AFIBA  MANZA-A.  AGOVI

 
                                5745 Sunrise Drive,
                                Knoxville, TN 37919,
                                Tennessee, U.S.A.
                                Tel.(865-633-8796)
                E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
                                   
Date of Birth: 12 – 12 – 1980                                        Last Updated: 07 – 02 – 2001
 
 

EDUCATION:
  1) University Primary and Junior Secondary School.(Legon, Accra, Ghana.)
                                     (September 1984 – August 1994)
  2) Archbishop Porter Girl's Secondary School.(Takoradi, Ghana)
                                     ( January 1995 – December 1997)
  3) Currently studying pre-med at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
 

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES:
       1)  Winner, Marian Hall Prize for outstanding student.
           ( Academic and Extra curricula activities in Secondary School)
       2)  Participant, National debate competitions.
       3)  Awardee, National writing competition.
            (Sponsored by the Indian Embassy in Ghana.)

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
    1)  Lab assistant, Biology teacher.(Secondary School; three years)
    2)  Participant, Science and Maths Clinic for Girls(Ghana Education Service in promotion of theGirl Child education.) Two or three girls were selected from each school in a region and I was among the three girls selected from my school in the whole of the Western Region of Ghana. The program was designed to expose young female scientists to career women in the various scientific fields and to give them an experience in a particular field. I shadowed scientists at the Food Research institute (Center for Scientific and Industrial Research), where I worked closely with food research scientists on aflatoxins and food bacteria.
    3) Monitor, school sick bay (Assisting Nurse and visiting Physician)for an academic year.
       4) Worked as a Teaching assistant with the Tennessee Governor School of Sciences ( A Government sponsered Honors Program designed for High School Honour students in Tennessee) in a Thinking Scientifically class.
    5) Worked as Counselor at a Summer Day camp( Tates School of Discovery) with Kids of ages between 7-10.
6) Worked in the Center For Environmental Biotechnology as a student lab assistant, preparing media, chemical solutions etc.
    7) Worked as a student assistant to Vice Provost Office for Sudent Affairs (UT), summer 2001.
8) Can operate Computers, build websites, ( Basic Html, Windows 95,98, Word Processing and Microsoft works) very competent with Internet based progams.
9) Volunteered at St.Mary's Hospital assisting Emergency Room physicians and nurses.
10) Currently working as a student assistant at the International House.

OTHER EXPERIENCE:
  1) Assistant Head Girl of my Senior High School.
   (October 1996 – November 1997)
  2) Regimental Sergeant Major of Air Force Cadet in school.
   ( September 1996 – August 1997)
3) Served as acting President and Vice-President of the African Students Association, on campus, and help to organize Africa Week in october 2000.

(August 2000 - August 2001) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
   My hobbies are reading, exploring(web-surfing), swimming and  dancing. I love music and any biological related programs.
 

REFERENCES:
  Prof. Neil Greenberg
  Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
  Department of Ecology,
  University of Tennessee,
  Knoxville, Tennessee.
  E – mail: [email protected]
 

  Prof. Rosalind I. J. Hackett
  Department of Religious Studies,
  University of Tennessee,
  Knoxville, Tennessee.
  E– mail: [email protected]
 

  Prof. Charles Reynolds
  Head of Religious Studies Department,
  University Of Tennessee,
  Knoxville, Tennessee.
  E-mail:[email protected]

Mrs. Mary Andoh – Kesson
The Head Mistress,
Archbishop Porter Girls' Secondary School,
P. O. Box 241,
Takoradi, Western Region,
Ghana.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:

  English, Spanish, French (sparingly), Akan, Nzema and Ga.(Local Ghanaian Languages)