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Copyright � 1997-2004, Beth a.k.a. Bffer
To find a job that will put into practice the skills I have aquired.
Education
August 1995-May 1999
Point Park College
201 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
B.A. in journalism and mass communications
Courses in writing, radio production, television production, and desktop publishing
August 1991-June 1995
McGuffey High School
86 McGuffey Drive
Claysville, Pa. 15323
Marching band, concert band, stage band -- 4 years; Percussion ensemble -- 1 year; Winterguard -- 3 years; Secretary of the band council -- 1 year; German Club -- 3 years; Assistant secretary of the German Club -- 2 years; National Honor Society -- 2 years; Library Club -- 3 years
Journalistic Experience
Takes care of Activities & Accolades section and writes articles for the Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin -- December 2002-present
Obituary writer for the Washington Observer-Reporter -- January 2002-September 2003
Staff member of Point Park's newspaper, The Globe -- Staff member of Point Park's literary magazine, The Cavalcade -- Spring '97, co-editor -- Fall '97, Spring '98
Staff member (layout and design and copy editor) of the Fall '97 Pioneer, Point Park's news magazine
Disc jockey at Point Park's radio station, WPPJ
Cover footage of the Library Center opening for PPC-TV
Entertainment editor of McGuffey's school newspaper, The McGuffey Reader
Young Observer for the Washington Observer-Reporter in high school
Attended the media workshops at Point Park College my junior and senior years of high school
Experience with Windows, Macintosh, Internet, WordPerfect, Word, QuarkXPress 3.3, Pagemaker 6.5, Photo Shop, Illustrator, HTML
Work History
December 2002-present
Allegheny County Medical Society
713 Ridge Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Communications Assistant
January 2002-September 2003
Observer-Reporter
122 South Main Street
Washington, Pa.
Obituary clerk
July 2002-October 2002
United Cerebral Palsy of Southwestern Pennsylvania
190 North Main Street
Washington, Pa.
Receptionist
February 2002-June 2002
Addeco Staffing
14 North Main Street
Washington, Pa.
Temporary worker that had worked as an office worker for Washington Mutual Bank in Bethel Park, Pa.
June 2001-January 2002
K*B Toys
Washington Crown Center
Washington, Pa.
Assistant manager
August 2000-June 2001
Camelot Music
South Hills Village Mall
Bethel Park, Pa.
Sales associate and cashier
October 1998-June 2001
Warner Brothers Studio Store
South Hills Village Mall
Bethel Park, Pa.
Sales associate, cashier and buddy trainer
April 1998-October 1998
Legends
South Hills Village Mall
Bethel Park, Pa.
Sales associate and cashier
January 1998-April 1998
Girl Scouts of Southwestern Pennsylvania
606 Liberty Ave.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
Intern whose responsiblities include editing, desktop publishing and writing.
September 1997-April 1999
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Library Center
411 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
Work-study student whose responsiblities include tattletaping, revising, working with periodicals and computer sign-up.
September 1995-April 1997
Helen-Jean Moore Library of Point Park College
201 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
Work-study student whose responsibilities include charging and discharging books, shelving books and helping the library get ready for its move to the Library Center
Writing annotations of monologues and entering them into a database
September 1996-December 1996
Michael's Gems and Glass
The Shops at Station Square
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219
Cashier and sales associate
Opened and closed the store
Awards and Community Service
Girl Scout -- 15 years
Community service through Girl Scouting
Organized and participated in community service projects for the Allegheny County Medical Society.
Other
Sapphire Winterguard 1996
Dark Horizons Winterguard 1997-98
Helping out at Point Park College's high school summer media workshop, July 1997, June 1998
Orientation Aide at freshman orientation at Point Park College
Tutoring in English and Journalism
Co-webmaster of Dark Horizons Homepage 1998 season
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Washington, Pennsylvania
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