Hi, I’m
PEGGY MICHAEL-RUSH
Gibbon,NE
Summary
Experienced professional with excellent oral and written communication skills, strong adaptability, and a desire to grow and acclimatize to an ever-changing working world. A strong personable personality with experience adjusting to a wide variety of coworkers, customers, and unique day-to-day challenges. Interested in getting back into service work, ie. hospice.
Overview
30
years of professional experience
Work History
University of Nebraska - Kearney
Office Associate
02.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Responds to around 30 emails a day
- Oversees hiring of student workers
- Processes paperwork for 20 adjunct instructors
- Purchasing
- Utilizes Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Docs, Excel, Canvas
- Revises class schedules, runs budget reports, processes payments for faculty
Hy-Vee
Wine & Spirits Specialist
09.2022 - 02.2023
Job overview
- Escorting them to the products they're looking for
- Loading or unloading heavy items
- Customer service
- Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call
- Educates customers about products
- Rotates, faces, and replenishes merchandise and ensures highest quality standards are met
- Checks in product, puts product away, and may review invoices
- Maintains displays in the department and throughout the store
Vital Signs
Staff Remote Transcriber
08.2017 - 05.2022
Job overview
- Transcribed lectures remotely via Typewell software
- Edited completed transcripts for student use
- Provided live direct access to in-person lectures
- Provided meaning-for-meaning access to class content
Strada Communications
Remote Transcriber (Contract)
08.2016 - 05.2017
Job overview
- Enabled student access to class material via DropBox
- Provided live direct access to in-person lectures
- Bridged communications between school faculty and hard-of-hearing/deaf students
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Transcriber for the Hearing Impaired
05.2015 - 08.2016
Job overview
- Educated campus leaders and administrators on equal accessibility
- Transcribed meetings between student and professors
- Transcribed department and special education conferences
- Arranged individualized environments for disabled students to complete exams
- Worked to raise awareness of disability needs and possible accommodations
AseraCare Hospice
Spiritual Care Coordinator
04.2010 - 05.2015
Job overview
- Met regularly with 25 clients a month
- Assessed spiritual needs of patients and families
- Communicated with patients' clergy to determine method of care
- Led bereavement support groups
- Wrote and distributed inspirational materials for extended hospice team
- Prepared educational presentations for nursing homes, assisted living facilities, other hospice organizations
- Assisted with in-patient admissions
- Outlined hospice benefits and care services
AseraCare Hospice
Bereavement Coordinator
09.2009 - 04.2010
Job overview
- Developed bereavement care program according to company guidelines
- Provided support for patients and families
- Wrote, assembled, and distributed informational materials for bereavement support organizations
- Led community memorial services
- Led coworkers in bereavement reflection meetings after patients' deaths
Education
TYPEWELL TRANSCRIPTION CERTIFICATION
01.2015
ST. PAUL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGYKansas City, MO
MASTERS OF DIVINITY from Sociology, Psychology, Theology, Pastoral Care, Speech, Counseling, Worship, Old and New Testament Studies, History
01.1993
University Overview
GPA: 3.5
MESSIAH COLLEGEGrantham, PA
BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGY from General Studies, History of Psychology, Counseling Skills, Group Therapy, Psychological Theory
01.1987
Skills
- Research
- Google Suite
- Microsoft Office
- Creative/Non-fiction Writing
- Zoom
- Skype
- Transcription
- Administrative assistance
- Excel spreadsheets
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Resourceful
- Proofreading
- Event preparation
- Proofreading documents
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Reliability
Timeline
Office Associate
University of Nebraska - Kearney
02.2023 - Current
Wine & Spirits Specialist
Hy-Vee
09.2022 - 02.2023
Staff Remote Transcriber
Vital Signs
08.2017 - 05.2022
Remote Transcriber (Contract)
Strada Communications
08.2016 - 05.2017
Transcriber for the Hearing Impaired
University of Nebraska at Kearney
05.2015 - 08.2016
Spiritual Care Coordinator
AseraCare Hospice
04.2010 - 05.2015
Bereavement Coordinator
AseraCare Hospice
09.2009 - 04.2010
ST. PAUL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
MASTERS OF DIVINITY from Sociology, Psychology, Theology, Pastoral Care, Speech, Counseling, Worship, Old and New Testament Studies, History
MESSIAH COLLEGE
BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGY from General Studies, History of Psychology, Counseling Skills, Group Therapy, Psychological Theory
TYPEWELL TRANSCRIPTION CERTIFICATION
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