my journey
I began my journey to further my education through the Adult Degree Program of James Madison University in the fall of 2009. I already had Associate Degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration, but I felt compelled to get my Bachelor's Degree to increase my marketability in the workplace.
My educational program plan initially consisted of Writing Rhetoric and Technical Communications, Communications Studies, Art, and Media Arts and Design. It slowly transformed to include more WRTC courses with a few SCOM and ART classes in between. I eventually dropped the SMAD direction but not the desire for media arts. I found several classes within the WRTC program, and CIS that satisfied my desire to learn more about the web and design.
Lastly, I had the options to incorporate some of the instructional design and technology classes offered through the LTLE program. This offered me a well rounded education to complete my revised program plan.
Work Experience
JMU Orientation
- Assistant Director of Orientation Systems
- Sept 2013 - present
- Assistant Director of Operations
- Oct 2011 - Sept 2013
- Administrative & Operations Specialist
- Feb 2008 - Oct 2011
Duties include supervision of the Operations Manager, coordination of the One Book web team, overseeing departmental operations from development to implementation, facilitation for internal and external trainings of the Orientation technical systems.and management and troubleshooting of the orientation systems the office uses, such as the online reservation and the One Book web steps.
JMU Sponsored Programs
- Grant Specialists (IACUC, Web and Budget Coordinator)
- Aug 2004 - Feb 2008
Responsible for designing and maintaining the office website, maintaining the office budget and reconciliations, coordinating the animal research proposals approval process and lab inspections, and back-up grant specialist for reviewing submitted grant proposals.
ADDITIONAL COURSES/TRAINING:
- Adult Degree Program, previous and present courses: WRTC, ART, SMAD and SCOM, including oral and written communication, technical communication, principal and processes of interviewing, etc. – will provide transcript of course upon request
- Supervisory Workshop, certificate; Emerging Leaders, certificate; Administrative Certification Program, certificate
- Web training: Cascade, Dreamweaver, Web Manager II, Fireworks
- Web Development Course (basic html code), certificate,
- Workshop for Personnel Managers
- Fundamentals of Modern Management - American Management Association
James Madison University
Blue Ridge Community College
Additional Software / Equipment Knowledge:
Knowledge and experience with Windows (XP, 7), JMU JobLink, JMU Finance, HR and Student Administrative systems - including queries, Adobe Designs (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver), MS Office (Word, Publisher, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook and Outlook Exchange), VZ Orientation database, Cascade, Web Manager II, Fireworks, Qualtrics (survey software), familiar with PC and MAC, and able to operate digital cameras and audio/video recorders.