Microsoft Office Project Management

Brent Buck

*** ****** **. • Athens, GA • ***** • 706-***-**** • ******@***.***

EDUCATION

The University of Georgia, Honors Program - Athens, GA May 2017 Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs, Bachelor of Arts in Arabic Cumulative GPA: 3.80/4.00

Boren Scholarship, Custom Language Study Program, Fes, Morocco September 2015-July 2016

Studied Moroccan Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic at the Arabic Language Center in Fes (ALIF) and the Subul Assalam Center for Arabic Language.

Designed personal study program totaling 790 in-class hours, made living arrangements, and implemented proposed program.

Center for Language and Culture, Marrakech, Morocco May-July 2014

Studied Moroccan Arabic and Sufism while traveling to various historic sites in Morocco.

Completed a six-week intensive Modern Standard Arabic course (3 hours per day) following a 3.5 week-long Maymester. SKILLS

Software: Microsoft Office Suite, R for statistical programming (I took several upper division statistics classes), Audacity Languages: English (Native); Arabic (MSA): Conversational Fluency Oral Proficiency Interview score: 2 similar proficiencies for writing and reading; Moroccan Arabic (dialect): Conversational fluency PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

“The International Border Agreements Dataset” (with Dr. Andrew Owsiak and Allison K. Cuttner). 2016. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 26 May 2016.

Researched specific border settlement treaties to add to the dataset, as well as specific cases used in the published paper.

Manipulated, graphed, and made tables from the dataset on R and excel, thus applying what I learned in my statistics classes to my area of interest.

“Threat from Abroad, Conflict Within: Border Settlement and Civil War Onset”. Presented at the annual Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium, Athens, GA. 30 and 31 March 2015.

Produced original research under the mentorship of Dr. Andrew Owsiak on the potential connection between border settlement and occurrence of civil war.

Used qualitative methods to select a case (Algerian Civil War 1992-1998) and test my hypothesis (border settlement and the elimination of salient external threat lead to increased probability of civil war). LEADERSHIP AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

University of Georgia Honors Program August 2016-December 2016 Honors Teaching Assistant

Served as instructor and mentor for an Introduction to Honors course, which contains 14 students and meets once per week for the duration of fall semester.

Prepared presentations, attended teaching seminars, and designed and graded assignments. University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs Student Union (SPIA SU) Vice President August 2016- December 2016

Provide support in planning and executing a successful year of events.

Organize lectures by coordinating with professors, booking lecture halls, and arranging refreshments for attendees. Finance Director August 2014-July 2015

Participated in planning and founding the SPIA SU; by hosting compelling events and incentivizing membership, the organization grew from five members to 35 by the end of summer 2015.

Collected and managed $1500 for SPIA SU events and socials and managed all club records. Nourish International, Athens, GA (UGA) August 2013-May 2015 International Project Coordinator

Explored and contacted NGOs in order to find a suitable partner in which to invest $1500 each year for two summer projects.

Evaluated the merits of various projects; presented these potential projects to chapter members.

Planned and coordinated a spring box construction project in Nekokonjeru, Uganda for summer 2014 and a rain water collection system for a girls’ school Kagadi, Uganda for summer 2015. AIESEC International, Athens, GA (UGA)

Grant Responsible and Finance Team member January 2014-December 2014

Awarded a grant from the University of Georgia Parents and Families Association for $1000 and one from AIESEC national support fund for $2200;

Produced monthly and quarterly financial reports for AIESEC UGA. HONORS AND AWARDS

Boren Scholar (Morocco) Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Summer 2016 Dean's List Spring 2013 and Spring 2015 Phi Kappa Phi membership Spring 2015 Phi Beta Kappa membership Spring 2015 Presidential Scholar Fall 2012 and Summer 2014 HISP scholarship for study abroad Summer 2014

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