MY LEARNING PORTFOLIO
Katie Ward
THIS IS MY STORY SO FAR THROUGH ACADEMIA
Here are the highlights of the things that I have accomplished while attending the University of Washington Bothell where I majored in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies & American Ethnic Studies with a minor in Diversity Studies. I have also began to include work as I have continued my studies at Claremont Graduate University where I am pursuing a double degree Masters program in Applied Gender Studies and Cultural Studies.
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
Learning and Living
August 2022Â -Â Expected 2025
Pursuing a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies and a Master of Arts in Applied Gender Studies. Expected June 2025.
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
September 2020 - June 2022
Bachelor of Arts: Majored in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and American ethnic Studies. Received a Minor in Diversity.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL
September 2009 - June 2020
Attended community college sporadically until deciding to pursue an Associate of Arts in Business Management, until I applied to the University of Washington Bothell to follow my own passions.
BELLEVUE COLLEGE
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
My Qualifications
September 2021Â - June 2022
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Associated Students of the University of Washington Bothell, hired member of student government responsible chairing hiring and election committees
Website editing trained; tasked to work on updating ASWUB website to be E-Reader friendly
Student Representative on Student Conduct Committee; focus on academic misconduct process
Student Representative in Diversity Task Force; reviewing course requirements for Diversity requirement, researching alternative options to ensure DEI is properly addressed
September 2019Â - June 2020
NOTE TAKER BELLEVUE COLLEGE
Took notes for multiple Bellevue College councils including the Exempt, Classified, Faculty, and Resource &Planning Councils while observing ‘Roberts Rules’
Managed notes on each councils SharePoint sites and documented any council votes, results, action items, and attendance
June 2014Â - December 2017
PROJECT COORDINATOR TEKSYSTEMS MICROSOFT
Created Speech Analytics Pilot projects; exceeded ROI expectations by over 2 million
Identified cost saving options to ensure continued multi-million-dollar yearly ROI
Adopted Agile methodologies developed unified project planning processes; acted as SCRUM Master and created internal and external presentations for project updates