Cheryl Cuillier
ccuillie@email.arizona.edu
Work experience
Coffey Communications Inc., Walla Walla, Wash., October 2005 to June 2006.
Copy editor. Edited health-care articles for clients, using their specialized style guides.
Worked from home in Pullman, Wash.
Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Moscow, Idaho, July 2005 to May 2006.
Proofreader. Worked Friday-night shift, checking for errors in weekend edition of newspaper.
Jefferson Elementary School, Pullman, Wash., 2002-2005.
Classroom volunteer. Aided in kindergarten class once a week for two years. Assisted during
library time from 2004-05 by checking books in and out, helping children find materials and
monitoring student behavior. Read one-on-one with students in 1st-grade class from 2003-04.
Montessori School of Pullman, January to May 2004.
Lunch Bunch aide. Supervised students during playtime and lunchtime. Read stories to group.
Handled discipline in positive manner. Substituted as assistant classroom teacher and Lunch
Bunch aide from 2003-05, working with students individually and as entire group.
Montessori School of Pullman, October 2002 to March 2003.
Auction co-chairperson. Volunteered to produce written materials for annual fund-raiser.
Handled advertising, wrote fliers, sent letters, created and edited catalog of 350 items.
Solicited donations from local businesses. Helped organize, set up and run event.
Coffey Communications Inc., Walla Walla, Wash., June 1996 to December 1997.
Copy editor. Edited health-care stories, proofread magazine pages and wrote several
articles. Worked from home in Kennewick, Wash.
The Idaho Statesman, Boise, June 1994 to August 1995.
Copy editor. Edited stories, proofread pages, wrote headlines and designed pages for Idaho’s
largest daily paper. Served as backup for my bosses, handling Page One duties once a week.
The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash., December 1989 to May 1994.
Copy editor and special-sections coordinator. Responsible for editing copy,
proofreading, designing pages, selecting wire-service stories and writing headlines for
this midsize daily newspaper. Paginated daily business and features pages on computer.
The Seattle Times, June to September 1989.
Copy editing intern. Edited stories and wrote headlines for state’s largest daily newspaper.
The Mooring Mast, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash., spring semester 1989.
Editor in chief of PLU’s weekly newspaper. Wrote editorials and articles. Won 1st place
in Society of Professional Journalists’ 1990 investigative reporting contest for students.
Education
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash.
Graduated magna cum laude with bachelor of arts degree in 1989. Earned double major in
communication (journalism emphasis) and English (printing and publishing emphasis).
Studied art, politics and theater in London for one semester.