nicole ramos

* Presents and teaches a new nutrition topic every week * Develops lesson that is understood by both children and adults * Educates both Spanish and English native speakers

* Developed a 10- week curriculum for 20 first year students focusing on * Exploring Nutrition * Individually taught an accredited course at Rutgers University as an undergraduate student * Helped to facilitate students * transition to college and connected them to on-campus resources

* First intern for the newly developed department * Collaborated with Director of Global Engagement to plan the second annual leadership retreat, which * was attended by 110 students, and 12 staff members.

* Partnered with Director of Global Engagement, to plan the first annual Douglass Pine Leadership * Retreat which was two days long and attended by 80 students, 10 staff, and the Dean of Douglass * Independently developed a leadership workshop that was presented at the retreat

The McNair Scholars Program is a federal TRIO program funded at 151 institutions across the United States and Puerto Rico by the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to prepare undergraduate students for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. McNair participants are either first-generation college students with financial need, or members of a group that is traditionally underrepresented in graduate education and have demonstrated strong academic potential. The goal of the McNair Scholars Program is to increase graduate degree awards for students from underrepresented segments of society.

* Worked with Wendylla Reid, Associate Director For Employer Development * Attended committee meeting, employer meetings, and the Staff Winter Retreat * Provided insight on the student experience in regards to the office's programs

College Advising Corp is a national non-profit that seeks to increase the number of underrepresented, low-income, first generation student that will apply, be accepted, enroll and graduate from an institution of higher education. -Is serving as the college advisor for International High School at Union Square

* Working with Dr. Ebelia Hern * ndez from the College Student Affairs department on the * Latina College Student Experience * Meets on a weekly basis with a team of 3 undergraduate students, 1 graduate student and the professor * Striving to find the connection between a student * s cultural identify to the student * s success

* Provided tours to prospective college students and families interested in Douglass Residential College and Rutgers University * Helped organized the programming for the fall orientation for the incoming Douglass Residential College class * Performed an array of different office upkeeping such as data input, answering phones, spreadsheet creation, filing, and sending out mail

* Develop nutrition education booths for Rutgers dinning halls and campus center * Write and edit weekly nutrition newsletters that inform the college population on how to make healthy nutrition choices * Conduct nutrition related research in Rutgers dining halls * Plan and partake in nutrition programs and events on campus

* Worked with the Quality Assurance Department * Assisted Food Scientists with their shelf life experiments * Ran salt content, moisture, and gluten parts per million tests * Worked with gluten free, vegan, non-GMO, organic products

* Interviews and builds relationship with local corner store owners * Encourages stores to enroll in the program to increase selection of healthy items * Helps to develop nutrition education promotional material for the stores

Mentors high school students once a week at Middlesex Community College -Aids in assisting students with homework and college applications

* Head lead for * Back to School Campaign * for Fall 2014 * Managed * Team Gluten-Free * program and its racers * Worked the 2014 Celiac Disease Foundation National Conference and Gluten-Free Expo in Pasadena, CA * Answered phone calls, responded to emails, and wrote articles for the website * Experience with Blackbaud Support System including Sphere, The Raiser * s Edge, and Blackbaud NetCommunity.

* Organize gluten free events such as information sessions, informational handouts, product tasting, product giveaways * Serve as the communication link between the Company and the gluten free college community * Strive to education the college community about Celiac Disease

Activities and Societies: Douglass Orientation Committee, Red Pine Ambassadors, Alpha Zeta, Scarlet Council, Office of Leadership and Experiential Learning