PHONLAWUT SAMARNKIATSAKUL

4101 W 98th St Apt 204, Bloomington Minnesota, 55437

phonlawut.samarnkiatsakul@gmail.com Phone: 612-913-8125
Skills
Work Skills
Research, Academic writing, Administration, Diversity, Inclusion, Organizational and Prioritization Skills, Microsoft Word, and
Power Point.
Personal Skills
Bilingual (Thai), critical thinking, communication, organization, email management, active listening, time management,
problem-solving, photographer, and customer service.
Education
 Minnesota State University, Mankato Racially Conscious School and Systems Leadership, Graduate Certificate
 Minnesota State University, Mankato Educational Leadership, Master’s degree, Anticipated graduation May 2023
GPA 4.00
 Minnesota State University, Mankato International Relations, Bachelor’s degree, graduated December 2019 GPA
3.65
 Highline Community College, Des Moines, Washington Associate of Arts, General associate degree, graduated June
2017 GPA 3.41
Experience
GRADUATE RESEACH ASSISTANT August 2021 – Current
Working for the graduate educational leadership department. Assisting the department and faculty with what they need. For
example, providing feedback, assisting in the collection of data and/or conducts independent research for the unit specific to the
assignment, providing support for academic papers.
PEARSON VUE February 2020 – January 2021
Taking on many different types of interesting from internal stakeholders relating to customers' experience as a candidate taking
one of our assessments/exams. Customer enquiries can come through our Customer Service team, through telephone calls and emails and
my role is to understand the enquiry, ask questions and collaborate with varied departments to investigate what happened.
SODEXO CATERING August 2018 – December 2019
Being part of the catering team with other students on campus. Working with other students, school workers, and professors.
Learned to work with limited time and pressure, set up big events for the school executive committees, and learned to coordinate our
work.
RESIDENTIAL LIFE WELCOME TEAM May 2019 – August 2019
A summer job on campus where I worked with other students to welcome new students. Being a mentor and helped new
students settle in a new place.
Volunteer Experience
Green Kent Community Volunteer Service, 40 hours Kent, Washington
Volunteer Participation at Luther Dell Camp, 3 days Luther Dell, Minnesota
Volunteer School Dances and Events, 20 hours Highline College Volunteer
Participation at SS Boutique, 40 hours Mankato, Minnesota
Volunteer Participation at MRCI, 40 hours Mankato, Minnesota
Volunteer Participation at Echo Food Shelf, 40 hours Mankato, Minnesota
Leadership
 IES Exchange Student Program Speaker August 2015- current
Presenting past experiences to future exchange students to represent Thai culture, being a mentor at a camp, and being a coordinator
to promote the exchange program.
 Vice President of Snowboarding Club November 2015 to February 2016
 Exchange Student in Minnesota August 2014 to June 2015
Represented Thai student in America, presented Thai culture to American students by performing Thai boxing or Muay Thai and
putting details about Thailand in school newspaper, and stayed with American family to learn about American ways of living and shared
with Thai people.
Awards and Acknowledgments
 Co-author of research article called, “FACULTY LIFE
AFTER (DURING) THE PANDEMIC”
https://www.nisod.org/2022/01/18/xliv_1/
 Graduated with Magna Cum Laude
 Academic Scholarship, Highline college
 Minor Student Program Certificate, Highline College
 Dean’s list with a 3.66, 3.70. and 3.77 GPA, Mankato
State University
 Exchange Student from Thailand (representative)
 Jean Buck Memorial Scholarship, Minnesota State
University, Mankato