AMA BOATEN

EDUCATION:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A Journalism and Mass Communication, expected may 2003
Concentration in News and Editorial

RELATED COURSES:
Newswriting, Spring 2001

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Office Assistant at NECTAS—(Spring 1999-Present)
Does photocopying and faxes
Answers the phone
Go on errands

Office Assistant at Food Lion—(June 2000-August 2000)
Worked as a cashier
Helped with office management.
Closed registers.

Elementary School Teacher (1995-1997).
Taught children between ages 10 and 15 for two years.
Helped build a classroom block for the school during this time.
Educated the village community about the need to immunize children against diseases.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

Apples Volunteer—Alternative Spring Break (March 2001).
Went to Cherokee Indian Reservation to plant trees.
Taught at an alternative high school for children with learning disabilities.
Engaged in clean up activities.

Active member of Wild Life Club in high school (1993-1995).
Undertook wildlife marches to campaign against poaching.
Helped bring the awareness on my high school campus on the need to conserve wildlife.

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

Organization of African Students Interest and Solidarity (O.A.S.I.S) (1999-Present).
Help organize Mazala—an occasion that brings the diverse cultures on campus together through music and dance.
Help organize Africa night to expose the African culture on campus.
Engaged in roundtable discussions to talk about topics like AIDS in Africa and dictatorship.
Spoke in a forum on “Africa and Education” about the Ghanaian educational system—Spring 2000.

GROWISE—A Women’s group dedicated to International Education (2000-Present).
Help organize benefit dinners to raise the awareness of the need to educate the girl child in developing countries.
The group helps sponsor the education of girls in developing countries.
Help organize lectures with talk about the women’s international education.

SKILLS:
Speaks elementary French.
Proficient in English
Knows Microsoft Office’95.