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KEVIN KENEALY 708.299.2486
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EDUCATION Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL English Teacher Certification Type 09 in progress Fall 2009-Summer 2012 Currently hold a 3.837 GPA on 4.0 Scale Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Summer 2006-Spring 2008
B.A. in Journalism Area of Concentration: Online Journalism
Graduated with a 3.5/4.0 GPA, named part of Society of Collegiate Journalists Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL Fall 2004-Spring 2006
Associate of Arts Graduated as part of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
AWARDS Pacemaker Award for Multimedia Journalism, EIU Journal Gazette-Times Courier Award for Community Journalism, EIU Most stand out member of Pounce Online, EIU TEACHING EXPERIENCE Elim Christian Services, Palos Heights, IL One on One Paraprofessional Fall 2010 – Summer 2011 Work one on one with a student with cerebral palsy who is confined to a Winter 2012 - Present wheelchair, figured out how to differentiate instruction for special needs students Oak Lawn Community High School, Oak Lawn, IL Student Teacher Fall 2011
Taught four English classes for freshmen through seniors, assisted with school newspaper, the Spartanite, increased student grammar scores 10 percent in one unit Independence Junior High School, Palos Heights, IL Fall 2009
Student Aide
Observed Special ED, English and lunch; graded papers, tutored students, conducted class presentations
Moraine Valley Community College
Journalism Teacher Aide Spring 2008
Led a workshop on Opinion writing for high school journalism students, critiqued papers, participated in a panel discussion, helped students come up with story ideas
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WORK EXPERIENCE The Doings Newspaper, Hinsdale, IL Contributor Spring 2009-Present Cover Westchester village and school Board District 92 meetings Saunoris’ Garden Center, Chicago Ridge, IL Nursery Employee Spring 2003-Present
Water flowers, sell nursery stock, assist customers, stock flowers, landscape, operate forklift and bobcat
The Glacier Newspaper, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL Fall 2004-Spring 2010 News Editor, Editor in Chief, Layout Editor, Web Designer, Views Editor
Helped the bi-monthly paper win its first national award, winning second best newspaper in the country as a bi-monthly as editor in chief, designed the paper’s first Web site, helped teach and train editors and staff to be better journalists
Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Staff Writer, Online Reporter, Online Interactive Editor, Pounce Editor Summer 2006-Spring 2008
Assembled online Web packages that consisted of slideshows, podcasts, videos, stories and graphics, in charge of Web-oriented magazine Pounce Online, began a daily news podcast for dennews.com (the newspaper’s online site), continued to report on the news, features, opinions, and sports pages Journal Gazette-Times Courier, Mattoon, IL Online, Layout Intern
Summer 2007
Laid out the front page of Entertainment, Obituaries, Markets pages, worked on audio projects using Audacity
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS SMART NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE AND SMART BOARDS MICROSOFT EXCEL ADOBE DREAMWEAVER BLOGGER/WORDPRESS PHOTOSHOP INDESIGN FLASH DIGITAL PORTFOLIO
Available at: http://portfolio.trnty.edu/KK5160/portfolio/ Username: edtcc Password: portfolio
