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

1. Professional Portfolio Crystal Boyd December 8, 2009

2. Education University 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

3. Entomology Jobs - Research Undergraduate Research Assistant Prepared slides of midges (Chironomidae) for pollution monitoring in Minnesota streams Viviennea Studied the morphology and systematics of tiger moths (genus: Viviennea)

4. Entomology Jobs – Public Classroom volunteer: Aurora Charter School Spring 2005 Raised monarch butterflies with 2 classes of bilingual 1st-grade students MMCD Summer 2004 - 2009 Collected mosquito larvae to combat disease

5. Museum Jobs Bell Museum of Natural History June 2005 – May 2006 Tour Guide: 5 tours per week Led camp-ins and workshops for school groups

6. Museum Jobs Bakken 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

7. Museum Jobs Science 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

8. Museum Jobs Minnesota 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

9. Museum Jobs The Schubert Club: Museum of Musical Instruments Docent October 2008 – September 2009 American Swedish Institute Event Volunteer May 2009 – September 2009 Minnesota Association of Museums Program Committee Spring 2009

10. Museum Jobs Graduate Assistant in the Entomology Collection at the University of Colorado Tour Guide at the University of Colorado Collections Intern at the Butterfly Pavilion

11. 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 2005 University 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 2003 Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis