Laura Yates

Background

About Laura Yates

Student Affairs: Lectured, facilitated discussions, and graded multiple assignments for a peer mentor training undergraduate course for 100-150 mentors each semester. Led individual and small group advising and support for mentor success. Supervised peer mentors through time sheet approval, documentation, and creating timekeeping best practices training. Led professional development trainings, created and maintained website content, compiled mentor resources, created course content, interviewed mentors and compiled promotional recruiting videos. Provided course and room scheduling, updated HTML webpages, and managed departmental budgets. Evaluated and provided recommendations for Academic Counselors Association (ACA) Awards and Recognition committee, co-chaired an ACA Holiday Party committee and annual event. Applied for and received a university grant to create and provide expanded mentor training on diversity, equity and inclusion-relevant topics. Honor Society Chapter Advisor: Actively recruited new members through video, flyer, and social media creation and distribution, website maintenance, class visits, tabling, coordinating and hosting promotional events with student leaders, etc. Increased membership from 50 to 400+ students for the first two years, and maintained similar membership metrics for next two years. Saw increased member participation year over year, even in a remote learning environment. Directed a 5- to 10-member student officer team, leading to successful recruitment strategies and engagement, as well as creative fundraising initiatives. Served on national scholarship committee, and created and led a chapter-wide scholarship application process training. Coordinated members' participation in annual national conferences, presented at conferences, evaluated 100 national scholarship applications as part of a nationwide committee, encouraged chapter members to apply for national scholarships, of whom 3-4 received scholarships. Chapter received two national awards for outstanding annual scrapbook submissions documenting chapter activities. Coordinated logistics with student leaders and national staff. Writing Tutor: 8+ years of experience assisting college students virtually and in-person through all stages of the writing process, from pre-writing to proofreading and citation formatting. Worked with a variety of ages, abilities, and backgrounds and with diverse assignments. Used active listening, empathy, humor and solution-focused questions to build rapport and accelerate students' learning and progress toward academic goals.