Crystal Boyd Professional Portfolio

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Professional Portfolio Crystal Boyd December 8, 2009

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I created this Professional Portfolio for my "Introduction to Museum Studies" class. Please feel free to check it out!

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Professional PortfolioCrystal Boyd

December 8, 2009

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EducationUniversity of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN December

2007 College of Liberal Arts Bachelor of Arts, English and Spanish / Entomology Minor GPA: 3.84, summa cum laude graduate

Study Abroad in Toledo – Toledo, Spain September 2006 – December 2006 Gained fluency in Spanish at the José Ortega y Gasset Foundation Completed a teaching internship at the elementary school Alberto

Sanchez

University of Colorado – Boulder, CO May 2011 Master of Science in Museum and Field Studies Graduate Assistant in the Entomology Collection

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Entomology Jobs - ResearchUndergraduate Research Assistant

Prepared slides of midges (Chironomidae) for pollution monitoring in Minnesota streams

VivienneaStudied the morphology and systematics of

tiger moths (genus: Viviennea)

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Entomology Jobs – PublicClassroom volunteer: Aurora Charter School

Spring 2005

Raised monarch butterflies with 2 classes of bilingual 1st-grade students

MMCD Summer 2004 - 2009

Collected mosquito larvae tocombat disease

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Museum JobsBell Museum of Natural History June 2005 – May

2006

Tour Guide: 5 tours per weekLed camp-ins and workshops for school groups

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Museum JobsBakken Museum of Electricity March 2008 –

September 2008

Marketing Intern: Published information for website

Minnesota Children’s Museum May 2008 – September 2008

Community Partnership Intern: Complied contact information for local bilingual organizations

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Museum JobsScience Museum of Minnesota

Camp-In Supervisor May 2008 – May 2009 Led overnights for school children

Aquatic Invertebrates Program Intern May – September 2009 Wrote a 68-page training manual and oversaw 22 volunteers Award $1000 Marjorie Bolz Allen Grant

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Museum JobsMinnesota Children’s Museum

Daily Programs Facilitator October 2008 – April 2009 Gathered art supplies, staffed art room Presented animal programs once per day

Visitor Assistant January 2009 – May 2009 Helped orient visitors and find lost kids

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Museum JobsThe Schubert Club: Museum of Musical

InstrumentsDocent October 2008 – September 2009

American Swedish InstituteEvent Volunteer May 2009 – September 2009

Minnesota Association of MuseumsProgram Committee Spring 2009

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Museum JobsGraduate Assistant in the

Entomology Collection at the University of Colorado

Tour Guide at the University of Colorado

Collections Intern at the Butterfly Pavilion

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Grants, Scholarships, and Awards Marjorie Bolz Allen Grant August 2009

Science Museum of Minnesota , $1000

Selmer Birkelo Scholarship May 2007 University of Minnesota , $4000

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant January 2005University of Minnesota, $1700

Adam Arthur Cooke Memorial Scholarship May 2003 Cooke Family, $5000

Upsher-Smith Laboratories Scholarship April 2003 Midwest Chamber of Commerce, $1000

National Foundation for Women Legislators November 2002 National Rifle Association, $3000

Girl Scout Gold Award June 2003Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis