Walid Abourouaine

acx6id@r.postjobfree.com; 617-***-****

Current Address: *** ***** ******, *****, *********, PA 17837

Permanent Address: 63 Festa Road, Revere, MA 02151

EDUCATION

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a Minor in Statistics Expected May 2017

Posse Foundation Full-Tuition Leadership Scholarship (2013-2017)

Revere High School, Revere, MA

High School Diploma awarded, June 2013

Harvard Secondary School Summer Program, Cambridge, MA

Macroeconomics & American Foreign Policy Course Credits Rewarded, 2012

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Bucknell Institute for Public Policy, Lewisburg, PA May 2016-Present

Economic Research Assistant

Analyzed foreign aid data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank

database

Evaluated the foreign aid data from the top three donors to understand the relationship between foreign aid for

education and education outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Enhanced verbal communication skills by presenting my research to over 200 faculty members and student leaders

at the Bloomsburg University 2016 Symposium

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA May 2015-July 2015

Statistical Research Intern

Tasked with creating an auto-regressive model to predict the current Weighted Influenza Like Illness values based

off previous data from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention

Successfully implemented an auto-regressive model using different training and test sets in order to predict the next

Flu period

Learned about regression and supervised learning methods, and how to implement them using R

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE February 2015-May 2016

Sigma Phi Epsilon, Lewisburg, PA

Residential Advisor

Served as the liaison between Bucknells Greek Life Office and the Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers

Conducted building and room-rounds to enforce policies and ensure safety among all residents

Provided and facilitated educational and social events for residents to increase interactions and to build a feeling of

community within the chapter

The BASE, Roxbury, MA May 2014-August 2014

Company Reporter

Developed excellent written and verbal communication skills by interviewing parents, faculty, and student athletes

for the BASE website

Promoted the BASE to different organizations and communities in order to increase readership

ACTIVITIES

Logistics Committee, Relay for Life (2014-Present)

New Student Orientation Assistant, Bucknell University (2016)

Kitchen Manager, Sigma Phi Epsilon (2015)

President, Revere High School National Honor Society (2012-2013)

Member, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field (2011-2013)

SKILLS

Fluent in Arabic

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Proficient in Multiple Statistical Programs: R, Minitab, Stata, and SAS

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