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Michelle Young
Public Relations Portfolio
Michelle Young March 24, 2014
Amanda Ball
National Quilt Museum
215 Jefferson St.
Paducah, KY 42001
Dear Ms. Ball:
I have admired the work of the Quilt Museum, its patrons and industry community for much of my life. I am
very interested in applying for the Marketing/PR internship position available for summer 2014.
I am confident that my experience as a public relations and marketing student at Murray State University
makes me an excellent candidate for this position. Through my course work and leadership experience with
PRSSA, I have gained strong communication skills, organizational abilities and the determination to
successfully finish any task at hand. I would very much like to contribute these skills as a Quilt Museum
intern. My additional qualifications include:
Event Planning:
Organized and ran fundraisers and informational booths for Murray State’s PRSSA chapter.
Web Design:
Utilized Expression Web to design mock websites for CSC 125: Internet and Webpage Design
Writing Abilities:
Created newsletters, news articles, press releases and plan books in multiple JMC classes.
I believe I would be a great addition to your company and look forward to speaking with you at your earliest
convenience. Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have questions, please call me at (270) 252-
5267. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Michelle Young
1601 Farmer Ave. Apt B, Murray, KY 42071 * [email protected] * 270-252-5267
Michelle Young 1601 Farmer Ave. Murray, Ky 42071
Phone: 270-252-5267
Email: [email protected]
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Goal-oriented professional committed to the success of clients/organizations I serve.
5+ years experience working with the public providing exceptional customer service.
Well versed in social media management; able to work across multiple digital platforms.
Strong administrative background and solid work ethic.
Experience
WAITRESS | THE BIG APPLE CAFE | MAY 2013-PRESENT
DESK CLERK | DRURY HOTELS | DECEMBER 2010-JANUARY 2013
Drury Hotels is one of America’s leading mid-scale hotel chains in guest satisfaction and has won the J.D
Power and Associates award five years in a row.
Guest Service Associate - Star certified 2010-2013.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE | MAY 2015 | MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Major: Public Relations
Minor: Marketing
Leadership
Publicity advisor of PRSSA at Murray State University 2012-2013
2013 Murray State University delegate to PRSSA National Assembly
2013-14 Murray State PRSSA - chapter vice president
Volunteer at the Murray Calloway County Hospital Procurement Office
Skills
Computer Skills: Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and Expression Web.
Interests: Marching band, running and community service.
10+ years of Girl Scouts leadership experience.
References available upon request.
Murray, Ky. This summer
will mark the start of the
Peace First program in
Western Kentucky public
schools. The program is
designed to teach children
to become peacemaking
advocates in their school
and their community.
The program will begin with
training for teachers, 1st
through 8th grade, on
June 1st at Murray State
University and will last one
week.. After training is
complete teachers will
incorporate different
peacemaking strategies into
their curriculum to educate
children how to manage
conflict and find
resolutions, empower
children to make positive
changes in their community
and to become a peace-
maker everyday.
“Teaching children at a
young age will help to de-
crease chances of bullying
in and out of school.
Children are more impres-
sionable and teaching
peacemaking skills will help
them learn respect for one
another and make a positive
change in their community.”
said Libby Taylor, Division
of Student Success for the
Kentucky Education System
Parents are encouraged to
attend training sessions and
become a peacemaking in-
fluence in their children’s
life and community.
Peace First is a non-profit
organization that aims to
teach young people peace-
making skills, empower
educators and parents to
teach and model these
skills and values.
For more information or to
attend training sessions
contact Michelle Young at
(270) 252-5267 or email myoung20@mur+raystate.edu
Peace First announced the
10 winners of the first
annual Peace First Prize at
the “2013 Education Nation
Summit” hosted by NBC
News. Winners are between
the ages of 9-22 and will
receive a 2-year $50,000
to recognize and further
their peacemaking skills in
their schools and
communities. The prize
winners were announced by
Peace First National
Spokesperson America
Ferrera. Prize winners
include.
Isabella Griffin, 10
Wei Chan, 21
Justin Bachman, 15
Mary-Patricia Hec-tor,15
Jessica Caracadden, 10
Danielle Liebl, 22
Sarah Cronk, 20
Babatunde Salaam, 21
Nicholas Lowinger, 15
Emily-Ann Rigal, 19
What’s new in Peace First
Coming this summer
May 2014
Volume 1, Issue 1
Peace First
Creating the next generation of peacemakers
Inside this issue:
Teacher Spotlight 2
15 minutes with 2
Gaming for Peace 2
Did you Know 3
Tips for Parents 3
Book of the Month 3
A Short History 4
Peace First
Special points of in-
terest:
Empower children
Show compassion
everyday
Admit when you're wrong
Show your courage
One outstanding teacher, Julie Lee,
has created a new way in engage with
her first grade students and many
teachers have began replicating this
technique .
