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Janelle
Walker

  • CUNY Medgar Evers College ( December-2016 )
  • Jamaica, New York, USA

About (Summary)

Extremely focused and highly driven, I undertake all scholastic pursuits with dogged diligence and dedication. I am a twenty-two-year-old senior at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York with a passion for mathematics: problem-solving, analyzing, logic, developing strategies. In addition, I minor in the discipline of environmental science. My goal is to earn my Ph.D in Mathematics as I broaden my horizon, gain experience, understand key concepts, growing and developing as an individual while simultaneously effecting meaningful changes in the nation’s Math education program. Priding myself as a finalist for Jamaica's Rhodes Scholarship 2017, my passion and ultimate life goal is to use education to make a change on a macro scale particularly where people of low socioeconomic backgrounds are of dire concern. All things considered, I want to make useful contributions in science that will create a positive and lasting change for generations to come while simultaneously improving the quality of life for all living things.

Education

CUNY Medgar Evers College
mathematics/ environmental science
2013 to 2016

Your Major

Mathematics/ Environmental Science minor

Language Proficiency

English (UK)
Fluent

Honors and Awards

Finalist for Jamaica's Rhodes Scholarship 2017
The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford. The award is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious scholarships.
Student Government Association Scholarship
Accepted into Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Computational Biology and Biostatistics Summer REU Program
Accepted into the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) Summer REU Program in Berkeley, California
Accepted into the 2016 Cary Institute REU program for the project "The effects of contaminants on stream ecosystem structure and function"
F-GAP (Facilitated Graduate Applications Process) Alliance Scholar in the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences.
Gilbert Rivera Scholarship
Caribbean Leadership Empowerment Foundation Scholarship
Dean's List Award 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Presidents List Award (On the Dean's list four consecutive semesters earning a 4.0 GPA in at least one semester)
Student Panelist for Spring 2016 Open House at Medgar Evers College
Alumni Association of Medgar Evers Scholarship
Environmental, Health and Safety Intern at the headquarters for Rockwell Automation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
National Society of Leadership and Success, Sigma Alpha Pi
Department of Mathematics Scholarship Fund

Grad School Interests

Intended Job Path

I intend to earn my PhD in Mathematics and hopefully take a few statistics courses along the way. My career aspiration is to do research.

Job Experience

Student Research Candidate
Brookhaven National Laboratory
January, 2017
Team Leader
Camperdown High School, Kingston, JA
December, 2016 to May, 2017
Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation, Brooklyn, NY
January, 2016 to December, 2016
Student Retention Ambassador
CUNY Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY
September, 2015 to December, 2016
Supplemental Instructor, Department of Mathematics
CUNY Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY
September, 2015 to June, 2016
Teaching Assistant, Freshman Seminar Remedial Mathematics Program
CUNY Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY
September, 2015 to June, 2016
Summer Research Candidate
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
June, 2016 to July, 2016
Environmental, Health and Safety Intern
Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee, WI
June, 2015 to August, 2015
Cashier
Walgreens Pharmacy, Brooklyn, NY
April, 2015 to May, 2015
Real Estate Assistant
Golden Life Realty Corp., Brooklyn, NY
March, 2014 to May, 2015
Cashier
Sears Corporation and Roebuck, Brooklyn, NY
October, 2012 to March, 2014

Volunteering

Volunteer
Bowery Residential Committee Volunteer Services
November, 2015
Volunteer
Boys and Girls Club United Way, Milwaukee, WI
August, 2015

Hobbies

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