Celeste Foley

Experience

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  Central Piedmont Community College

  Jan 1997 - Aug 1998

  Student Support Services TRIO Intern / Counselor

  ♦ Increased the retention and graduation rates of low-income, first-generation, and/or students with disabilities who evidenced academic need to meet federal TRIO educational opportunity outreach program expectations.♦ Designed and conducted workshops on improving study skills, clarifying values & goals, changing faulty thinking, overcoming math anxiety, preparing for exams, reading comprehension, writing better papers, stress management, and time management to improve the progression of at-risk students.♦ Provided career counseling to at-risk student populations, including administering and interpreting the MBTI and SDS.♦ Evaluated placement test scores, advised students of admissions requirements, admission status, and the transfer of credit from other institutions. Show less

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  University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  Aug 1998 - Jun 1999

  Academic Advisor for the Belk College of Business

  ♦ Reported on the Advising Center's progress to support the College's AACSB Continuous Improvement Review.♦ Managed the Advising Center; improved the BCOB advising process; designed the first web page; and selected, supervised, and trained the graduate assistant and work-study employees.♦ Contributed to the Academic Advising Improvement Team and the Benchmarking Subcommittee.♦ Recruited new students for the BCOB at Explore UNC Charlotte and College Fair events.♦ Coordinated and presented new Student Orientation, Advising & Registration sessions. Show less

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  York Technical College

  Jan 2000 - Feb 2001

  Special Resource Grants Coordinator

  ♦ Coordinated the Perkins III funded Challenge grant program, which provided scholarship and non-financial support services for students entering programs not traditional for their gender meeting the Perkins III Core Indicator performance standards for academic achievement, technical skills attainment, graduation/completion, placement/retention, enrollment in nontraditional programs, and graduation in nontraditional programs.♦ Oversaw the privately sponsored Adults-in-Transition (AIT) grant program, which assisted unemployed or underemployed students with tuition, transportation, and childcare funding and a variety of non-financial support services exceeding the expected AIT Institutional Effectiveness retention outcomes by nearly 30%.♦ Tracked and analyzed compliance information in Microsoft Access databases and monitored budgets for federal and private grant programs using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.♦ Assisted the Development Office with writing and reporting on private and federal grant proposals. Show less

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  Mitchell Community College

  Feb 2001 - Dec 2002

  Admissions Specialist / Counselor

  ♦ Oriented new students; provided placement testing and evaluation; explained college and program policies, procedures, and requirements; and provided academic advising and career counseling.♦ Administered and interpreted career assessments, including DISCOVER, MBTI, and the Self-Directed Search.♦ Contributed to the Academic Standards Committee and provided academic advising using knowledge of the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA), 2+2 agreements, and the Regional Independent College Agreement. Show less

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  Gaston College

  Feb 2005 - Aug 2005

  Life Skills Career Counselor

  ♦ Recruited and oriented over 200 unemployed and underemployed dislocated workers for Human Resource Development (HRD), Pathways to Careers, Adult Basic Skills (ABS), AHS, GED, and academic certificate, diploma, and degree programs meeting the success criteria for Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) funding. ♦ Liaised between the College and the Gaston County JobLink Partners including the Employment Security Commission, Job Corps, Workforce Investment Act, Department of Human Services, and Vocational Rehabilitation.♦ Administered and interpreted career assessments including DISCOVER, MBTI, Career Key (SDS), and the Transferable Skill Survey and trained to administer WorkKeys assessments for Career Readiness Certification. ♦ Extensively utilized the CFNC, OOH, O*NET, and NC SOICC (NCWorks) web resources for information on career clusters, employers, and future employment trends.♦ Provided career counseling, job search advising, resume critiquing, and mock interviewing services to dislocated workers at the Gaston County JobLink Center.♦ Promoted Gaston College at Job Fairs and Economic Development Commission functions. Show less

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  Queens University of Charlotte

  Aug 2005 - Oct 2007

  Assistant Registrar

  ♦ Improved and managed the graduation audit process for all undergraduate and graduate students by collaborating with deans, department chairs, faculty, and staff from the Andrew Blair College of Health, the Presbyterian School of Nursing, the College of Arts and Sciences, the McColl School of Business, the Wayland H. Cato Jr. School of Education, and Hayworth School of Graduate and Continuing Studies.♦ Developed, assessed, and reported institutional effectiveness goals and objectives to support the University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) to meet SACS-COC accreditation requirements. Show less

