PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY Tacoma, Washington » Graduated in May 2008 with a Bachelors in of Business and Administration » Major: Business and Marketing » Minor: Spanish Languages and Literature » GPA: 3.9 » Graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors Projects with Clients in the Community through the PLU School of BusinessPyramid Breweries, Inc. - Spring 2007» Operations Management Consulting » Focus: lowering inventory costs by increasing frequency of distribution in supply chain management » Used Process Model Software Program United Way of Pierce County - Fall 2007 » Marketing Research » Led a team working directly under the VP of Marketing, I was the primary contact with client » Focus: developed a core donor profile, market segmentation, discovered and analyzed donor behavior » Used SPSS Software Washington Business Week - Spring 2008 » Strategic Marketing Consulting » Led the team, primary contact with client » Focus: developed a marketing plan addressing integrated marketing communications, branding, and the introduction of a new internship program to increase camp attendance Cascade Regional Blood Services - Spring 2008 » Marketing Research, Branding, PR » Focus: researched donor attitudes, awareness, demographics, and behavior, increased brand awareness through media relations and print journalism Courses Taken within Marketing» BUSA 308 - Principles of Marketing» BUSA 363 - Consumer Behavior/Promotions » BUSA 364 - Services Marketing » BUSA 460 - International Marketing » BUSA 467 - Marketing Research » BUSA 468 - Marketing Management Additional Upper-Division Courses Taken
Additional Upper-Division Courses Taken:» SOAC 495 - Media Lab Marketing/PR Internship » BUSA 442 - Leading Organizational Behavior » BUSA 449 - Current Issues in Human Resource Management » SPAN 301 - Advanced Grammar/Composition » SPAN 321 - Civilization/Culture of Spain » SPAN 325 - Hispanic Literary Studies » SPAN 401 - Advanced Intensive Spanish Language » MATH 381 - Seminar/Problem Solving Software Programs I have Learned
» SPSS» Process Model » Excel » Word » Publisher » Powerpoint |
Institute for Central American Developments Studies -San Jose, Costa Rica» Attended January of 2005 » Spanish Language Immersion » Intensive Community Service Projects » Extensive travel throughout Costa Rica University of Granada, Spain -Center of Modern Modern Languages » Attended January - May of 2008 » Spanish Language Examinations Passed: DELE - Official Language Certification of Spain - Intermediate Level Spanish Chamber of CommerceCertification of Business Spanish - Basic Level » Studied Spanish Languages and Literature, Business in Spain, Art History of Spain, Islamic Culture and Civilization of Spain, and Media in Spain » Extensive travel throughout Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy January on the Hill: Intensive Community Service & Study of Social Issues and Poverty in Tacoma» Over 100 hours over the course of 1 month: community service working at soup kitchens, food banks, elementary schools, ESL classes, homeless shelters, communities in need » Worked with and attended lectures by community leaders in local government, law enforcement, churches, not-for-profit organizations, social workers |