Curriculum vitae

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Amanda McMillan

Career Objective: To communicate the interconnectedness of humans and the natural world to young people and policy leaders with accuracy, enthusiasm, and interdisciplinary creativity.



Education: 
Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Minor in Environmental Studies, Messiah College, Grantham, PA, May 2008 - Graduated summa cum laude


Research and Presentations:
Assessment of carbon sequestration potential of wetland restoration in la Vallée des Baux, France, 2009

Politics Honors Thesis: Of kings, cattle, and kukhonta: A case study of democratization, modernization, and traditional land tenure in Swaziland, Messiah College, Grantham, PA, 2007 - regarding shifts in traditional land tenure and political structure in the face of modernization and democratization.

How to Make State Park Programs Relevant to Homeschoolers, Pennsylvania State Parks Educators Conference, Seven Springs Conference Center, Champion, PA, 2007


Experience:
Agriculture Afterschool Club Program Assistant, Joshua Farm, Harrisburg, PA, 2010-present

Museum interpreter, The Oakes Museum; Messiah College, PA, 2010-present

Executive Assistant to Peter Harris, Founder and President of A Rocha, Arles, France, 2008-2009

Environmental Education Guide, A Rocha, Arles, France, 2009

Coordinator, Sustainable Agriculture Outreach, Agape Center for Service & Learning, Messiah College, Grantham, PA, 2006-2008

Student planning committee member, Grantham Community Garden, PA, 2007-2008

Chair, Student Planning Committee, International Rural Development Conference, Messiah College, Grantham, PA 2006-2007

Environmental educational assistant, The Oakes Museum; Messiah College, PA, 2006-2007

Intern, Westmoreland Conservation District, Greensburg, PA, 2005


Conferences and training:
Delegate, Rooting D.C. Conference, Washington, D.C. 2009

Delegate, AERDO Annual Conference, Washington D.C., 2007; 2009

A Rocha representative, IUCN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 2008

Attendee, Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture Farming for the Future Conference, 2008

Selected delegate, The Wheaton Summit: Student Leaders in Creation Care, Wheaton, IL, 2007

Delegate, Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization Agricultural Conference, Fort Myers, FL, 2006


Honors and Awards:
Young Alumna of the Year, Messiah College, 2010

Congressional Award Gold Medalist, 2009

Marshall Scholarship finalist, 2007

Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship, 2007

Messiah College Honors Program and President’s Scholarship, 2004-2008

Scott’s Good Neighbor Gardener of the Year Award, 2005

Languages:

Conversational French, English