• Dynamic Leader who makes sound decisions to reflect positively on higher education operations in alignment with an employer s vision, value, and goals to attain a significant competitive advantage in rigorous academic markets, and who works to rise above challenges and drive winning outcomes for students, faculty, and staff.
• Visionary Professional who continually enhances diverse academic programs; develops results-generating objectives to boost student success; and actively fosters faculty creativity, responsiveness, and self-responsibility.
• Ambitious Self-Starter who excels in advising international students, including placing study abroad students, working within a learning center / tutorial program, and optimizing key registration and data / recordkeeping.
• Bilingual Communicator (German / English) who builds and sustains synergistic relationships with domestic / international academic administrators, students, faculty, and scholastic communities; who succeeds within autonomous and collaborative work environments; and who leads college peers by example and with integrity.

  Successfully served as DSO for SEVIS at Lake Erie College as Coordinator of International Programs, including proactively issuing I-20 visa forms for international students and accurately maintaining students SEVIS records.

  Traveled overseas to visit partner schools to evaluate sites as possible study abroad destinations for students.

  Designed new course and trip to lead students to Germany and Austria within a short-term study abroad in March of 2014, and additionally created and taught a brand new version of a preparatory study abroad class.

  Streamlined transcript evaluation and course mapping processes to assist in credit transfer and study abroad.

  Redesigned faculty-led summer abroad programs to make them more academically sound and fiscally responsible.

  Co-developed and coordinated all aspects of a new Academic Learning Center tutoring program as a Center Assistant, including identifying need, soliciting tutors and volunteers, and analyzing overall program effectiveness.

  Personally led targeted center operations within an Interim Director role from Summer 2012 to Summer 2014.

  Seamlessly transitioned a new student orientation program to a new model, including creating a new pre-scheduling system, as well as assisting in transitioning a new staff member into Coordinator role for the center.

Coordinator of International Programs (2006 2014)

  Capitalized on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking advisement for international students on immigration law, academic programs, class selection, and general support on personal, academic, and / or athletic issues.

  Collaborated with Admissions Office in evaluating students, and setting profile standards and TOEFL requirements.

  Expertly oriented new students on pre-arrival process from start to finish as the initial point-of-contact in the department, along with directing detailed orientation processes for all new international students upon arrival.

  Served within a co-advisor capacity for continuing international students, and collaborated with multiple offices on campus to support and retain international students which was instrumental in achieving high retention rates.

  Exhibited sharp analytical abilities toward cost-effectively preparing and managing budgets up to $320,000.

  Built and sustained valuable partnerships and agreements with overseas universities to facilitate student exchanges and study abroad programs for Lake Erie College and international students, and further maintained a large-scale list of accredited partner schools, student records, and information on students studying overseas.

  Supported students in choosing overseas destinations for study abroad per needs, major, and degree progress.

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Registrar s Office (2010 2014)

  Strategically steered administrative support within a high-volume Registrar s Office, including assisting with registration processes, conducting summer orientations, evaluating transcripts and conducting credit evaluations, submitting recommendations to Registrar, and helping students plan four-year degree programs.

  Conducted senior audits for advisees for graduation certification, and assisted with graduation ceremony activities.

  Optimized seamless processes by assisting with paperwork, files management, and course cycles development.

Academic Advisor (2006 2014)

  Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward serving as a primary, solutions-driven advisor for undecided students, at-risk students, and German language majors and minors, including serving as a transfer student advisor in the Spring / Summer of 2014 and programming planner and unofficial advisor for honor s students.

  Demonstrated talent as general advisor for students requiring walk-in assistance, and / or backup for faculty.

Academic Learning Center Assistant (2009 2014)

  Applied strong leadership talents toward recruiting, training, mentoring, and managing a 12-member team of student and professional tutors, including handling end-of-year reviews to continually boost tutoring success.

  Created and led section of HU 110: Freshman First Year Experience with support of Director of Academic Advising.

Adjunct Faculty (2006 2014)

  Played a vital role in planning and delivering results-focused, multi-level classes in Intercultural Studies, German, and History, and further utilized proven teaching methodologies to increase student academic success, including enhancing scholastics by planning and leading a study abroad trip to Germany and Austria.

Additional Roles Held Prior to 2006 as GTA Department of German, Russian & East Asian Languages and GTA and GRA Department of History at Bowling Green State University; Detailed Job Responsibilities Provided Upon Request

Master of Arts in German ￨ Master of Arts in History Bowling Green State University

Bachelor of Arts in History Bowling Green State University

Undergraduate Studies German Language ￨ Literature ￨ History ￨ Art Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik

Completed sterreichisches Sprachdiplom Deutsch Foreign Language Fluency Test (Mittelstufe Level)

GRADstep Coordinator ￨ Advisor, Incoming BGSU American Graduate & International Students

Co-Chair, Graduate Student Panel, University-Wide Conference The Holocaust & Trajectories of Memory

SEVIS DSO Training Program ￨ Professional Conferences Academic Advising & International Studies Coordination

SEVIS System (Visa Issuance) ￨ Jenzabar EX Student Database System

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) ￨ Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / Vista