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Portrait of Gabriel Jones

Honor Society® member

Gabriel Jones

Kiswahili Conversation Partner at Indiana University

  • Indiana University
  • Spanish, Kiswahili, and Communication
  • Class of 2018
  • Bloomington, IN

Member since July 2014

About

Hello, my name is Gabriel Jones. I am a graduate of the Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship and a freshman at Indiana University Bloomington. I am most passionate about world issues especially involving hunger and malnutrition. I have volunteer experience in public relations and plan to either further my skills into a career of public relations or earn a Ph.D in communications and move on towards a professorship.

Education

  • Indiana University

    Communication and Culture

    2014 – 2018

  • Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship

    2010 – 2014

Honors and awards

  • Outstanding Black Male Leader of Tomorrow

    African American high school student based on academics, extracurricular involvement, and leadership.Recognizing the most successful

  • FMCCS Leadership Award

    Recognizing the most successful high school student based on academics, and extracurricular involvement, and leadership.

Goals and interests

Career goal

Public relations or communications professorship.

Graduate school interests

M.A. in Communications and graduate certificate in philanthropic studies from IUPUI. Eventually plan to earn Ph.D in Communications and continue studying Spanish and Kiswahili as well as Japanese.

Outside the classroom

Soccer, reading, volunteering, debate.

Experience

  • Kiswahili Conversation Partner

    Indiana University

    Jun 2014 – Jul 2014

  • InSchool Columnist

    Herlad Times Newspaper

    Jul 2013 – May 2014

  • Grade 08 Referee

    Indiana Soccer Association

    Mar 2008 – Dec 2014

Volunteering

  • Advisory Committee

    Monroe County Youth Council

    Aug 2014 – Jul 2015

  • Advocacy and Public Relations Chairman

    Monroe County Youth Council

    Aug 2013 – Jul 2014

Languages

  • Spanish Intermediate
  • Kiswahili Intermediate
  • Japanese Beginner

Additional information