Patricia Mason

Location: West Lafayette, Indiana

Languages: English



I am a single mother of a wonderful 13 year old daughter. A one-eyed cat named Pirate allows us to share his home. Being a freelance writer and working on several novels is keeping me busy and I enjoy every minute of it. Along with writing and raising a 13 year old I attend Southern New Hampshire University. After working as a graduate program coor...
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Expertise

Books

I am an avid reader and collector of books. I like to explore used book stores, new book stores and community book sales. Keeping up to date on the newest authors and book releases is a source of enjoyment for me.

Organizing

I have many years experience organizing a multitude of different items. Being a single mother and working in a busy office environment has given me the opportunity to find ways to organize many items in an efficient and easy manner.

Work

Graduate Program Coordinator

Purdue University, Brian Lamb School of Communication
West Lafayette
August 1, 2010 - June 1, 2014
Interpreted policies, procedures and operations of other university offices. Compiled student data and various reports. Appointed Plagiarism Administrator and International Students and Scholars Liaison. Maintained the Communication Graduate Program website. Served as ex-officio on the Communication graduate committee. Designed and developed several informational student flyers and handbooks. Developed and maintain the Communication graduate program database. Assisted students with class registration.

Graduate Program Assistant/Schedule Deputy

Purdue Univeristy, Department of Anthropology
West Lafayette
October 1, 2008 - August 1, 2010
Interpreted policies, procedures and operations of other university offices. Compiled and generated various reports. Maintained the Anthropology Graduate Program website. Developed a recruiting program. Served as ex-officio on the Anthropology graduate committee. Designed and developed informational student flyers and handbooks. Developed and maintained a database for the Anthropology Graduate Program. Served on the Graduate School application task force.

Production Assistant

Purdue University, Agricultural Communication
West Lafayette
March 1, 2007 - October 1, 2008
Maintained publishing unit database. Compiled and generated various reports for the unit and department. Webmaster for twelve Agricultural Communication websites. Member of the Connections headline committee. Maintained inventory levels of publications. Processed monthly report of project status.

Education

College

Southern New Hampshire University
2017