT

La Salle University, Community Development

Resident Assistant, September 2010- May 2013

• Created, planned, and implemented educational, cultural, and social programs for a floor for 35 residents.

• Informed and held students accountable for university policies.

• Collaborate with a staff of 8-11 other resident assistants to create a safe and enjoyable living environment.

Project Mapendo Coordinator, September 2013- June 2013

• Through my leadership and efforts on the trip, I was picked to be 1 of 2 coordinators to plan the Mapendo Trip

that would return to Nyeri in May 2013.

• Assisted in choosing 11 candidates from a pool of 25 undergraduates.

• Contacted hotels in Las Vegas and New York to help four a silent auction that took place in February 2013.

• Responsible to manage weekly meeting and hold our trip members accountable for their attendance.

Project Mapendo, September 2011- June 2012

• Project Mapendo is a service trip conducted by La Salle students who travel to Nyeri, Kenya; for the trip, 11

students came together to raise money in an effort to help fund the trip.

• Traveled into the city and asked small business owners to help the trip by donating store items for an auction run

by La Salle.

• Wrote personal letters to family and friends to help donate to our cause and with our letters we were responsible

for funding a large portion of the trip.

The Masque, 2009-2013

• Set up lighting, constructed several different structures, applied microphones and worked the audio for our

musical in 2010 Pirates of Penzance and Noises Off.

• Co-Master of Sound for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

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