Rebecca Kraybill

1700 South Main Street | Goshen, IN 46526 | (717) 799-2127 | rebeccakraybill@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Goshen College, Goshen, IN -B.A. in English Writing -Overall GPA: 3.78 (on a 4.0 scale) April 2013

WRITING EXPERIENCE
Writing intern, Public Relations Office, Goshen, IN January 2013-Present Wrote 3-5 press releases and features weekly for college website Editor-in-Chief, The Record, Goshen, IN September-December 2012 Managed a weekly newspaper distributed to 900 students Assigned and edited articles for an 8-page spread Directed and collaborated with a staff of 30 students Increased online readership by 200 students Sarah Ann Freed Scholarship, Goshen College September-May 2013 Awarded scholarship for women interested in creative writing and publishing Worked with English department to write and produce English alumni newsletter Reporter, Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster, PA May-August 2012 Contributed 50 published articles to a newspaper circulated to 80,000 people Wrote articles including news, weather, sports and features Conducted interviews via phone, person and news conferences Learned and followed Associated Press style Finalist, USA Today Collegiate Correspondent Competition August 2011 Selected as a second-round finalist in national writing competition for college journalists Honorable mention, Society of Professional Journalists Best in Indiana Spring 2012 Awarded for 2011-12 Best Spot News, All of campus freezes as blizzard ensues Reporter, mPress, Pittsburgh, PA; Columbus, OH July 2009, 2011 Wrote feature and news stories to a newspaper covering the Mennonite Church USA conventions Navigated interviews with a convention attendance of 6,500 people

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Goshen College Study-Service Term, Nanchong, China August-November 2011 Taught tri-weekly English classes to a group of 50 middleschoolers Studied Chinese and lived with a two Chinese host families for six weeks Witness for Peace Delegation, Managua, Nicaragua July 2008 Studied the global impact of United States trade laws through seminars and host families Presented experience to senators in Washington, D.C.

WORK EXPERIENCE
HACC Bookstore worker, TriStarr Staffing, Lancaster, PA Directed the cash register and assisted customers in finding college books Writing mentor and class tutor, Harold and Wilma Good Library, Goshen, IN June-July 2011 January-April 2011

 Met one-on-one with students to write and edit their papers Volunteer childcare assistant, Clare House, Lancaster, PA Babysat 10 children at a homeless womens shelter in a non-profit setting

Spring 2010