Jalen Cole

Sales Representative at Rush Running (2025-04 – Present)

Facilitating a positive culture in the Northwest Arkansas running community by providing customers with complementary running shoe fitting and knowledge on running gear, strategies, and events.

• Facilitating a positive culture in the Northwest Arkansas running community by providing customers with complementary running shoe fitting and knowledge on running gear, strategies, and events.

UREC Student Manager at University of Arkansas Recreation and Wellness (2023-04 – Present)

Responsible for independently managing the HPER facility and other University of Arkansas Recreation and Wellness facilities and student staff each day, ensuring it operates efficiently and complies with high building safety protocol standards.

• Responsible for independently managing the HPER facility and other University of Arkansas Recreation and Wellness facilities and student staff each day, ensuring it operates efficiently and complies with high building safety protocol standards.
• Key duties include oversight and managing student staff, using professionalism, situational awareness, and critical thinking to enforce policies and manage different facilities' compliance with building standards.

Outdoors Trip Leader at University of Arkansas Recreation and Wellness (2023-02 – Present)

Facilitate and promote outdoor activities and fitness. Tasks range from managing climbing walls, planning and managing overnight outdoor trips from backpacking to canoeing to mountain biking, renting out boating and camping equipment, and ensuring the safety of participants whether in outdoor facilities or backcountry trip leading.

• Facilitate and promote outdoor activities and fitness.
• Tasks range from managing climbing walls, planning and managing overnight outdoor trips from backpacking to canoeing to mountain biking, renting out boating and camping equipment, and ensuring the safety of participants whether in outdoor facilities or backcountry trip leading.

Barista at Starbucks (2021-09 – 2022-08)

Providing excellent customer service and making drinks for customers, while maintaining a safe, clean, and professional workplace environment.

• Providing excellent customer service and making drinks for customers, while maintaining a safe, clean, and professional workplace environment.

Bachelor of Arts in English – University of Arkansas (2026-05)