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Roxanne Christine Neely

 

 

Roxanne CSU-EB 2009

 

 

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Resume  

Roxanne with scarf - Tajikistan

Roxanne Christine "Roxy" Neely (age 20 - 10/03/89)

Heritage speaker of Farsi. Exempt from tuition at UC and CSU institutions.

 

Educational Goal

Ph. D. Second Language Acquisition (University of Maryland),

M.S. Organizational Behavior ( NY Polytechnic Univ.)

B.A. - International Studies - CSU-EB),

Proficiency in Farsi, Arabic, Hebrew.

 

Professional Goal

Linguist - Area Specialist - State Department, FBI, or private contractor.

 

Current:  

 2010/2011 - B.A. International Studies - Senior CSU East Bay.

Plan:

09/2011 to 06/2012 - M.S. Organizational Behavior/Hebrew language studies/Internship - NY Polytechnic Univ./Oranim Program Israel

09/2012 - Ph.D. Second Language Acquisition - Univ. of Maryland.

 

University

Attending California State University - East Bay. Senior 2010-2011. Major – International Studies. GPA: 3.7.

Brandeis University Summer Hebrew Institute 2007 - Youngest student to have completed the course.

CSU-EB and CSU-Fullerton - Studying Farsi – Second Year - Intermediate/Advanced study abroad in Farsi/Tajiki/Dari

Dushanbe, Tajikistan.(completed) SLI Scholarship 2009-2010 (Article)(Photo above - link below) Read Tajikistan Journal

Pacific Arabic Resources School in San Francisco – Studying Arabic MSA Level 1, class 3.

 

 

Widely traveled

Homestay and Persian study Dushanbe, Tajikistan (6/9/2010 to 7/24/2010), Frankfurt, Germany, and Istanbul, Turkey. Norway (12/2009),

Costa Rica (7/2008), Venezuela (3/2005), England (2002), Illinois, Maine. Massachusetts, Colorado, Florida(3), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas,

Washington, D.C.(twice - 2010), Southwestern United States including Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada (6/2005), Hawaii and Mexico (2).

Dog Sledding, Cross-country Skiing, and Winter Survival Course in Maine - Outward Bound (December 27, 2005 - 1 week). Attended

an Outward Bound Snowboarding and Winter Survival course in the Colorado Rockies - OB (3/28/2007), and a 24 Day Outward Bound

Leadership/Survival Course - Costa Rica (07/2008).

 

Sports and Martial Arts

Volleyball setter for CSU-EB (CCAA, NCAA Division II). Junior season ranked #4 all time assists and #3 all time service aces CSUEB.

Golden League Volleyball Player of the Year 2006 (age 16). Lettered on varsity volleyball, basketball, and track teams.

At age 15 was the 8th ranked adult judoka in the U.S. at 70 kg (2005) and was selected Outstanding Adult player at the Northglenn

37th Annual Judo Championships in Colorado 2005 (Gold Medal). Judo rank is brown belt (an adult rank). Silver medal at Jr. Pan American

 Judo Championships in Valencia, Venezuela in March of 2005. California 2000 State Champion and 2001 and 2005 National Champion  in Judo.

Gold Medal at the Maruchan Jr. International Judo Tournament in Florida 2001. Competed in Judo in England at Wolverhampton in July, 2002.

Junior Black belt in the sport of Tae Kwon Do. Competent with a variety of firearms – revolver, pistol, scoped rifle, semi-auto military rifles, shotgun.

 

Campus Visits (3-7 days)

Summer 2007: Arizona State University Setters and Advanced Technique Camps, Long Beach State University Advanced Setter's

Camp (5 times), UCLA Speed/Explosion Camp, Antelope Valley College, Univ. of Nevada at Las Vegas (2), and CSU-Pomona.

Summer 2006: Univ. of Oklahoma, UC San Diego, UCLA, CSULB.

Summer 2005: CSULB, UC Santa Barbara

 

2007 graduate of Lancaster High School, Lancaster, CA (age 17). Plays piano, guitar, and bass clarinet.

Able to speak, read, and write Farsi - Heritage speaker. U.S. citizen.

Roxanne with Family Circa 1995Read Roxanne's Journal Summer of 2010 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Roxanne's Mother: Lida

Roxanne's Brother: Christopher is an Aerospace Engineer (UCLA , '08)

Roxanne's Father: Michael

http://campusapps2.fullerton.edu/news/Inside/2009/persian-language-immersian-program.html