EMILY ARNOLD
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OBJECTIVE
Environmental Field Technician
EDUCATION
BS in Water Resources
BS minor in General Agriculture
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Anticipated Graduation: 12/2014
Grade Point Average: 2.78 (on a scale of 4.0)
Related Course Work
Technical Writing Fluvial Processes
General Chemistry I Water Policy
Soil Science I Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Environmental Management River Basin Management
Groundwater Resources Climatology
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
8/2012-5/2013 Volunteer farm worker, Texas State Student Sustainable Farm
Unpaid volunteer (100+ hours), manual labor: tilling, seeding, hand weeding,
watering, harvesting, leveling
1/2013-6/2013 Office Assistant, Dr. Jean-Marc Gandanou
Graded papers and exams, entered grades and attendance, converted all paper
files into .pdf format and saved them to a single USB flash drive
6/2013-9/2014 Farm Manager, Texas State Student Sustainable Farm
20 hours/week as paid manager
Manual labor, inventory, hire and fire staff, create work schedules, manage
student workers, assemble weekly field reports, manage Facebook page,
harvest and delivery, customer service
1/2013- Office Assistant, Dr. Ken Mix
12/2014
Organize file cabinets and TRACS website, grade papers, enter grades and
attendance
Proof-read and assemble lab sessions for soil science I and II, agronomic
crops, general horticulture, and fruit and vegetable production
5/2013-present Volunteer, San Marcos River Rangers
Water quality testing once a month for pH and dissolved oxygen level,
document field observations, take depth readings
HONORS AND ORGANIZATIONS
2013 Student of the Year (Agriculture Department)
2014 Professor’s Choice (Agriculture Department)
Wrote and received $21,000 grant from the Environmental Service Committee of Texas
State University for an 8,000 gallon compost tea brewing machine
CERTIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
Water Quality Testing
Water Resource Policy
Experience with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and
Adobe programs
Experience gathering and interpreting data
Experience with GIS