Brian Connelly
Austin,TX
Summary
Career Summary and Objectives
Higher education professional of 7+ years; have experience both in international student services and in student
activities, supervising a team of 12 student assistants and one graduate assistant as well as consulting with and
advising student organization leaders, partnering with other departments to host events, mediating
demonstrations and protests and improving workflows and office operations. Currently seeking associate
director or director positions in student development and/or leadership.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Student Activities Coordinator
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
02.2022 - Current
- Support over 1000 student organizations with annual registration processes, interpersonal relationships within organizations, online consultations regarding institutional rules and policies, officer transition challenges, and outdoor reservations and events
- Hire, train, and supervise a staff of 12 student employees and one graduate assistant and a $60,000 staff budget, including providing semesterly performance evaluations, one-on-one coaching, and annual engagement surveys
- Offer tailor-made office projects relevant to their academic studies and career goals
- Hold monthly student-employee meetings to provide microlearning opportunities, informative guest speakers, and updates from our division
- Develop and deliver annual training programs for student employees to enhance communication, conflict management, and technical skills
- Organize and coordinate three campus-wide events - Spring Student Organization Fair, Summer
- Student Organization Fair, and Party on the Plaza, collaborating with New Student Services, William
- C Powers Student Activity Center, and Recreational Sports on planning, budgeting, communications, and logistics, submitting work order requests and offering support before and during the events
- Coordinate meetings with building managers and facilities, create and manage event registration, submit facility work order requests, coordinate set up and tear down of the event, and manage check-in
- Create and send post-event surveys to find ways to improve on these events every year
- Collaborated on the creation and rollout of a student leadership workshop in conjunction with Texas
- LEAD, one of our campus partners
- Attend monthly “Chats with Student Activities” feedback sessions with student organization leaders on various student activities functions
- Manage a peer coaching program, rolled out in Fall 2023
- 12 peer coaches help support 40 student organizations with challenges ranging from leadership transition to operating our numerous online platforms to recruitment
- Develop and manage a peer coaching training program for student employees which includes modules on time management, leadership, communication, and goal-setting
- Served on the hazing education and prevention committee and currently serve on the staff development and assessment committees
- Oversaw and ran assessments for our unit, including data on student organizations in good standing, consultations, and banner reservations.
Osaka Gakuin University
Osaka
04.2017 - 02.2022
- Intercultural Support Services
- Recruited, trained, and coached 5-10 international student interns as well as four to six local student interns per year
- Designed and facilitated individualized training programs and intercultural communication and awareness training
- Monitored performance and provided weekly progress reports and further coaching/training
- Provided additional counseling or advising for students interested in pursuing careers involving education, administration, and/or intercultural communication
- In addition, trained and supervised 10-15 student volunteers per year for intercultural events and open campuses where we provide tours, presentations, and information sessions regarding our services, study abroad programs, and the operations of the International Center for prospective students
- Advised and trained hundreds of study abroad students and students engaged in study abroad support per year through programs such as our three-week study abroad pre-departure training and our two-week international student support training
- Provided guidance and served in an advisory role for students interested in improving their foreign language skills and/or study skills for English language proficiency tests (TOEIC, TOEFL, Eiken)
- Planned, organized, and promoted regular intercultural events such as our Welcome and Welcome
- Back parties, Cinco de Mayo, and Hawaiian Day for local and international students to enhance awareness of global cultures and facilitate intercultural communication opportunities
- Used Microsoft
- PowerPoint to plan and implement yearly, large-scale orientations for thousands of incoming freshmen
- In addition, executed smaller-scale information sessions and seminars for inbound study abroad students, foreign language and international and prospective students multiple times a year
- Collaborated with faculty in the development, evaluation, and revision of coordinated events to further develop students’ academic progress
- Developed an assessment based on the CEFR to objectively measure students' intercultural awareness and communicative competence and design activities to help them improve.
Leadership Coach
Clio International School
Osaka
02.2021 - 04.2021
- Provided a SWOT analysis for the head manager/co-owner to determine both internal and external issues and opportunities
- Developed a basic framework to assist with delegation decisions and activities loosely based on the “follower maturity” framework to assist the head manager in determining what tasks to delegate to whom
- Provided traditional coaching to help the client understand his mission, values, and vision.
Education
Certified Positive Psychology Coach - undefined
School of Coaching Mastery
September 2021
Master of Science - Organizational Leadership
Creighton University
May 2021
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
California Coast University
December 2015
Communicating and Leading Across Cultures; Innovation and Adaptive Change; Cultural Dynamics of Leadership; Developing Tomorrow's Leaders - undefined
Skills
- Adept at multi-tasking
- Excellent time management
- Deep passion for student leadership
- Understanding of and ability to communicate institutional rules and policies to students
- Excellent supervisory and management skills
- Experience with cross-departmental collaboration
- Excellent customer service skills
- Experience with training and coaching
- Technical Skills
- Microsoft Office (primarily Teams, Excel and Outlook)
- Google Workspace (Google Docs, Google Sheets)
- Engage/Campus Labs
- Canvas
- Mazevo
Certification
- Native level Japanese Proficiency: Business level (JLPT 2級) Spanish Proficiency: Conversational Certifications
- Instructional Design Certification Certification Authority: Training Magazine Date Received: February 2023
- Certified Positive Psychology Coach (CPPC) certification Certification Authority: Julia Stewart with School of Coaching Mastery Date Received: September, 2021
Timeline
Student Activities Coordinator
University of Texas at Austin
02.2022 - Current
Leadership Coach
Clio International School
02.2021 - 04.2021
Osaka Gakuin University
04.2017 - 02.2022
Certified Positive Psychology Coach - undefined
School of Coaching Mastery
Master of Science - Organizational Leadership
Creighton University
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
California Coast University
Communicating and Leading Across Cultures; Innovation and Adaptive Change; Cultural Dynamics of Leadership; Developing Tomorrow's Leaders - undefined
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