MARY GRACE MANGANO - Mendoza College of Business

MARY GRACE MANGANO
18250 Dunn Rd. Apt #4301
South Bend, IN 46637
EDUCATION
University of Notre Dame
Master of Science in Management candidate
• Fellowship Recipient
• Entrepreneurship Club; Net Impact; Graduate Student Faith Development; School, Inc.
mmangano@nd.edu
908-894-8872
Notre Dame, IN
May 2015
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Bachelor of Arts, Honors English, concentration in Writing & Rhetoric, Italian minor, magna cum laude
May 2014
• Honors Program, Interdisciplinary Humanities Scholar
• Honors Senior English thesis: Sempre “più in là”: Reading and Responding to the Poetry of Andrea Zanzotto
• 3.89 GPA
Università degli studi di Padova Padua, Italy
Jan. – May 2013
• Culture & language immersion program: contemporary Italian literature, art history, and Italian linguistics & stylistics
• Chosen by faculty to speak at the 25th Anniversary of U. Padova and Boston University
• Tutored a University professor and a young boy weekly with English language lessons
HONORS
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Kappa Alpha Italian National Honor Society, English Department Honor
Society, Dean’s List all semesters; St. Augustine of Hippo Award in Ethics 2012; 2014 Award in Creative Writing (Senior
Class Poet and Honorable Mention for Fiction); 10+poems in Honors Literary magazine, POLIS; The DuBois Review
“Daybreaking” – http://duboisreview.weebly.com/poetry---february-2013.html
EXPERIENCE
The Villanovan Newspaper, Co-Editor-in-Chief
(Previous: Content Advisor, Features Co-Editor, Copy editor, writer)
Sept. 2010 – Dec. 2013
Responsible for all print & online content, 20-person editorial staff, 100+ writers & copy editors, weekly publication
• Formed & managed Editorial Board, editorial staff, business editors, writers, photographers, and copy desk
• Developed strategic editorial plan for each semester; conducted weekly budget planning sessions to establish
deadlines, assign editorials, articles, photo and graphic content; arranged layout and supervised
• Emphasized social media, created new positions to accomplish these goals; all issues on-time & within budget
• Wrote numerous articles, editorials & interviews, including an interview with Jay Leno Fall 2012
Open Road Integrated Media, Production and Research Intern
July – Aug. 2013
• Researched authors and assembled production department briefings for promotional interview video shoots
• Organized 500+ author database; created daily publishing update for executive staff from numerous online sources
• Assisted Executive Vice President, Production
Hunterdon Art Museum, Summer Camp Coordinator & Education Intern
• Planned and promoted 50 art camps for 400 children ages four to fifteen;
• Coordinated and managed teacher and volunteer assistants’ daily schedules and activities
• Created digital program evaluation process resulting in 300% increase in feedback
• Created art exhibition guides, and assisted Director of Education on various projects
SERVICE
• Servant Leadership Academy Certificate
• Honors Program, Ambassador & Peer Advisor
• English Department Advisory Committee, Peer Advisor (appointed by Dept. Chair)
• Student-Athlete Tutor
• Better World Books, On-Campus Book Drive Coordinator (Initiated first drive)
• Catholic Relief Services, Villanova Chapter Student Ambassador
• Liturgical Campus Ministry, Lector, Hospitality Minister, Eucharistic Minister
• Catholic Social Services of Philadelphia, Volunteer Writing Intern
• St. Thomas of Villanova Day of Service, Site Leader
• Jamaica Volunteers, Villanova Campus Ministry Service Break Program (Kingston, Jamaica)
• Rostro de Cristo, Villanova Campus Ministry Service Break Program (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
Summer 2011, 2012
April 2014
Aug. 2011 – May 2014
Sept. 2012 – May 2014
Dec. 2013 – May 2014
Sept. 2013 – May 2014
Sept. 2010 – May 2014
Sept. 2010 – May 2014
Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2013
Sept. 2010 – Sept. 2013
Spring 2012
Winter 2014
SKILLS
• Language: Proficient in written and spoken Italian; elementary knowledge of Spanish; beginner French
• Computer: Microsoft Office, Adobe InDesign
• Social media: Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, Facebook, Blogger, Tumblr