crystal boyd professional portfolio
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Professional PortfolioCrystal Boyd
December 8, 2009
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
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)
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
Museum JobsBell Museum of Natural History June 2005 – May
2006
Tour Guide: 5 tours per weekLed camp-ins and workshops for school groups
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
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
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
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
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
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