Resume

Arash Jahanian

jahanian@email.unc.edu

EDUCATION	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
	BA/Journalism and Mass Communications, Psychology, May 2003
	GPA: 3.76


HONORS	Morehead Scholarship	Dean’s List (6 semesters)
	Phi Beta Kappa, Inducted Spring 2002	Order of the Grail-Valkyries, Inducted Spring 2002
	Honorable Mention in Broadcast Education Association Competition for Feature Radio


WORK EXPERIENCE	Reporter, Carolina Week, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Fall 2002-Present Report for weekly news show, covering events relevant to the UNC-CH community.

	Intern, National Geographic Television, Washington, DC, Summer 2001

	Studio host/Correspondent, Sports Rap Live, WXYC-FM, Fall 2000-Present

	Independent Study, North Carolina Project on Actual Innocence, Spring 2002 Investigated wrongful convictions through case studies, interviews, and in-depth research.

	Anchor/Correspondent, Sports Xtra, Student Television, Fall 2000-Spring 2001


LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE	Co-Founder, Music Director, Achordants, All-Male A Cappella, Spring 2001-Present Direct 10-member group, which performs regularly on campus pro bono. Promote mission of service and diversity through music and performance.

	Member, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Spring 2000-Present Vice President, Spring 2002-Present Secretary, Spring 2001-Spring 2002 Co-Music Director, Spring 2000-Spring 2002

	Senior Marshal, Spring 2002-Present One of 40 liaisons between Senior Class Officers and Senior Class. As member of service committee, help coordinate campus-wide mentoring program and senior class service events.

	Education Chair, Carolina Cancer Focus, Fall 2001-Spring 2002 Coordinated activitives to inform campus community about cancer dangers and prevention.

	Chief Advisor, Paymon and Rob for Senior Class, Fall 2001-Spring 2002 Counseled candidates and helped coordinate activities in winning campaign.

	Member, North Carolina Fellows, Leadership Development Program, Spring 2000-Present Advisory Board, Fall 2002-Present As one of 22 selected in the class, participate in monthly seminars and service projects.


OTHER EXPERIENCE	Reporter/Researcher, South Africa, Summer 2002 Reported for Cape Argus, a major nightly newspaper in Cape Town, for one month. Conducted research on the impact of second-language reporters in South African newspapers, to be implemented in an honors thesis.

	Volunteer, Foundation for Sustainable Development, Cochabamba, Bolivia, Summer 2000 Tutored middle and high school students in math, chemistry, and English, at Centro Integral WARMI daily. Substituted for music teacher.


SKILLS	Microsoft Word, Dreamweaver, Cool Edit, Media 100 and Linear Editing
	Proficient in Farsi and Spanish.
	Trained to operate camera equipment.
	Extensive travel throughout United States, Canada, Iran, Bolivia, and South Africa

A printable version of my resume is available in Microsoft Word (.doc) format.