By picking a book that the students
can relate to, in this case No, David!, David Goes To School. And David Gets in Trouble, by David Shannon, The
children began to relate with David
and how naughty he acts.
Mrs. Julie then made posters for
peacemakers and peace breakers and
let the children pick what words went
with the appropriate poster.
They also created
little David’s and gave
them speech bubbles
saying “I’m a peace-
maker when I…” for
each other the stu-
dents.
Making a peacemaker
promise/pledge is
another part in Mrs.
Julie’s peacemaking
lesson. Each of her
kids signed this prom-
ise saying that they
will be a peacemaker
everyday, and that
lastly Mrs.
Julie created a
peacemaker
conflict cor-
ner where stu-
dents will talk
out their prob-
lem with one
another until
the issue is
resolved peace-
fully..
“Helping to teach children social
skills and how to treat one another
is an important skill for children to
learn,” said Taylor
“Parents are a large influence in a
child’s life, when starting a new pro-
gram in school it can take up to a
year to see a change among stu-
Recently we spoke with Mrs. Libby
Taylor of the Division of Student
Success for the Kentucky Education
System about the start up of Peace
First in Kentucky schools. Mrs. Tay-
lor has been with the Kentucky De-
partment of Education since 2008
and over sees school safety and
substance abuse prevention.
dents. However, when parents prac-
tice peacemaking skills in front of
their children, they will begin to
exhibit these skills without knowing
they are learning a new skill.”
Page 5
15 minutes with Libby Taylor
Peace First
Teacher Spotlight
ing the new generation
what it means to make
peace. In the game is chal-
lenges players to establish
peace in the Middle East.
The main features of
the game are inspired
by real events, incor-
porates real media
footage and has two versions allow-
ing players to pick either Israeli or
the Palestinian version.
The game is available for $19.95
and can be found on the peace
maker website.
A new game created by
students of the Entertain-
ment Technology Center in
Carnegie Mellon is de-
signed to be meaningful
and non-violent. The
focus of the game is
the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and influenc-
Gaming for peace
Above is real footage from
the game showing how players
A picture of the peace breakers
poster in Mrs. Julie’s classroom.
For parents it is important to promote
peacemaking and empower them in a
positive way. Empowering children will
help to teach and encourage compassion
as well as coming together to solve prob-
lems and to take risk when assisting
others.
There are a few things parents can do to
help teach their children to be the next
generation of peacemaker.
Being a role model for children is always
important. Children pay attention to
everything you say and do. Taking the
high road and admitting when you have
acted poorly will help to teach that
you are trying to be a peacemaker
too.
Second to demonstrate empathy. Be-
ing able to envision yourself in
someone else’s shoes is an important
skill. Asking your children questions
that will challenge them to see other
people’s perspectives.
Lastly, encourage children to volun-
teer and donate to those less fortu-
nate. Helping them to select an or-
ganization or issue that matter to
them, will help increase their inter-
4 percent will intervene.
90 percent of students fourth
through eighth grade report
being victims of bullying.
Boys are less likely to feel
sympathy for bullying victims.
Peers are present as onlookers
in 87 percent of bullying inter-
actions, and play a central role
in the bullying process.
Over 67 percent of students
believe that schools respond
poorly to bullying, with a large
percentage believing that adult
help is ineffective and
infrequent.
Over 3.2 million student are
victims of bullying each year.
Physical bullying increases in
elementary school, peaks in
middle schools and declines in
high school.
1 in 4 teachers see nothing
wrong with bullying and only
teaching children that
for peace to happen in
our world ,it begins with
ourselves. With mes-
sages like ,”peace is let-
ting others live peace-
fully.” Alan encourages
children to accept peo-
ple for who they are no
matter how different
they may be.
This month we picked a peacemaking
book called Peace Is… by Robert Alan.
In this book Alan uses dinosaurs to
illustrate that no matter how differ-
ent you are everyone can live peace-
fully. Alan encourages love and
friendship, saying that “peace is
needing your friends, and befriends
those in need.”
