ariel brand

Planned and prepared private English lessons for a five year old Chinese girl, building basic literacy skills with a focus on creative expression, while providing positive reinforcement and encouragement

* Penned the weekly family fun article for the CAL section as well as some blurbs * Assisted in writing cover stories on topics such as comedy, dance and holidays for the CAL section

Revised and prepared news, sports, opinion and event-focused articles for publication at The Daily Campus

Conducted interviews in person and wrote articles about events occurring on- and off-campus for the Focus section of The Daily Campus

* Tutored and monitored students (grades third through sixth) during homework time * Observed and attended to student behavior along with Site Coordinator, Site Assistant and activity providers * Implemented a new positive reward plan called Crossroads Bingo to improve overall student behavior * Introduced and conducted an activity along with the Crossroads technology instructor that encouraged students to learn more about their cultural background as well as that of others

* Conducted interviews over the phone and wrote blurbs and blogs about “Awesome Things to Do Today,” theater productions, poets and other related topics on the arts * Inputted upcoming event information into the P2P/FindLocal database to generate the listings section * Assisted and collaborated with other interns, training them in the technology and divvying up the workload * Examined publications to ensure compliance with editorial standards

* Entered upcoming information on music, theatre, art etc. events into the WeHaa database to generate the listings section as well as contribute to listing write-ups * Solved an issue of why certain events were not saving properly into the WeHaa database * Created photo cutlines for Best of Hartford, Best of New Haven and Best of Fairfield Weekly * Proofed businesses' contact information and readers' comments for Best of Hartford, Best of New Haven and Best of Fairfield Weekly issues * Inputted business contact corrections into WeHaa and Newsgate for the Annual Manual publication and into the Quickbase database for future Best Of issues * Wrote blurbs for the Hartford Advocate's weekly paper and the Hartford Fall Arts Preview publication

Activities and Societies: Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society, America Reads at Kinsella School, Big Brother Big Sister at Natchaug, Cross Cultural Connections, HuskyMates Program, UConn Coalition of Writers