219 Beechwood St.

, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205

Samantha Scheiman
501-580-4982

samantha.scheiman@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT

October 2012 to present

Assessing the agencys writing and developing an implementation plan that will help staff reach a broader audience.

Graduate Assistant, Composition Program University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Aug. 2010 to May 2012
Assisted the Director of Composition with the First-Year Composition program.

Designed a handbook to introduce all new instructors to the composition program.

Copy-Editing Intern, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Copy Desk, Little Rock

June to Aug. 2010
Wrote headlines. Edited international, national, local, and business stories.

Editor (Managing, Features, News, Assistant News) The Bison student newspaper, Harding University
Aug. 2007 to May 2010
Maintained and updated newspaper website, thebison.harding.edu. Assisted section editors with page layout. Wrote feature stories, new stories, and my own column, Green Guru.

Intern, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Communications Division, Little Rock
May to Aug. 2009
Wrote cover story for Arkansas Wildlife magazine, Sept./Oct. 2009. Wrote fishing and boating articles for Arkansas Outdoors e-newsletter.

AWARDS

Won undergraduate scholarships totaling $43,000

University Writing Center Write On award recipient

First Place, Feature Writing, Arkansas College Media Awards

Won five UALR departmental awards: Grant Writing, Indexing, Autobiography, Language Theory, and Document Design

SKILLS

Wrote a grant proposal that awarded Audubon Arkansas $100,000 to build a 1-mile, ADA-approved wildlife observation trail

ACTIVITIES

EDUCATION

Freelance Writer Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Little Rock

University of Arkansas at Little Rock M.A. in Professional and Technical Writing

Graduated: August 2012

Harding University B.A. in Print Journalism

Equivalence of a Public Relations minor Graduated: May 2010 GPA: 4.0

Honors College graduate with distinction

Society of Professional Journalists, Harding Chapter, secretary Arkansas Audubon Society, chairman, publicity committee Audubon Society of Central Arkansas, secretary

Green wedding blog: www. thegreenknot.blogspot.com, recognized in article, 50 Great Sites To Help You Live Green at www. environmentalsciencedegrees.net Artist for Ozaukee County Land Trust brochure, Audubon t-shirt J.O.Y. service club, secretary

Valedictorian of high school class

Interviewing

Adobe InDesign, Photoshop SLR camera experience HTML and CSS Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint Freelance artist (pencil)

Language: German (4 years of experience, 1 month spent in Kassel, Germany) Bird identification, 8 years