The message he sends through this
book is strongly directed towards
Alan’s illustrations slowly
become closer and closer
together through the
whole book until the final
page where each charac-
ter fits perfectly
together.
This is a great book for
any parent looking to in-
spire their child to be a
peacemaker.
Volume 1, Issue 1
Book of the month
Tips for parents
Did You Know?
Page 6
Above is the cover of
Peace Is by Robert Alan,
showing all of Alan’s char-
acters used to demon-
Four essential
elements to promote
peacemaking
Courage
Compassion
The ability to
create positive
change
Be a role model
Compassion
1601 Farmer Ave.
Murray, Ky. 42071
Peace First
Phone: 270-252-5267
Fax: 555-555-5555
E-mail: [email protected]
Visit us on the web at
www.peacefirst.org
We exist to create the next
generation of peacemakers
Peace First is non profit organization that began
as a one-day festival in 1992 and was used to
unite children to play games and share their own
versions of peace.
The organization is now a national movement to
celebrate young people and their potential to cre-
ate positive change in their life and their commu-
nities.
Peace First aims to teach young people peace-
making skills, empower educators and parents to
teach and model these skills and values.
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Michelle Young FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
270-252-5267
February 27, 14
Men Who Cook
Paducah, KY. The 9th annual “Men Who Cook” fundraiser will be held March 8 at the Carroll Convention
Center featuring local Paducah band Soul Dog. The tailgating-themed event is organized each year to help
benefit the Purchase Area Sexual Assault & Child Advocacy Center.
“Men Who Cook” will begin at 6 and will last until 10. Local male celebrity chefs, made up of elected
officials, community and business leaders, will prepare appetizers, entrees and desserts. Local art, donated by
local artists and children, will be available for auction during the event. Tickets are just $35. All proceeds go to
PASAC.
PASAC is a non-profit organization that serves the 8 county Purchase Region of Western Kentucky with free
and confidential aid to all ages of victims of sexual crimes. PASAC provides a 24-hour crisis line, medical
and legal advocacy, evidenced-based clinical services and forensic services.
“We are a bunch of old guys that love to play music, and this is an organization that we love to support,” said
Kevin Qualls, former board member for PASAC and current bassist for Soul Dog.
Soul Dog began their support for PASAC in 2012 when they volunteered as a band to be auctioned. Since then
they have performed each year for “Men Who Cook.” Soul Dog will be performing Soul and Classic Rock
music by artists such as Al Green, the Beatles, Van Morrison and more.
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For more information on this event or to volunteer please contact, Amanda Harris at (270) 534-4422 or email
Michelle Young FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
270-252-5267
February 25, 14
Soul Dog to perform at Doe’s Eat Place
Doe’s Eat Place in downtown Paducah will host local Paducah band Soul Dog Friday. Soul Dog will be
performing Soul and Classic Rock music by artists such as Al Green, the Beatles, Van Morrison and more.
Soul Dog begins playing at 9pm and will finish playing at midnight Friday with no cover charge at the door.
Kevin Qualls, a professor of media law at Murray State University and Soul Dog’s bassist, says, “We like to
play all kinds of music. We welcome old guys that enjoy classic rock, but as a professor, I would love to see
some college students rocking out to our Beatles set.”
Doe’s Eat Place in Paducah is a family owned business with much success due to their steaks. Doe’s has been
featured in Southern Living Magazine and on the Food Network Channel.
Soul Dog was founded in 2011 in the Paducah area. They are a soul and classic rock band that performs for the
public at different venues.
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If you’d like more information about this band, or to schedule a performance with Soul Dog, please call Terry
Fox at (270) 804-2775 or email [email protected]
My nonprofit: Western Kentucky Peace First Program
Team member, Peace First: peacefirst.org
Issue Statement: The focus of non violence programs in the Western Kentucky school systems, are to help
prevent violence from occurring all together. Instead of just giving the old “violence is never the answer” spill,
schools should help to teach children the skills of peacemaking. With more than 20 percent of students
reporting being bullied on school property, this is not an issue to be overlooked (http://www.cdc.gov/). The
Western Kentucky Peace First Program is a new project that aspires to create a positive change among students
in the public school systems of Western Kentucky.
Mission Statement: The mission of Western Kentucky’s Peace First program is to help educate children in
everyday peacemaking and conflict resolution.
In pursuit of this mission, WKPP strives to:
Provide education on peacemaking, managing conflict resolution and empowering children to make a
positive change in their community.
Encourage teachers and guardians to model these skills and values.
Build self esteem among children.