Projects

Student Success Workshops

Although students have access to academic advising and tutoring, they may need additional support in building navigational and educational skills. Student success initiatives provide this support. Shortly after beginning my full-time position with Ivy Tech, I took the lead on several of these initiatives, including skill-based workshops like note-taking, time management, and email etiquette. Though these workshops were designed for cocurricular learning, they were also available upon request by faculty for an in-classroom presentation.

Mental Health First Aid Certification

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing emphasizes the importance of early intervention and crisis management in mental health challenges. I had the opportunity through my employment at Ball State University to become certified in Mental Health First Aid. This certification greatly solidified my capacity to recognize signs/symptoms of mental health challenges in colleagues and students.

Student Flag Response Templates

Academic Advisors are traditionally responsible for addressing the academic goals, requirements, and needs that students face. At Ivy Tech, the state-wide community college system of Indiana, advisors respond to various "flag" situations, including missed classes, low grades, and more. During my time as a practicum student for Ivy Tech Hamilton County, I was tasked with developing a series of communication templates that an advising team could modify and use to respond to student flags. These templates were designed in Excel and use concatenation to string together preset text with editable names, courses, and information. 

University Apartments Resident Assistants

Going into my second year as Resident Manager for the University Apartments (UA) at BSU, the Housing and Residence Life department decided to add Resident Assistants to the UA student staff. I was tasked with creating and running the hiring process, including the position description, communications, application, and housing assignments.

UA Undertaking Adulting Series

The "University Apartments Undertaking Adulting" event series was my implementation of a curricular programming model that was in development by Ball State Housing and Residence Life. Adapted to meet the cocurricular learning outcomes designed for all students living on-campus, these events provided interactive, holistic education on a variety of "adulting" topics, including: finances and budgeting, mental health, pet care, and healthy communication.

"Building Faith in the Unproven"

The full title for my undergraduate capstone project was "Building Faith in the Unproven: On Collatz, Exhaustive Mathematics, and the Mysteries of God's Creation." Part II: Faithful Mathematics became a required course reading for HNR-350: Honors Seminar in Faith and Scholarship.

Abstract: This expository study investigates the relationship between mathematics and faith, focusing on how the same exhaustive techniques employed by mathematicians to provide evidence for unproven statements can likewise build faith in the unprovable...

Hodson Hall Care Package

As the Assistant Resident Director of Hodson Hall, I managed the front desk operations, hall budget, and all-hall programming. Prior to the fall semester, I created a merchandise bundle to improve the student experience in two ways: increase sense of belonging and increase the programming budget. After designing a shirt and face mask (during the COVID-19 pandemic), I took pre-orders at the front desk during freshmen move-in, then optimized purchasing to fulfill the pre-orders and gain additional supply for later merchandise sales. The optimization model was designed to maximize profit for use in hall programming without exceeding the cash on-hand from pre-orders.