Honor Society® member
Melissa Heath
Hostess, Expeditor, and Food Runner (current) at The Dunes Restaurant
- Business Marketing and Graphic Design
- Class of 2023
- Manteo, NC
Member since January 2023
About
Hello, my name is Melissa Heath and I have lived with my amazing grandparents my whole life, I owe a lot of who I am to them. I am a dual degree student in Business Marketing and Graphic Design where I plan to use my degrees for marketing design. My career goal is to get my PHD in Business Marketing so that I can become a college professor in marketing.
I love art and music as well as caring for my plants.
Education
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Campbell University
business marketing, Graphic Design
2019 – 2023
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College of the Albemarle
Dual Enrollment
2018 – 2019
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Manteo High School
GED
2015 – 2019
Honors and awards
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Phi Eta Sigma National Honors Society
Inducted on April 15, 2020. This Honors Society is awarded to first year college students who showcase academic excellence, students must achieve a 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or be in the top 20 % of their class while taking a full academic corse load.
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Deans List
Achieved from 2019 - 2022. The Deans List is an academic achievement with the following requirements: 12 semester hours or more, average of 3.50 or better during a semester, no grade below a “C”, no more than one “C”, and no incomplete grades.
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Presidents List
Achieved from 2021 - 2022. The Presidents list is an academic achievement with the following requirements: 12 semester hours or more, GPA of 3.9 or better during a semester, no grade below a "B", No more than one "B", and no incomplete grades.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
My intended career path is to work in Marketing. I dream of designing advertisements and marketing content either at a corporations marketing department or at a marketing company.
Later in my life I plan to achieve my MBA as well as my PHD in Marketing so that I can become a college professor in Marketing.- Graduate school interests
MBA in Business Marketing
PHD in Business Marketing- Outside the classroom
Things I enjoy doing during my free time: creating art both physically and digitally, music: mainly listening but I have played and instrument, planting: through the care of these plants as well as propagation of succulents, traveling: I have been all over the US and visited China through my High Schools exchange program.
Experience
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Hostess, Expeditor, and Food Runner (current)
The Dunes Restaurant
Jul 2022 – Jan 2023
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Cashier and Hostess
Basnights Lone Cedar Restaurant
Jun 2021 – Aug 2022
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Stock Room Team Lead
Vera Bradley Factory Outlet
Jun 2020 – Jul 2021
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Cashier, Soda Jerk, Hostess, Food Runner, and Gift Shop Manager
Big Al's Soda Fountain and Grille
Apr 2017 – Jun 2020
Volunteering
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This tournament is a large fishing tournament where proceeds go to the Billfish foundation to preserve large game fish. It takes place in August and is a annual event ran through volunteers. I have done many things for this tournament such as assist with dinning tasks, help with ticket sales, manage electronic needs (electronic payments, keep tract of devices used), set up and take down of tournament, assist with tournament participant payments/registration, manage the participant bucket of goodies from sponsors (preparing these buckets and distribution). I have done this tournament for as long as I can remember and plan to continue my involvement for years to come.
Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament
Aug 2009 – Aug 2022
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This tournament is a one day fishing tournament with only women participants, where all proceeds go to breast cancer research and development. This tournament is ran by volunteers, as a volunteer I have assisted in many parts of this tournament such as management of participant goodie bags from sponsors (preparation of bags, distribution of bags), working with donated dinner and desert preparation and distribution, ticket sales and participant registration, decorated bra contest, and much more. This tournament means a lot to me personally and I have helped with it for as long as I can remember. I plan to continue helping with this tournament and even be a participant in it for many years to come.
Alice Kelly Women's Only Fishing Tournament
Aug 2009 – Aug 2022
Languages
- English (UK) Fluent
- Spanish (Spain) Beginner
