Rachel Kortkamp

1211 N College Dr. Apt #3 Maryville, MO 618-604-2295 rkortkamp90@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Major in Business Management Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO Bachelor of Science Major in Journalism Minor: Political Science Murray State University, Murray, KY Study aboard, London, England: International Advertisement August 2013 August 2010-May 2012 December 2011-January 2012

WORK EXPERIENCE
Murray State University
Murray, KY January 2011 to Resident Assistant May 2012 Used leadership skills to help residents cope with situations and oversee events Managed a University residence hall floor of ethnically diverse undergraduate students Maintained all bulletin boards and fliers with accurate, up-to-date, and useful information Counseled students on various personal and academic issues Worked the front desk for 10 to 15 hours per week performing duties such as responding to student questions, answering telephones, operating computers and various office equipment Awarded Resident Assistant of the Month two times in one year May 2011 to July 2011 Obtained knowledge about outreach grassroots projects in the Boulder, Colorado area Gained skills through classroom settings and through ground action Used social media tools to get message heard Worked with Boulder, CO Senator on legislation policy Learned from guest speakers about how to run a grassroots campaign and facilitate a meeting Worked on fundraiser events to keep the grassroots campaign going Alton, IL May 2010 to June 2010 Boulder, CO

New Era Colorado

Intern

The Advantage
Intern

Answered phone and filed client reports Assisted with designing newspaper pages Learned to effectively use InDesign to design pages

COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher and Works) InDesign and Dreamweaver

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

The Lamp student newspaper, Reporter Public Relations Student Society Of America Sigma Society Phi Beta Lambda, Secretary AdInk National Resident Honor Hall, Model Illinois Government,