Kate Palko

• Planned, organized, and facilitated recreational, educational, and community-building activities for diverse populations of participants.
• Coordinated schedules, managed program logistics, collaborated with staff and community partners, and supported a positive and engaging environment.
• Collaborated with community partners to enhance program offerings and outreach efforts.
• Managed budgets for events, optimizing resource allocation to maximize impact.
• Improved event coordination efficiency by streamlining processes, resulting in smoother execution of planned activities.
• Developed and implemented program strategies to strengthen communication, leadership, event coordination, and relationship-building skills.

• Assisted customers, processed transactions, maintained merchandise displays, and ensured welcoming store environment, enhancing overall customer experience.
• Developed skills in communication, problem-solving, attention to detail, and customer relations.

• Managed residential life operations in university residence hall, fostering student development, enhancing community engagement, and ensuring a safe living
• Addressed student concerns and enforced university policies while collaborating with campus departments
• Cultivated skills in leadership, conflict resolution, crisis response, communication, community building, and student support services through direct engagement with residents, building staff, and student support services.

• Led university residence hall operations, enhancing student formation, supporting religious and spiritual initiatives, and cultivating a welcoming living environment.
• Fostered community engagement, addressed student concerns, and collaborated with campus partners and university staff to strengthen support systems.
• Cultivated expertise in leadership, conflict resolution, crisis management, community development, and student support to effectively address resident needs.

• Provided a graduate student leadership presence overseeing a residential floor in a university residence living hall.
• Fostered community development by initiating creative programming for student socialization and engagement. Enforced university policies and residential living expectations.
• Developed skills in leadership, conflict-resolution, and crisis response, programming, community development, and student support.

• Graduate assistant for the Institute of Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College. Welcomed and accommodated visiting scholars and faculty, proofread manuscripts to ensure clarity and coherence, and prepared mailing orders for timely regional and international delivery.
• Enhanced interpersonal communication, organization, and administrative skills through support of academic initiatives.

Minor in Cellular & Molecular Biology