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Alesia Marie DiCosola
919.417.7296
712 Airport Road Apt. H8
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
alesiad@email.unc.edu

EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, News-editorial sequence
B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication May 2005
GPA 3.904
HONORS

Dean's List 5 semesters
Norval Neil Luxon Prize for Scholarship to a Junior, April 2004
Peter Dewitt and Phyllis Harrill Pruden Scholarship. April 2004

EXPERIENCE

N.C. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES, Public Affairs Intern, January 2004-present
o Research and write press releases
o Pitch stories to local media outlets

THE DAILY TARHEEL, Staff writer, UNC-CH, May 2003-January 2004
o Wrote news stories for the state/national and university desks
o Researched background information, interviewed sources, and developed story angles
o Utilized newspaper style and copy editing skills

STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, Homework grader, UNC-CH, January 2002-December 2003
o Grade homework for two sections of Introduction to Statistics

ACTIVITES

CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS, Volunteer, Fall 2003- present
o Tutor class of third grade students in math twice a week

UNC DANCE MARATHON, Volunteer, Spring 2003 and Spring 2004

ALPHA DELTA PI SORORITY, Public Relations Chair, UNC-CH, Fall 2002-present
o Write chapter updates for Alpha Delta Pi's national publication
o Assist in Fall recruitment
o Publicize sorority events to the campus and community

GREEK PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD, UNC-CH, 2004-present

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM, UNC-CH, 2002-2003
o Elected to participate in 12 leadership seminars
o Coordinated a service opportunity at a local nursing home

CAROLINA CONCEPTS, Tour guide, UNC-CH, Spring 2002
o Conducted campus tours to high school seniors

CAMPUS YMCA, UNCH-CH, 2001-2002
o Served on the HOPE Committee which fostered awareness for hunger and homelessness
o Organized a campus-wide hunger banquet

SKILLS Proficient in IBM/Windows operating systems, Microsoft Word, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Quarx Xpress, and Dreamweaver.
REFERENCES

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