CHRISTINE ROYER

703.346.9154 // 1039 Varsity West, Bowling Green, OH 43402 christine.n.royer@gmail.com // LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/royerchris

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Bowling Green, OH

August 2013 Present

Graduate Assistant, Office of Education Abroad & International Partnerships ! Lead daily informational sessions and provided preliminary advising for students interested in studying and interning abroad. Specialize in international scholarship and grant advising. ! Conduct research on prestigious grants and scholarships. Serve on Fulbright Selection Committee. ! Plan and coordinate pre-departure workshops and reentry sessions. Supervise Global Ambassador Program (GAP), a certificate program to facilitate continued cultural engagement for study abroad alumni. ! Design and implement interactive semester-long intervention program for current study abroad students focused on promoting intercultural learning through an examination of intercultural theory, self-reflection, analytic writing, and various creative activities. ! Assist with the development and implementation of an online pre-departure course. Serve as course TA. ! Maintain Education Abroad presence on social media (including Facebook, Vine, Twitter, and Pinterest). ! Increased weekly traffic to Facebook page from approximately 130 visitors to 3,000 visitors in first month. Graduate Student Representative, Student Green Initiative Fund ! Work with undergraduate students, faculty, and staff to promote sustainable practices at BGSU. ! Evaluate and strengthen proposed sustainability projects. Serve as Project Manager for approved projects. ! Co-manage an annual budget of over $600,000. Student Representative, University Conduct Committee ! Hear and adjudicate high-risk policy violations. Administer creative and developmental sanctions. Facilitator, Safe Zone Training Workshops ! Lead two-hour workshops focused on educating the BGSU community on LGBT issues.

University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

June 2013 August 2013

Counseling Intern, Counseling Services ! Conducted a comprehensive analysis of counseling services provided by the University of Auckland (UoA). ! Performed a comparative audit of counseling services provided by over 50 additional universities. ! Developed proactive initiatives rooted in a health and wellness approach to counseling to address gaps in current services including: a Health and Wellness Peer Educator Program; training for Residence Life staff; training for UoA faculty and staff members; training for Counseling Services staff members focused on better serving students of color; and an overhaul of Counseling Services online presence. ! Presented recommendations and final 64-page report to Director of Campus Life, Director of University Health Services, and Director of Counseling Services.

Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH

August 2012 May 2013

Graduate Assistant, Explorations/Study Abroad Office ! Organized and oversaw Fall Study Abroad Fair (350 400 attendees); designed marketing materials for study abroad fair; recruited and supervised over 50 student volunteers and fifteen professional representatives. ! Planned and coordinated pre-departure workshops, reentry sessions, and career services workshop for recently returned study abroad students. Facilitated over 50 additional classroom presentations tailored by major. ! Created interactive materials promoting study abroad used in College 101 classroom presentations. ! Advised approximately 300 Baldwin Wallace students interested in studying abroad. ! Transformed and managed the Peer Advisor Program. Supervised two Peer Advisors responsible for representing Explorations/Study Abroad office. Encouraged professional development of Peer Advisors. ! Conducted extensive research on best practices for crisis response and emergency management for study abroad programs. Compiled a final report and identified recommendations for faculty and staff training. ! Analyzed quantitative and qualitative data from study abroad alumni and international students. Authored new learning outcomes for Explorations/Study Abroad and International Student Services. Hall Director of Lang Hall, Office of Residence Life ! Responsible for the safety and well-being of a building of 150 residents. Completed various administrative responsibilities, managed a budget of $1,500, liaised with various administrative units on campus, enforced rules and regulations, managed crisis situations, and participated in on-call duty rotation. ! Supervised a staff of three Resident Assistants (RAs) and one Lead Resident Assistant (LRA). ! Created and chaired staff recognition committee. ! Designed marketing campaign for RA recruitment. Increased total number of applicants for RA position.

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Research Assistant, Centre for Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO) 2012 ! Administered and performed research for Dr. John Roche (lecturer at Linacre College, Oxford) and Dr. Elizabeth Baigent (SCIO Senior Tutor and University Reader in the History of Geography, Oxford). Program Coordinator, Middle East Studies Program (MESP) 2011 2012 ! Trained and supervised two Program Assistants while building a positive, collaborative learning environment. ! Coordinated and assessed student experience at service learning projects. Facilitated student reflection and processing sessions. Developed student evaluations and analyzed student responses to evaluations. ! Conceptualized and produced a 200-page notebook for an accreditation review. Revised program goals, created learning outcomes and assessment strategies, detailed the academic and non-academic components of MESP, summarized student evaluations, and compiled curricular information. Program Assistant, Middle East Studies Program (MESP) 2010 2011 ! Enforced program regulations and provided administrative support to Program Director. ! Conducted and organized student orientation and reentry/debriefing activities for 30 35 students. ! Led student excursions throughout Egypt and the Middle East (Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank) and developed various academic and nonacademic cross-cultural and interreligious dialogues. Junior Dean and Research Intern, Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO) Summers 2007 2010 ! Served as Resident Director for 25 40 university students studying at the University of Oxford. ! Facilitated student orientation and arranged student field trips throughout England. ! Counseled students, provided academic advice, and enforced program regulations. ! Gathered and synthesized materials for an accreditation review of SCIO. ! Conducted extensive research on prestigious grants and scholarships. Created database with over 1,000 scholarships tailored for high-caliber students studying abroad in Oxford.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT American College Personnel Association (member) Ohio College Personnel Association/Ohio Association of Student Personnel Administrators (member) ! Co-presented a session on crisis response and risk management for new professionals at 2013 Annual Conference. NAFSA: Association of International Educators (member)
! Attended Region VI Conference in November 2012 and November 2013, and Advocacy Day 2013.

AWARDS & RESEARCH GRANTS Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar

! Received a grant for $23,000. Hosted by a Rotary District in Falun, Sweden.

2008 - 2009 Summer 2007 Summer 2007 2004 - 2008

Nathan P. Jacobs Scholarship for Research and Study in Israel, Israel and the West Bank Batten Scholarship for Pre-Honors Research, United Kingdom James Monroe Scholar
!

Selected as an incoming member of the Class of 2008. Honor designated to top 5% of the freshman class. Completed two research projects in Sicily (summer 2005) and Australia (summer 2006) using Monroe funding.

EDUCATION Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH Master of Arts in College Student Personnel The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with a Minor in Studio Art Study Abroad
! ! ! ! Higher Education and Student Affairs Study Tour (South Africa) The Scholars Semester in Oxford (Oxford, England) The Middle East Studies Program (Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel) Mediterranean Center for the Arts and Sciences (Syracuse, Sicily)

May 2014 GPA: 4.0 May 2008 GPA: 3.53

May 2013 Spring 2006 Fall 2005 Summer 2005

Masters Thesis: The spiritual experience of Christian students who choose to study abroad in predominantly Muslim countries [working title]