Resume
3900 Bethel Drive (651) 379 7489
St. Paul, MN 55112 sara-mcgirr@bethel.edu
Objective
Internship at a Consulting Firm to continue to grow in experience
in business, politics, and communication fields.
Profile
Motivated, intelligent college age student with strong communication
and organization skills. Calm under pressure and flexible in rapidly changing
situations. Talented in data collection and synthesis, with a keen mind for
effective time management. Proactive and critical thinker.
Skills Summary
Project Management * Customer Service * Time Management
Clerical Work * General Accounting * General Data Analysis
Microsoft Office Savvy * Data Synthesis * Self-motivated Worker
Professional and High School Accomplishments
Leadership Responsibilities
*Create, plan, market, and execute club fundraisers, including dances, car washes,
flower sales, etc.
*Supervise studio crew and announcers
*Assist in planning and execution of community service projects.
*Manage all aspects of marketing team through research, insight gathering, creative
development, media application, and delivering of presentation
*Sit on executive committee
*Provide leadership during Marching Band (calling out commands, checking placement
and formation, holding sectionals, executing drills)
*Coordinate all on and of stage production points of plays
Organization/Detail Mastery/Office Work Responsibilities
*Aid in mail distribution
*Answer phones and take messages
*Assist Senators in everyday duties by pulling Bills, running errands, and procuring
refreshments
*Arrange Bookkeeping and Execute General Accounting
*Take dictation for correspondence
*Take minutes at board meetings
Accounting/Bookkeeping Responsibilities
*Budget for junior and senior special events, including prom, senior breakfast,
graduation, etc.
*Produce individual and group fundraising sheets to track progress towards goal
of Youth Philanthropy group.
*Create cash flow statements for income and expenses of the youth philanthropy
board
Employment Experience
Greater Huron Development Corportation: Huron, South Dakota
Summer Administrative Intern April 2005-August 2005
State Senate of South Dakota: Pierre, South Dakota
Senate Page - March 2005 Legislative Session
Education
Bethel University: St. Paul, Minnesota
Freshman, Majoring in Business with a Marketing Emphasis
Anticipated Graduation: December 2008
Huron High School: Huron, South Dakota
Valedictorian and Highest Honors Graduate GPA: 4.0/4.0
Biography
Sara Ann McGirr was born in the tiny town of Wessington, South Dakota on May 19, 1987. As the first child of small business owners David and Linda McGirr, Sara was a slightly spoiled little girl. When she was three, the McGirr family moved to the small town of Huron, South Dakota. She attended kindergarten in the Huron Public School district, where she would remain until her graduation from high school. Always curious about the world around her, Sara started to read at three, and could often be found reading the daily newspaper at age five. Sara's family grew from three members to four with the addition of her younger brother, Matthew David, in 1991. She led a quiet life full of Barbies and books in her white house on the corner of Illinois Avenue and 12th Street.
It was in sixth grade that Sara's involvement in the myriad of extra-curricular
activities that would shape her middle and high school careers began. Through
the seven years of secondary education, Sara found herself involved with activities
in several different areas of the school. Involved with basketball, softball,
golf, volleyball, and track in middle school, Sara determined the world of sports
was not for her. Everything else, however, seemed to be tailor-made for her
talents.
Throughout her career in Huron schools, Sara held four different offices in student government, participated in Spanish club and Key Club, served as treasurer for a youth philanthropy board, and took part in the "Think Big Leadership and Marketing class." Always interested in the arts, she took part in ten theatrical productions, held the office of Drama Club president, directed the student television network, won several superiors at the state oral interpretation tournament, was a section leader of the trumpets in Band, and participated in choir.
Sara proved herself a superior student in high school. Maintaining a 4.0 GPA,
she was ranked first in her class and received an Academic Letter. She was vice
president of Huron's chapter of the National Honor Society, a Senate Page, an
Academic All-State Second Team Member, and a Governor's Academic Excellence
Award Winner. A National Merit Scholar Program Commended Student and a Harvard
Book Award recipient, Sara was recognized by several honor publications for
her academic achievement.
Currently a freshman at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Miss McGirr
is majoring in Business. Though she is not sure if the Business world is for
her, she finds that her gifts of organizing people, projects, and events point
to a career in Project Management, perhaps in the Non-profit sector. Sara's
dream is to attend graduate school to earn her MBA, and then to begin a career
working as a project manager for a missions group overseas.
In her free time, Sara enjoys reading, watching and participating in theater,
discussing philosophy, and having fun with her friends. She hopes to be able
to spend a semester overseas at some point during college and to start a pro-chastity
program in her area. Other goals include owning a pet (which she has never done)
and becoming fluent in Spanish.