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Emilie Burgduff, M.A.

Burnsville,MN

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician

Everyday Miracles
05.2021 - Current
  • Educate parents and caregivers on best practices for child passenger safety, resulting in increased knowledge and confidence.
  • Stay up-to-date on best practices and regulations to provide accurate information during consultations while maintaining my CPST certification.

Training Specialist

G&K Services
11.2014 - 01.2017
  • Created, implemented, and facilitated the training program for the GKdirect (direct sales) department within G&K Services
  • Directed and Produced educational videos to address the training needs of the sales and service departments
  • Traveled to conduct in-person trainings for Sales and Service teams at G&K local locations throughout the country
  • Developed the GKdirect Training Center: a digital training platform that was designed to motivate the sales, service, and national accounts teams to educate themselves on the products and procedures of GKdirect
  • Partnered with multiple key players to design two full scale online training courses focused on 'how to sell' featuring product spotlights, operations, customer relationships, and industry standards

Academic Advisor

Minneapolis Community and Technical College
09.2011 - 11.2014
  • Initially hired as part of a Perkins Grant Funded strategic initiative to create an academy-based intrusive advising model; less than three years later, the team was found to be the number one indicator of student retention and success according to the Department of Institutional Research at MCTC
  • Advise students enrolled in business related majors – Accounting, Business Management, Banking and Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Liberal Arts (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum)
  • Provide consistent, timely, and accurate information to students regarding college curricular and policy requirements, student life, transition issues, and satisfactory academic progress
  • Partnered with Program Faculty and Academic Dean to advance retention and program completion
  • Work collaboratively with Program Coordinator to build articulation agreements to aid in the advancement of education
  • Developed and conducted workshops for students regarding transfer options
  • Envisioned, pioneered, and maintained the first advisor-led student blog for the cohort to keep students empowered/informed regarding their program, events, deadlines, career and volunteer opportunities
  • Create, facilitate, and lead 'New Student Orientation' programs for new MCTC students
  • Developed positive working relationships with multiple other departments such as admissions, registration/records, financial aid, student success center, student life, and career services
  • Utilize ISRS, DARS, Transferology (Uselect) and other management systems to provide information to students for degree completion and transfer planning
  • Aided in the creation of a new A.S In Accounting degree that was approved by the Academic Council for increased transferability options for Accounting students
  • Key player in a one-year Great Lakes Grant funded position designed to increase retention/graduation rates of students from traditionally underserved backgrounds

Academic Advisor

Walden University
08.2010 - 09.2011
  • Provided advising to students in the MA Education & PhD Management programs, implemented retention initiatives
  • Performed outreaches to students in cohort regarding academic progress and degree completion
  • Expert in banner, onyx, eCollege, and Microsoft office systems
  • Team lead on 'community building committee' creating team building activities for employees

Intern Mental Health Therapist

Center for Grief, Loss and Transition
08.2009 - 04.2010
  • Provided individual and group therapy to clients of the Center for Grief: completed 725 total hours to complete Masters of Counseling Psychology degree
  • Obtained training in intake procedures, documentation, treatment planning, providing referrals

Student Life Advisor/Student Relations Coordinator

Dunwoody College of Technology
06.2006 - 06.2009
  • Supervised and planned budgets for several large scale student organizations, including Phi Theta Kappa, and National Student Government
  • Planned and executed numerous annual events such as: Resource Fair, campus 'flings', Halloween Social, new student orientations, Honor Society induction ceremony, and student sponsored fundraisers
  • Hired, trained, and supervised student workers for the Student Life and Student Services Departments
  • Implemented leadership development with the executive officers of the organizations through attending national conferences, coordinated leadership training seminars, and participation in 5-Star PTK Chapter Development Plan
  • Implemented retention plans for students within assigned at-risk population, collaborated with academic dean/faculty

Education

Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology

University of St. Thomas
Minneapolis, MN
05-2010

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

University of Wisconsin- La Crosse
La Crosse, WI
05-2003

Timeline

Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician

Everyday Miracles
05.2021 - Current

Training Specialist

G&K Services
11.2014 - 01.2017

Academic Advisor

Minneapolis Community and Technical College
09.2011 - 11.2014

Academic Advisor

Walden University
08.2010 - 09.2011

Intern Mental Health Therapist

Center for Grief, Loss and Transition
08.2009 - 04.2010

Student Life Advisor/Student Relations Coordinator

Dunwoody College of Technology
06.2006 - 06.2009

Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology

University of St. Thomas

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

University of Wisconsin- La Crosse

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