Carolyn Baumgarten

Current

• Public Relations Chair at Elon University Student Union Board

Past

• Public Relations Chair at Student Union Board
• Server at TGI Fridays
• Research Assistant at Case Western Reserve University

• Server/Banquet Staff at Chagrin Valley Athletic Club

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Education

• Elon University

Connections

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Carolyn Baumgarten’s Summary

Undergraduate sophomore majoring in psychology and strategic communications with a concentration in advertising. Specialize in event and organizational publicity, and graphic design through digital art.

Carolyn Baumgarten’s Specialties:

Experienced with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher; Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver; Final Cut Pro; QuarkXpress computer software.

Carolyn Baumgarten’s Experience

• Public Relations Chair

  Elon University Student Union Board

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  • Manage a budget of $5,800/year to create media boards, design flyers, write radio advertisements, and submit online and print press releases as publicity for all SUB-sponsored events
  • Maintain a minimum of four office hours weekly and attend weekly executive staff meetings to discuss future organizational goals, events, and responsibilities

• Public Relations Chair

  Student Union Board

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  2008 — 2009 (1 year )

• Server

  TGI Fridays

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Restaurants industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

• Research Assistant

  Case Western Reserve University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2006 — January 2007 (6 months)

  • Earned IRB (Institutional Research Board) certification
  • Tested over 30 participants, and recorded, organized, and analyzed data pertaining to statistical learning for a senior student’s honors thesis

• Server/Banquet Staff

  Chagrin Valley Athletic Club

  (Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  May 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 9 months)

Carolyn Baumgarten’s Education

• Elon University

  BA , Strategic Communications (advertising concentration), Psychology , 2007 — 2011 (expected)

  Have earned Dean's List Distinction (GPA of 3.5+) for three consecutive semesters (Fall 07, Spring 08, Fall 08), and President's List (no grade below an A-) in Spring 09, lived in the Elon University Communications Learning Community 2007-2009, spending the fall semester ('09) studying abroad in Dublin, Ireland.

  Activities and Societies:

  Mock Trial Team, PRSSA, FreshTV, Student Union Board, Pi Chi

Additional Information

Carolyn Baumgarten’s Interests:

reading novels, biking, volunteering, digital art

Carolyn Baumgarten’s Groups:

PRSSA

Carolyn Baumgarten’s Contact Settings

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