Samantha Sciandra

Experience

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  Eastern Connecticut State University

  Oct 2010 - May 2012

  Resident Assistants are carefully selected and trained to help residents create a community environment conducive to individual and social growth. An RA strives to empower students to identify needs and determine goals, be available to students, provide opportunity for student involvement in the residential community, and assist individual students in realizing and implementing a mature approach to personal conduct. An RA's knowledge of the campus and community is invaluable in making a resident's university experience rewarding. Part of the Resident Assistant responsibilities is programming. RA's provide a variety of programs covering the categories of Social, Educational, and Community Service. Show less

  • Teaching Assistant - First Year Experience "Deconstructing Disney" Class

    Jan 2012 - May 2012

  • Writing Tutor

    Jan 2011 - May 2012

  • Resident Assistant

    Oct 2010 - May 2012
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  CCR Products

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

  Temp

  Computer data entry; Created an electronic inventory system.

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  GEAR UP

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

  English Tutor

  Created lesson plans geared to increasing understanding of grammar and English concepts to 6th grade students.

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  Five Towns College

  Jun 2013 - Apr 2016

  • Provided safety and security for an area of over 200 resident students.• Served as the department liaison between Food Service, Campus Security, and Maintenance; Met bi-weekly to discuss ongoing issues or concerns and to promote open communication. • Streamlined the campus work order system by creating a completely digital work order form.• Created a Residence Hall Association Constitution to clearly define the roles and regulations of the organization and to ensure a precedence for consistency and excellence. Show less The Coordinator for Residence Life/Admistrative Assistant reports to the Associate Dean For Students/Director of Resdience Life and provides support, information, implements administrative systems and procedures, and facilitates communication between the Office of Residence Life, Student Activities & Alumni Affairs and the FTC Community.• Oversaw all the administrative responsibilities for the office, including answering phones, email correspondences, and maintaining various departmental calendars. • Collected incident reports and organized judicial committee hearings.• Interviewed, trained, and supervised 6-10 work study Office Assistants each semester. • Coordinated First Year Experience programs for resident students, educating them on essential topics such as Fire Safety, Time Management, and Communication.• Supervised the resident hall tutoring program, keeping track of attendance and tutor hours; created presentations to educate students on academic skills. Show less

  • Area Director

    May 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Coordinator of Residence Life & Student Actitivities

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2015
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  LIM College

  Jun 2016 - May 2017

  Resident Director

  • Directly supervised and trained a student staff of 10 Resident Advisors.• Developed leadership and critical thinking skills for a Resident Advisor staff each semester through training exercises and in-service sessions. • Maintained archive of all resident students’ records and created weekly occupancy reports.• Processed Housing Applications and administered room assignments and roommate pairings. • Mediated resident conflicts and promoted open and clear communication. • Responded to medical and emergency situations on a weekly on-call rotation responsible for over 400 students, including accompanying all students to the hospital when needed. • Served as the primary resident hall judicial administrator, adjudicating all disciplinary hearings. • Coordinated, approved, and tracked all residence hall programming and oversaw all budgets. • Planned large-scale campus events with budgets of over $10,000. Show less

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  Manhattanville College

  May 2017 - May 2023

  • Serve as point of initial contact for students, parents and employers and assist them when utilizing office resources.• Hire, train and supervise student office staff, including managing student workers’ schedules and monitoring their hours and earnings.• Manage job & internship database by customizing fields, entering new students and monitoring job and internship postings. • Create and maintain CCD databases and shared folders.• Responsible for collected data and reporting CCD activities and recruiting outcomes on annual report and as requested. • Follow up with students, alumni and employers to gather internship and job data.• Assist in planning and publicizing events and activities, including arranging for place, time, set up, etc. and creating and distributing emails, flyers, announcements.• Monitor department budget by tracking expenditures and deposits, completing purchase orders, submit subscriptions and order supplies. • Provide technical support for office, including assistance with setup, training & implementation of Mville Career Network (career center platform), website revisions, day-to-day computer tasks.• Maintain office calendar and oversee scheduling of counselor appointments.• Created a new-hire onboarding system, which includes copies of relevant resources and a new-hire training checklist for all new staff members.• Increased social media presence for the department with a growth of over 20% new followers within the first 4 months. Show less

  • Academic Advisor

    Oct 2022 - May 2023

  • Executive Assistant

    Mar 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs

    Mar 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Office Coordinator

    May 2017 - Mar 2019
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  Western Connecticut State University

  Jun 2023 - now

  Assistant Director of Advising