Sydney Newton

Experience

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  Manchester University

  May 2019 - now

  Assisting patrons with any requests, including finding books, magazines, DVDs, newspapers and Teaching Resources at the library, requesting books online from other locations, renting laptops, printing, using computers in the library, directing lost people to correct campus offices or locations, closing the library at night, opening and closing the library on weekends, and answering phone calls to the front desk. I also trained other student workers to do any and all tasks required, whether it was because they forgot or because they were hired and began working quickly, with a need for more training. Show less Mentoring and guiding first-year students during their move-in, Welcome Week, and first semester experiences. Providing support and positive, effective communication to encourage and assist first-year students. Answering questions and providing support and resources for first-year students and their families. Working with other university staff to provide a welcoming environment for first-years for ease of transition into college life. Being available any time of day to provide support for first-year students. Show less Moving books and shelves to a new location, organizing books on reserve from professors for specific courses, updating reserve titles, all Interlibrary Loan responsibilities, tending to patrons with any requests, attending meetings about the processes of the library and what could change, cleaning up the library after the construction crew left, cleaning the library in general, taking count of patrons using the open spaces in the library, closing the library each day, responding to emails from students and professors, cleaning and organizing the staff room and closets, taking down furniture in an old office to create a new space for student assistants, assisted in moving bookcases for construction, moving furniture for construction, assisting a librarian in moving offices, creating a work schedule for all student assistants in the fall, and being a part of the interview process for a new librarian. Show less

  • Recent Graduate

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Peer Tutor

    Feb 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Psychology Department Student Assistant

    Aug 2019 - Jul 2022

  • Student Library Assistant for Processing, Cataloging, Preparing Books

    May 2019 - May 2021

  • Student Interlibrary Loan Assistant

    Apr 2019 - May 2021

  • Student Front Desk Worker at Funderburg Library

    Sept 2018 - May 2021

  • Student Orientation Leader

    Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Summer Library Student Worker

    May 2019 - Aug 2019
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  Dr. Russell Coulter-Kern, Licensed Psychologist

  Jun 2021 - May 2022

  Assistant Psychometrician

  Processing and and writing reports with information for referred disability evaluations. Scoring testing materials such as the WAIS-IV, WISC-V, and WMS.

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  Benchmark Family Services - Therapeutic Foster Care

  Mar 2023 - Dec 2023

  Office Manager
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  NISC

  Jan 2024 - now

  Technical Procurement Specialist