Two degrees, now would love a full time job please!

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Headline: Two degrees, now would love a full time job please!
Name: Sarah Faford
Email Address: sfaford@gmail.com
Current Location: Illinois

Preferred Job Category: Registrar/Collections Manager

Personal Statement:


Education:
Lewis University- Romeoville, IL
•Graduated- May 2010
•Bachelor of Art in Public History
•Dean’s List Spring 2009, Fall 2009 overall GPA 3.85

Southern Illinois University- Carbondale, IL
•Graduated- August 2008
•Bachelor of Art in Photography, History Minor

Professional Experience:
Curator of Collections, Kankakee County Museum, Kankakee, IL 2008-present
•Identified, researched, and accessioned over two thousand artifacts in museum collection
•Perform mild cleaning and preserving techniques on donated artifacts
•Organized oral history training workshop presented by Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
•Catalogued museum research library
•Maintain relevant artifact loan and donation paperwork and files, including monthly report
•Planned, researched, and installed new permanent and temporary exhibits

National Park Service, Interpreter, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, NM, 2008
•Utilized photograph restoration techniques on two archival projects
•Provided interpretation of site to average of eighty guests per day
•Maintained preservation of historic site

Museum Consultant, Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee, IL 2009
•Advised county’s largest employer in preparation of archive facility
•Consulted on proper museum equipment and practices
•Trained staff in accessioning and preservation process

•Presenter
Speaker on panel discussion at 2009 Conference on Illinois History in Springfield, Illinois
•Published
Photographs published in four books 2004-2008
Received Editors Choice Award for published pieces 2004-2008

Applicable Skills:
•Photography- Experience in chemical and digital darkroom for color/ black and white
35mm, 120mm, film and digital camera knowledge, photograph restoration experience
•Software- PastPerfect Museum Software, Adobe Photoshop, Apple and PC operating systems

Other:
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority 2005-present
Saluki Volunteer Corp 2005-2008