International Admissions Evaluator at University of Kansas, International Admissions (2024-12 – Present)
Rehired to past position, showing proof of high performance
- Evaluating international applications for admissibility to KU
- Maintaining students' checklists of received/ missing materials
- Placing and releasing enrollment holds
- Corresponding directly with students regarding admission status, clarifying requirements, and assisting with next steps regarding orientation, housing, etc.
- Evaluating international transcripts for admissibility of domestic students
- Calculating international GPAs to a 4.0 scale
- Researching accreditation/recognition status of international institutions
Owner / Operator at The Bump Store (2021-10 – 2024-11)
Responsible for every aspect of opening and running a business.
- Oversaw day-to-day operations, including inventory management and logistics
- Managed financial aspects, including budgeting, accounting, and financial reporting
- Developed and implemented marketing strategies to increase brand awareness and drive sales and growth, including planning several community events with neighboring businesses
- Ensured exceptional customer service to patrons in person, over the phone, and online
- Trained, and managed an intern from Job Link, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment
Education Program Coordinator at University of Kansas, International Admissions (2015-05 – 2021-10)
Responsible for developing transfer credit equivalencies for all undergraduate international postsecondary coursework
- Evaluating international transcripts for admissibility of domestic students
- Calculating international GPAs to a 4.0 scale
- Researching accreditation/recognition status of international institutions
- Evaluating post-secondary transcripts for potential transfer credit
- Determining closest equivalent in KU course catalog
- Calculating credit hours based on maximum allowed for the year
- Creating personalized evaluation reports listing all classes, grades, and hours
- Entering data into PeopleSoft, ensuring proper calculations
- Performing data entry to update Cred Tran and verifying upload
- Corresponding directly with transfer students at the point of application, admission, and completion of evaluation
- Providing transfer information sessions during orientation
- Meeting with students seeking clarification on evaluations
- Serving as liaison to all KU academic departments for evaluation consultation
- Advising both prospective and enrolled students regarding admission policies and procedures and the transfer of academic credit, as well as its potential applicability to degree programs
- Working with overseas educational institutions to smooth the transfer process to KU
- Supervising full-time staff and graduate interns
Education Program Specialist at University of Kansas, International Admissions (2013-05 – 2015-05)
Responsible for admission decisions for international undergraduate applicants.
- Evaluating applications
- Maintaining students' checklists of received/ missing materials
- Placing and releasing enrollment holds
- Work with SEVIS team to ensure necessary requirements for immigration are met
- Corresponding directly with students regarding admission status, clarifying requirements, and assisting with next steps regarding orientation, housing, etc.
