AWATIF

B. ELIAS
549 W. Aldine Avenue APT 310 Chicago, IL 60657 402.216.6028 aelias1@luc.edu

EDUCATION
Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Master of Education in Higher Education
Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy

Expected: May 2015

May 2012

EXPERIENCE
Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago, IL)
September 2014-Present
Project Success Academic Mentor Coordinator
Advise students using a developmental advising model
Advise 13 academically underprepared students to achieve their educational goals
Manage and delegate tasks to four academic peer mentors who meet regularly with
these students
Co-teach seminar course for first year students
Analyze and evaluate academic mentoring program for effectiveness and collaborate
with office staff to implement programmatic changes to improve academic mentoring
services
Create and facilitate educational purposeful programming such as cultural competency
training, peer mentor ethics, and note-taking strategies for four academic peer mentors
Northeastern Illinois University
June 2014- August 2014
Academic Advising Volunteer
Assisted students with website software navigation for pre-registration courses
Advised students on the general course requirements and university policy
Amate House (Chicago, IL)
August 2012 June 2013
St. Thomas of Canterbury School
Teaching Assistant, AmeriCorps Volunteer
Served as the primary English as a Second Language and math tutor to support small
group, individual tutoring and remedial instruction to children in grades 3-8
Provided additional tutoring and supervision for after-school programming
Interpreter (Omaha, NE)
September 2009-2012
Private Families
Interpreted Arabic to English for parents and families in the Omaha community
Assisted families with basic needs banking, doctors appointments
Metropolitan Community College (Omaha, NE)
Tutored English as a Second Language adults

2009-2010

LEADERSHIP & ACTIVITIES

Higher Education Student Association (HESA)

Family of Scholars Mentor

2014-present

TRIO Student Support Services

Participated in the Peer2Peer mentoring program
Served as a mentor to a first-year student
Cortina Community
Lived in intentional community
Markoe Leadership Program
Participated in leadership activities
African Student Association
Public Relations Officer
Student Activities Coordinator
Creighton University African American Student Association

2008-2012
2009-2010
2008-2012
2008-2012
2010-2011
2008-2009

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Spring Break Service Trip - Wind River, Wyoming

2008
Empowered students to go to college by sharing my college journey and assisted
them with the college application process
Fall Break Service Trip - Morton, Mississippi
2009
Assisted fourth grade children with their homework
Gates Immersion Trip - Winnebago, South Dakota
2010
Assisted students with college application process
The Gateway Program- Creighton University
2010-2011
Assisted high school students with the Gates Millennium scholarship process

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Le Pic Primary school, Nairobi, Kenya (study abroad)

2000-2004

AWARDS, HONORS, & RECOGNITION

Gates Millennium National Scholar

Diversity Scholar
Ignatian Leadership and Service Scholar
Creighton Academic Scholarship

2008-Present
2008-2012
2008-2012
2008-2009

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, Publisher, and Excel

LANGUGAGE SKILLS

Oral fluency in Swahili, Arabic, and Otoro

PUBLICATION
Elias, A.B. (2015). Invisible. Kaleidoscope: Women of Color Journal at Loyola University
Chicago. Print