219 Beechwood St.

, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205

Samantha Scheiman
501-580-4982

samantha.scheiman@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT

Aug. 2010 to May 2012

Assisted the Director of Composition with the First-Year Composition program.

Designed a handbook to introduce all new instructors to the composition program.

Writing Center Graduate Assistant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Aug. to Dec. 2011
Consulted with university students to improve their writing.

June to Aug. 2010

Wrote headlines.

Edited international, national, local and business stories.

Managing Editor The Bison student newspaper, Harding University

Aug. 2009 to May 2010
Maintained and updated newspaper Web site, thebison.harding.edu. Assisted section editors with page layout. Wrote my own column, Green Guru.

Intern, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Communications Division, Little Rock, AR
May to Aug. 2009
Wrote cover story for Arkansas Wildlife magazine, Sept./Oct. 2009. Edited Weekly Fishing Report, a compilation of Arkansas fishing reports.

AWARDS

Wrote a grant proposal that awarded Audubon Arkansas $100,000 to build a 1-mile, ADA-approved wildlife observation trail Won undergraduate scholarships totaling $43,000 Won five UALR departmental awards: Grant Writing, Indexing, Autobiography, Language Theory, and Document Design University Writing Center Write On award recipient First Place, Feature Writing, Arkansas College Media Awards

Second Place, Feature Writing, Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 Mark of Excellence winner

SKILLS

ACTIVITIES

Copy-Editing Intern, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Copy Desk, Little Rock, AR

EDUCATION

Graduate Assistant, Composition Program University of Arkansas at Little Rock

University of Arkansas at Little Rock M.A. in Professional and Technical Writing Harding University B.A. in Print Journalism
Equivalence of a Public Relations minor Graduated: May 2010 GPA: 4.0

Expected Graduation: Summer 2012

Honors College graduate with distinction

Society of Professional Journalists, Harding Chapter, secretary Arkansas Audubon Society, chairman, publicity committee Audubon Society of Central Arkansas, secretary

Green wedding blog: www. thegreenknot.blogspot.com, recognized in article, 50 Great Sites To Help You Live Green at www. environmentalsciencedegrees.net Artist for Ozaukee County Land Trust brochure, Audubon t-shirt J.O.Y. service club, secretary

Valedictorian of high school class

InDesign

Photoshop

SLR camera experience Microsoft Word PowerPoint Excel

Language: German (4 years of experience, 1 month spent in Kassel, Germany) Bird identification, 7 years