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Education
Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
2008
Bachelor of Arts, Major: Liberal Arts and Sciences: Environmental Studies (Self-designed major) GPA: 3.6
Thesis: “New Zealand’s and Japans contrasting views on whaling and how these views play out in the
International Whaling Commission.” Thesis work includes first hand research and interviews conducted
in New Zealand.
Relevant course work: Experimental Molds and Multiples, Small Metal Sculpture, Woodworking, Arts and
Crafts: Jewelry making, Ecological Economics and Sustainability, Advanced Ecology, Environmental
Synthesis, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Policy.
Awards Received At Colorado College: Venture Grant to study poverty housing in Cluj Napoca, Romania,
Outdoor Recreation Leader, Recipient of The Ritt Kellogg Memorial Fund Scholarship to do mountaineering
expeditions in the summers of 2005 and 2006.

School for International Training Brattleboro, Vermont

Summer 2006
Coursework: Coastal Archaeology and Swahili language and Culture in Kenya and Tanzania.
Included a ten day home stay with a Muslim Swahili family in Mombasa, Kenya.

The National Outdoor Leadership School Lander, WY

2003, 2004
Mountaineering in the North Cascades in Washington in summer of 2003. Kayaking, Sailing, and
Backpacking for a spring semester in Baja in 2004. Gained Wilderness First Responder first aid
certification through the Wilderness Medicine Institute.

The Taft School Watertown, CT

1999-2003
Awards Received at Taft: Varsity Ski Team Captain 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, Taft School Girls Ski Racing
Award 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, Taft School Thirds Field Hockey Captain 2000-2001

Work Experience
Carpenter/Woodworkers Assistant, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Summer 2008
• Assisted college carpenter on variety of projects including furniture, gifts, art, and maintenee of
school.
• Practiced shop skills including use of machinery like the table, jig, ban, chop, radial arm, saber,
saws, joiners and planers, forklift operation, and festool and biscuit joiners.

Jewelers Assistant, Brenda Houck, Colorado Springs, CO

Summer 2008
• Assisted jeweler in completion of projects and shop maintenance.
• Practiced small metal skills including soldering, riveting, hydraulic pressing, enameling, and general
metalworking.
Ridge Runner, Friends Of Acadia, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME
Summer, 2004, 2005, 2007
• Educated park visitors about Leave No Trace, maintained trails and cairns, and assessed visitor use
of the park.
• Often hiked 10 miles a day, lifted large rocks and learned stone work to build cairns.

Product Advisor (Retail), Cadillac Mountain Sports Outdoor outfitter, Bar Harbor, ME Winter 2003
and summer 2004, 2005, 2007
• Assisted customers with their outdoor equipment purchases.
• Included two week training in the function and design of outdoor equipment.

Head Sailing instructor, Little Cranberry Yacht Club, Isleford, ME

Summer 2001, 2002
• Taught students ranging from 5-50 sailing skills.
• Organized lesson plans.

Garden Hand, Southwest Harbor, ME Summer 2003,

2004, 2005, 2006
• Assisted and helped maintain a private garden.

Volunteer Experience
• Habitat For Humanity, Cluj Napoca, Romania.
January 2008
• Conservation Commission and the Beautification Committee, Southwest Harbor, ME, helped
maintain trees and plants in the town.
June 2004, 2007
• Rocky Mountain Field Institute, helped to create and fix trails around a popular rock climbing area
in Colorado. September 2005
• Small Farms, Colorado on volunteering trips with Colorado College.
April 2006
• Great Sand Dunes State Park, Colorado, helped maintain their visitor center and camp ground.
September 2004

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REFERENCES:

Charles Jacobi
Acadia National Park
Resources Management Division
P.O. Box 177
Bar Harbor, ME 04679
Charlie_Jacobi@nps.gov
207-288-5463
Relationship: My supervisor last summer
Phil Kannan
Colorado College
Distinguished Lecturer
902 North Cascade Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80946
pkannan@coloradocollege.edu
719-227-8225
Relationship: Academic Advisor

Brenda Houck
Colorado College
Metals Instructor
902 North Cascade Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80946
bhouck@coloradocollege.edu
719-389-6677
Relationship: Metals Instructor