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Preston Watts 4280 Highland Road, unit 3, 70808, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 318-614-4185 [email protected] Objective Would like to obtain an internship requiring strong analytical skills and communication skills that would be well suited to an economics major. Education, Scholarships and Awards Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Junior in Economics B.S., GPA: 3.92 Scholarships: Joseph Carmena Sr. Memorial Scholarship, Academic Scholars Resident Award, TOPS Employment History Economics Department at LSU Receptionist: February 2015 - present o Operate telephone switchboard to answer, screen, or forward calls, providing information, taking messages, or scheduling appointments. o Greet persons entering establishment, determine nature and purpose of visit, and direct or escort them to specific destinations. o Perform administrative support tasks, such as proofreading, transcribing handwritten information, or operating calculators or computers to work with pay records, invoices, balance sheets, or other documents. o Transmit information or documents to customers, using computer, mail, or facsimile machine. Zachry Construction Corporation, Houston, Texas Engineering Intern: Summer of 2016 o Broke structures down to components in engineering plans to estimate material quantities. o Used excel to record these material quantities and to estimate their costs. o Communicated with engineers about how to properly execute my daily duties in the construction industry. o Helped design an excel sheet to account for when pressure when constructing braces for concrete columns o Traveled to both prospective construction sites and active construction sites to gather images and data. Volunteer Work o Worked gutting houses with my local church to prepare them for mold abatement after regional flooding. o Worked over a hundred hours at Camp Ch-Yo-Ca preparing it for summer camp sessions. This work included maintenance of the grounds and buildings as well as being a part of improvement projects on the buildings. o Worked as a volunteer counselor at Camp Ch-Yo-Ca in the summers of 2012 and 2013. o Went on an eight-day mission trip to the Dominican Republic to work with an orphanage and run a Vacation Bible School in the city of Neyba. o Worked on a disaster relief team with the Baptist Collegiate Ministry of LSU to help clean the aftermath of the ice storm in Oklahoma. Campus Involvement o Physical Theatre Club of LSU o Baptist Collegiate Ministry o Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society o LSU Econ and ITF Club

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PrestonWatts4280HighlandRoad,unit3,70808,BatonRouge,Louisiana

318-614-4185pwatts4@lsu.eduObjectiveWouldliketoobtainaninternshiprequiringstronganalyticalskillsandcommunicationskillsthatwouldbewellsuitedtoaneconomicsmajor.Education,ScholarshipsandAwardsLouisianaStateUniversity,BatonRouge,Louisiana;JuniorinEconomicsB.S.,GPA:3.92Scholarships:JosephCarmenaSr.MemorialScholarship,AcademicScholarsResidentAward,TOPSEmploymentHistoryEconomicsDepartmentatLSUReceptionist: February2015-present

o Operatetelephoneswitchboardtoanswer,screen,orforwardcalls,providinginformation,takingmessages,orschedulingappointments.

o Greetpersonsenteringestablishment,determinenatureandpurposeofvisit,anddirectorescortthemtospecificdestinations.

o Performadministrativesupporttasks,suchasproofreading,transcribinghandwritteninformation,oroperatingcalculatorsorcomputerstoworkwithpayrecords,invoices,balancesheets,orotherdocuments.

o Transmitinformationordocumentstocustomers,usingcomputer,mail,orfacsimilemachine.ZachryConstructionCorporation,Houston,TexasEngineeringIntern: Summerof2016

o Brokestructuresdowntocomponentsinengineeringplanstoestimatematerialquantities.o Usedexceltorecordthesematerialquantitiesandtoestimatetheircosts.o Communicatedwithengineersabouthowtoproperlyexecutemydailydutiesinthe

constructionindustry.o Helpeddesignanexcelsheettoaccountforwhenpressurewhenconstructingbracesfor

concretecolumnso Traveledtobothprospectiveconstructionsitesandactiveconstructionsitestogatherimages

anddata.VolunteerWork

o Workedguttinghouseswithmylocalchurchtopreparethemformoldabatementafterregionalflooding.

o WorkedoverahundredhoursatCampCh-Yo-Capreparingitforsummercampsessions.Thisworkincludedmaintenanceofthegroundsandbuildingsaswellasbeingapartofimprovementprojectsonthebuildings.

o WorkedasavolunteercounseloratCampCh-Yo-Cainthesummersof2012and2013.o Wentonaneight-daymissiontriptotheDominicanRepublictoworkwithanorphanageand

runaVacationBibleSchoolinthecityofNeyba.o WorkedonadisasterreliefteamwiththeBaptistCollegiateMinistryofLSUtohelpcleanthe

aftermathoftheicestorminOklahoma.CampusInvolvement

o PhysicalTheatreClubofLSUo BaptistCollegiateMinistryo PhiKappaPhiHonorSocietyo LSUEconandITFClub