1500 West Wells Street Apartment 272 Milwaukee, WI, 53233 March 4, 2014 Milwaukee Public Museum 00 West

Wells Street Milwaukee, WI, 53233!147

"ear #irin$ %&mmittee, I am intereste' in the ('ucat&r I p&siti&n a')ertise' in the careers secti&n &* +&ur website, -i)en m+ e.perience with presentin$ an' per*&rmin$ in a public settin$, an' m+ )erbal an' written c&mmunicati&n capabilities, I w&ul' $reatl+ appreciate +&ur c&nsi'erati&n *&r this /&b &penin$, As a s&&n t& be $ra'uate &* Mar0uette 1ni)ersit+2s #ist&r+ an' Writin$!Intensi)e (n$lish Pr&$rams, I ha)e ha' necessar+ an' &utstan'in$ back$r&un' e.perience in 'e)el&pin$ b&th &ral an' written c&mmunicati&n skills, I ha)e ha' e.perience in presentin$ t& an' c&&peratin$ with 'i**erent a$e $r&ups, *r&m presentati&ns t& m+ pr&*ess&rs, t& tut&rin$ a hi$h sch&&l stu'ent in (n$lish, t& m+ numer&us per*&rmance e.periences thr&u$h&ut hi$h sch&&l an' c&lle$e, 3ne e.perience which I w&ul' cite as m&st use*ul in 'e)el&pin$ skills )ital t& this p&siti&n was researchin$, writin$, an' presentin$ a twent+ pa$e paper t& a class &* m+ peers an' a *ew pr&*ess&rs, I spent m+ time l&&kin$ &)er scrapb&&ks, newspaper clippin$s, an' &ther c&mmunicati&ns in the 4a+n&r 5ibrar+ Special %&llecti&ns an' Archi)es "epartment in &r'er t& e**ecti)el+ write ab&ut w&men2s $r&ups in Milwaukee 'urin$ the Pr&$ressi)e (ra thr&u$h W&rl' War 3ne, M+ &r$ani6ati&nal skills in written c&mmunicati&n were necessar+ t& this task, as I was re0uire' t& c&n)e+ this primar+ s&urce research in a wa+ that w&ul' be accessible t& the stu'ents an' pr&*ess&rs present, As I ha' t& rea' &ut l&u' *&r m+ presentati&n, I als& ha' t& make sure that I prepare' m+sel* th&r&u$hl+ in &r'er t& be as clear an' c&ncise as p&ssible, 7he pr&*ess&r in char$e &* m+ class later sai' that m+ presentati&n as a wh&le was c&n*erence rea'+, M+ resume is encl&se' *&r +&ur perusal, I am l&&kin$ *&rwar' t& c&ntributin$ m+ kn&wle'$e, e.perience, an' insi$ht t& this p&siti&n, I belie)e this is a p&siti&n which will all&w m+ passi&n *&r hist&r+ an' learnin$ t& $r&w, an' will $i)e me m&re insi$ht &n museum w&rk, I am )er+ e.cite' t& learn m&re ab&ut this &pp&rtunit+, 8&urs sincerel+,

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