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  Johnson & Wales University

  Nov 2007 - May 2017

  Career Management Educator / Student Career Advisor

  ♦ Taught and used student feedback to continuously improve f2f, hybrid, and online career management courses and workshops on personal branding, LinkedIn profile optimization, internship preparation, professionalism, career planning, networking, job search, company research, targeting resumes and cover letters, interviewing techniques, and transitioning from college to career.♦ Initiated an effort to improve career management instruction on the Charlotte campus and collaborated with subject matter experts from four campuses on the Career Capstone Revision committee charged with establishing best practices to improve instructional and curriculum design to achieve increased student learning.♦ Collaborated with and sought feedback from corporate partners, inviting them to make class presentations and participate in on-campus recruiting and career fairs. Show less

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  UMAR Services, Inc.

  Aug 2018 - Mar 2020

  Database & Grants Manager

  ♦ Managed the lifecycle of the grantmaking process from researching funding sources, writing proposals following funder guidelines, meeting deadlines on the grants calendar, and compiling reports to fulfill grant deliverables.♦ Produced a three-fold increase in potential operational, capital, and project grantors and wrote foundation and corporate grants that exceeded the FY19 grant fundraising goal by 22%.♦ Improved information-gathering by developing grant questionnaires for the Arts Centers, Group Homes, Finance Department, Human Resources, and Vocational Services. Show less

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  Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts

  May 2020 - Mar 2021

  Student Success Coach

  ♦ Monitored a caseload of up to 900 students per term by running CampusVue queries to identify at-risk students for phone, email, text, and Zoom videoconferencing interventions and reported weekly on retention deliverables.♦ Coached students on making positive change, meeting goals, motivation, stress management, time management, handling unexpected situations, budgeting, and balancing school, work, family, and personal lives.♦ Collaborated with faculty and staff to provide early and timely interventions for students showing academic risk, including researching institutional and community referrals for support and resources.♦ Corresponded with Admissions, Registrar, Student Finance, Student Accounts, and Completion & Compliance departments to procure or provide information as needed. Show less

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  Southern New Hampshire University

  Apr 2021 - now

  ♦ Provide just-in-time student support for Masters of Public Health learners approaching practicum without a site lined up by offering a service-learning alternative experience option.♦ Inform BS in Health Information Technology learners without an internship site about the Higher Education and Real-World Training (HEaRT) alternative.♦ Collaborate with Academics and Career Engagement Partners on the management of alternative experiences and handle all student-related support.♦ Support alternative experience faculty and ensure students in alternative experience are staying on track during the term.♦ Review all End-of Term (EOT) evaluations and outreach sites who wanted to take on additional students for future practicums.♦ Outreach all students who did not complete practicum and need additional follow-up to ensure we are providing appropriate levels of outreach/support.♦ Generate all communications-related tasks and data management for Department of Education legislation-related needs.♦ Partner with Employer Relations and Academics to create strategies for increasing HIT/MPH sites posting in Handshake and sharing out opportunities to students via GAP campaigns. Show less ♦ Created a communication plan and acted as a main contact to support a caseload of 300-350 students, providing guidance and information on meeting the field experience requirements: a 100-hour practicum and two 300-hour internships that meet CACREP accreditation standards.♦ Tracked and maintained student records, communications, and progress with program/field experience preparation requirements across multiple databases, including Unify and Sonia.♦ Initiated an effort and created a survey to ascertain the needs, expectations, and satisfaction levels of affiliated field experience sites. ♦ Contributed to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program’s Legal & Compliance Committee, the MA CMHC Readmits and New Internship Regulations Committee, and the University's Licensure Services Project’s Counseling & PCMH Focus Group.♦ Attended NACE’s Financial Aid’s New CS Regulations: Live Q&A with DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary Antoinette Flores regarding 34 CFR 668.16(r) and Navigating the Future: Counselor Education Licensure in the Era of Regulatory Evolution webinar sponsored by the ACES with guest speakers from WCET and SAN.♦ Recognized as a key contributor and career finalist for the Excellence in Student Support award. Show less

  • Internship Administrator for Alternative Experiences

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Career Fieldwork Administrator

    Apr 2021 - Oct 2024