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Jennifer M. Friel
REU Undergraduate Fellow
Iowa State University

Objective

To acquire the position of research assistant with the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development.

Key Qualifications

  • Summer, 2003 – Research Assistant for the Forestry Department at University of Alaska Fairbanks.
  • Fall 2002 to Spring 2003 – Participated in the National Student Exchange at Utah State University.
  • Oct., 2002- Inducted as member of the Golden Key International Honors Society.
  • Summer, 2002 – Internship with the Life In Iowa Program in Postville, Iowa.
  • May, 2002- Inducted as a member of the Alpha Kappa Delta Honors Society.
  • June, 2001- Volunteered with the Special Olympics in Ames, IA.
  • May, 2001- Inducted as a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
  • Fall, 2000- Volunteered with the Youth and Shelter Service at Rosedale Shelter, Ames, IA
  • July, 2000- Participated in the Iowa Student Environmental Coalition. Through this organization, I engaged in volunteer work for the U.S. Forest Service at Nez Perce National Forest in Idaho.
  • Jan. 2000- Delegate to Iowa’s 2000 Presidential State Convention.
  • July, 1999- Participated in the Student Conservation Association (SCA). I engaged
    in volunteer work for the U.S. Forest Service in the George Washington/Thomas Jefferson National Forest in Virginia.
  • May, 1999- Awarded the President’s Student Service Award.
  • Feb. 1998 & 1999, - Volunteered with the Up With Families Organization in Davenport, IA.

Employment History

Forestry Department, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, May 2003-present

  • Research assistant for Dr. Ed Packee’s Forest Growth and Yield Program.

Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, Postville, Iowa, May 2002-August 2002

  • Life In Iowa Program Intern
Postville Visitor Center, Postville, Iowa, May 2002-August 2002
  • Life In Iowa Program Intern.

Plant Pathology Lab, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, August 2001-May 2002

  • Lab assistant for Dr. John Nason and Graduate Student Jennifer DeWoody.

Education

Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, 2000-present *

  • I am a senior currently working on my degree.
  • I am majoring in sociology, environmental studies, and political science.

* I attended Utah State University for the 2002-2003 school year through the National Student Exchange.

Assumption High School Davenport, Iowa, 1996-2000

 

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