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Alexander ‘Alex’ James Patterson
Senior at the University of Colorado-Boulder, 21-years-old
Hometown: Boulder, CO
303-249-9634 Cell
School-Related Activities
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I attended and graduated from Fairview High School in Boulder, CO. I attended the
school from 2004 to 2008.
During high school, I played tennis on the high school tennis team for three years and
made the Varsity 2 tennis team as a senior. Our varsity team finished second in the
state of Colorado overall that year.
During high school, I played baseball for the high school baseball team for three
years.
While I was in my sophomore year in high school, I participated in history day with
two other people. The project took us five weeks to prepare and finish and we spent
about 20 hours a week on the project. We ended up with an 88 on the project and the
project was on Jackie Robinson.
During my senior year in high school, I was a member of the Link program at my
high school. The program helps freshman transition into high school. As a member
of the program, I was in charge of a group of about 20 students with one other upper
classman and a teacher. My partner and I ran activities for the kids and helped them
study for finals during their first semester.
From August 2008-December 2009, I attended the University of Missouri. I left
before the Spring 2010 for personal and financial reasons.
For the Spring 2010 semester, I attended the University of Colorado at Denver.
From August 2010 to the present, I am a student at the University of ColoradoBoulder with a major in Media Studies within the School of Journalism and Mass
Communication.
Non-School Related Activities
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While I’m out of season for sports, I play those sports almost everyday. I help my dad
coach a baseball team in the spring.
While in 7-9 grade during the summer, I co-organized a golf tournament. This was a
golf tournament that benefited the YMCA scholarship program or just gave the
YMCA a chance to get some money to help pay for much needed materials. Our best
year, we donated over $5,000 to the YMCA.
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I am a very good cook. I make dinner on a regular basis for myself and sometimes for
my friends.
After my junior year in high school, I participated in National Student Leadership
Conference at American University. During the conference, I studied Sports Writing
and Broadcasting during the Journalism and Mass Communications conference.
Starting first semester of freshman year of college through Spring 2010, member of
the Delta Chi Fraternity at the University of Missouri.
Winner of Homecoming 2009 Talent at University of Missouri, as I was Delta Chi
Homecoming Talent director. I, along with four others, was in charge of around 60
people. My responsibilities included writing a 12-minute skit, directing that skit, and
delegating and managing the duties of building sets, designing costumes, and I
personally was in charge of all technical duties with the skit, including master
headset/cue-call on stage.
Employment Experience
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The summer after my sophomore year, I worked at an office in Frederick, Colorado,
called B2B Direct. They sell computer and printer supplies to other offices and
companies that need them. I worked their as a junior assistant and also sold some
supplies on occasion. I worked from June through August in 2006.
The summer after my junior year, I worked at a window construction company called
Ameritech. I would walk through neighborhoods and talk to people one on one try
and get them to sign up for a free estimate on their windows. I worked for four hours
a day 3-5 times a week. I worked for the company from May through August in 2007.
From December 2007 through August 2008, I worked at a family Mexican restaurant
in Niwot, Colorado called Ajuua!! I worked as a busboy at the restaurant for the
duration of my time there. Typically, I worked for five to six hours bussing tables and
closing the restaurant each time I worked. I worked about 20-25 hours a week at the
restaurant.
From July 2009 to August 2009, I worked as a Team Advisor Intern for National
Student Leadership Conference at University of California-Berkeley. I was in charge
of 10-12 for two weeks and taught them elementary skills in Journalism.
Since February 15th, 2010, I host my own radio show for three hours each week, two
hours on Monday and one hour on Tuesday, through Party934.com. As a part of this,
I am in charge of my own content. I spend about 6 hours a week working on my
shows, critiquing myself and coming up with new content. The shows are archived
and podcasted on iTunes. Check out iTunes for an example of my work.
From February 2010 to October 2010, I wrote a weekly article for the blog website
rockiesmix.com. This was a nice way to get my writing out into the public, and since
I am a big Colorado Rockies fan, it only made sense. Check out the website for all of
my work.
In May 2010, I started working back at Ajuua Mexican Restaurant as a busboy. My
duties are the same as listed above.
Summer Activities
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During the summer I work, travel, and play sports in my free time all summer long. I
stay as active as I can during the summer.
Awards
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I was awarded with the YMCA President’s Round Table award in December of 2003.
Winner of 2009 Homecoming Talent at University of Missouri, and I held position of
Delta Chi Homecoming Talent Director.
References
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Scott McWilliams: Programming Director for Party934.com
o Can be reached at scott@party934.com
Jason Primm: Manager, Ajuua Mexican Restaurant
o Can be reached at 303-709-4110