REN HERRING

646.243.2675 Education May 2013 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Degree: Master of Arts, Higher Education and Student Affairs Study Abroad: Turkey, Global Perspectives in Higher Education (March 2012) CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY MONTEREY BAY Degree: Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Cum Laude Study Abroad: Semester at Sea, Latin and South America (Summer 2003) NEW YORK, NY ren.herring@nyu.edu

May 2007

SEASIDE, CA

Higher Education Experience May 2012Present COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NEW YORK, NY Graduate Assistant: College Cohort Program - Lead and instruct two cohort programs for CAS with the primary focus of providing learning development for all first-year students. - Serve as primary academic advisor for two cohorts of CAS freshmen consisting of 36 students each. - Virtually advise over 120 incoming CAS freshmen via email and phone during summer registration for fall semester. - Spearhead, organize, and execute CAS Orientation Service project that sends 1,600 students to the Bronx to participate in community service - Originate and analyze research through competitive analysis and benchmarking that assisted in the launch of the inaugural first year experience program known as the College Cohort Program. - Interview and hire 45 student leaders to serve in a College Leader position. - Train and familiarize, and serve as an advisor to develop student leadership and interpersonal communication skills for 45 College Leaders.

August 2011- COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NEW YORK, NY Present Graduate Assistant: Academic Advisor and Orientation - Create and implement two-day department wide training for academic advisers about the new virtual advising and registration program for incoming first-year students. - Create and edit advising manuals outlining new policies and academic course changes for new summer virtual advising program. - Advise current students, incoming students, and international students about degree requirements and provided each with the knowledge and aptitude to navigate the NYU academic landscape. - Advise students on pre-health requirements for medical school. - Conduct graduation and degree audits. - Recognize student issues and determined suitable resolutions by addressing the academic and personal advising needs of each individual student and recommending suitable campus resources. - Coordinate logistics and marketing initiatives recruit undergraduate orientation leaders. June 2011July 2011 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY NEW YORK, NY Academic Advisor - Created curriculum to teach incoming first-year students about the College of Arts and Science gradation requirements known as the big four. - Advised and registered incoming first-year students for first-semester courses ensuring that their first semester at NYU was academically engaging and manageable. - Co-facilitated a summer orientation course entitled Perspectives on Diversity in Education, which focused on topics of tolerance such as feminism, religion, and whiteness. - Led and taught workshops for incoming first-year students to explain the importance of a liberal arts education.

Advanced Training March 2012 THE ADMINISTRATORS CULTURAL TRAINING INSTITUTE NEW YORK, NY New York University, The Center for Multicultural Education and Programs - Developed strategies for creating and implement concepts such as diversity, social justice, identity and inclusion particularly as they relate to the work administrators engage with students and colleagues. - Intensive training to better understand the insights and practical tools that will efforts to impact institutional, cultural and individual practices in the NYU community.

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SAFE ZONE TRAINING NEW YORK, NY New York University, LGBTQ Student Center - Developed strategies for creating an open-minded, safe, and welcoming campus and work environment in which students and staff of all sexual orientations and gender identities can learn fully. - Intensive training to better understand the current needs of the LGBTQ community at NYU.

Professional Experience March 2010June 2011 RUBENSTEIN PUBLIC RELATIONS NEW YORK, NY Publicist - Oversaw press campaigns and events for Ritz Carlton Israel, Magnolia Bakery, The Trump Organization, The Agency Group Worldwide, PriceGrabber.com, Sushi Samba, National Air Cargo, Brown Harris Stevens, and Nest Seekers International. - Composed press releases and successfully pitched editorial campaigns that have been featured in Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Essence, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, New York Post, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, The London Times, Fox News, CNN, CNBC, NY1, and more. - Designed and implemented online reputation management and search engine optimization for clients through the creation and mitigation of placements for all major search engines. - Advised clients on post-crisis communications through the development of press relations, media training, press conferences, and satellite media tours.

January 2008- JONATHAN MARDER + COMPANY NEW YORK, NY March 2010 Account Executive - Managed press campaigns and events for Giorgio Armani, Benetton, Cunard Line, wowOwow.com, TheDailyBeast.com, Isabel and Ruben Toledo, Dries Van Noten, American Folk Art Museum, The Museum at FIT, El Museo del Barrio, and The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. - Founded, developed and coordinated the Cunard Line Literature and Liners program, featuring ten award-winning authors lecturing aboard Queen Mary 2. Worked directly with authors to plan, publicize, and coordinate logistics and onboard events including; E.L Doctorow, John Guare, Erica Jong, Rita Dove and Christopher Buckley. - Pitched media and planned the logistics for Egyptian interviews for American Press in Cairo for President Obamas address from the Middle East.