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Corinne White Cell: (508) 725-2692 12 John Pratt Circle E-mail: [email protected] Westborough, MA 01581 Education Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY Expected Graduation: May 2015 Aging Studies, B.S.; Concentration: Business Administration GPA: 3.6 Awards: Oracle Honors Society 2012, USA Rugby Collegiate Academic Honor Roll 2013-2014, Sigma Phi Omega Gerontology Honors Society 2015 Scholarships: Flora Brown Award, John E. Krout Scholarship Dean’s List: 2 semesters Skills CPR and First Aid certified. Proficient in Microsoft Office. Relevant Experience The Highlands Gracious Retirement, Internship, Westborough, MA Summer 2014 • Supported Activities Coordinator with planning and executing events, including facilitating activities such as exercise, movies and bingo, and assisted elders in outside activities • Shadowed Activities Coordinator and management team members to gain knowledge regarding retirement community business activities, such as marketing (e.g. newsletters, tours, and facility events open to the public) Project Generations, Secretary and Volunteer Position, Ithaca, NY September 2011 to Present Project Generations aims to recognize older adults’ value as community members and help combat issues such as depression, loneliness, neglect, and functional impairments that can accompany the aging process. Each college student is paired with an older adult and visits his or her residence each week for about an hour. • Demonstrated effective and consistent communication regarding club meetings, activities, and events in a multi-generational program; coordinated all team member efforts and organized club events and club meetings • Participated in friendly visiting program by going to see an elderly woman weekly in her home at a local senior care residence Project CARE/Falls Prevention 2011 • Trained to assess elderly residences for safety hazards and potential risks for falling Academic Experience
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Corinne White
Cell: (508) 725-2692 12 John Pratt CircleE-mail: [email protected] Westborough, MA 01581
Education Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY Expected Graduation: May 2015Aging Studies, B.S.; Concentration: Business AdministrationGPA: 3.6Awards: Oracle Honors Society 2012, USA Rugby Collegiate Academic Honor Roll 2013-2014, Sigma Phi Omega Gerontology Honors Society 2015Scholarships: Flora Brown Award, John E. Krout ScholarshipDean’s List: 2 semesters
SkillsCPR and First Aid certified. Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Relevant ExperienceThe Highlands Gracious Retirement, Internship, Westborough, MA
Summer 2014• Supported Activities Coordinator with planning and executing events, including facilitating activities such as exercise, movies and bingo, and assisted elders in outside activities• Shadowed Activities Coordinator and management team members to gain knowledge regarding retirement community business activities, such as marketing (e.g. newsletters, tours, and facility events open to the public)
Project Generations, Secretary and Volunteer Position, Ithaca, NYSeptember 2011 to Present
Project Generations aims to recognize older adults’ value as community members and help combat issues such as depression, loneliness, neglect, and functional impairments that can accompany the aging process. Each college student is paired with an older adult and visits his or her residence each week for about an hour.• Demonstrated effective and consistent communication regarding club meetings, activities, and events in a multi-generational program; coordinated all team member efforts and organized club events and club meetings• Participated in friendly visiting program by going to see an elderly woman weekly in her home at a local senior care residence
Project CARE/Falls Prevention 2011
• Trained to assess elderly residences for safety hazards and potential risks for falling
Academic ExperienceFieldwork in Gerontology January to May 2013Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home, Ithaca, NY• Supervised activity sessions and performed planning and organization tasks on a daily basis that were critical to the Activities Department, all sponsored by the Activities Director• Worked with residents in the nursing home, including individual visiting and group activity• Designed large font reading supplements, with pictures, enabling elders to read and aiding in activities and visits.
• Known for communication skills, organization, patience, and developing interpersonal relationships with elders living with dementia
Memory Loss in Aging February to April 2013TimeSlips certified, Ithaca, NY• Trained to facilitate creative story-telling sessions with elders who have cognitive disabilities• Led and participated in sessions with elders after receiving certification
Activities• Tompkins County Senior Citizen Prom - Project Generations; Ithaca, NY• Ithaca College Women's Rugby - Captain; Ithaca, NY 2011 to present
Employment HistoryIthaca College Department of Recreational Sports, Ithaca, NY January 2012 to presentIntramural Supervisor• Supervise student workers and peer participants in intramural sports; recognized as a role model
Corinne White
Local Address: 106 Grandview Road, Ithaca, NY 14850Permanent Address: 12 John Pratt Circle, Westborough, MA 01581
[email protected] ; (508) 725-2692
References
Mr. Chris ThomasIthaca College Office of Recreational Sports
Ithaca, NY 14850(607) 274-1063
[email protected]*program coordinator, intramurals
Ms. Christiana PittsActivities Coordinator
The Highlands Gracious RetirementWestborough, MA 01581
(508) [email protected]*supervisor, summer internship
Dr. Elizabeth BergmanAssociate Professor, Gerontology Department
216 Job HallIthaca, NY 14850(607) 274-3859
[email protected]*academic advisor
