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K E N N E T H
C H E N
AW AR D S
Kenneth Priestley Award for Student Leadership—UC Berkeley’s highest leadership award (Spring 01)
Outstanding Dedication for a Student in Publications (Spring 02)
Lili Fabilli and Eric Hoffer Essay Prize, and Hill-Shumate Book Collecting Prize (both Spring 01)
James K. Phelan Prize (Spring 00) & Hill Prize for Outstanding English Student (Fall 01; both require nomination)
California Alumni Scholars Emerging Leaders Award (Fall 99) and Hewlett-Packard Merit Award (Fall 97)
Sixth in the nation, High School Speech and Debate (Summer 96); National Finalist, Journalism Con. (Fall 96, Spring 97)
Featured on the front page of World Journal, prominent international Chinese newspaper (Spring 01)
Featured guest on China Crosstalk TV show: ‘Young Chinese American High Achievers’ (Spring 01)
Selected to participate in the Chancellor’s Meetings on Community (Fall 00 to Spring 01)
E D U C AT I O N
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY (Fall 97 to Spring 01) B.A. in English Literature, Minor in Creative
Writing, 3.75/4.0 GPA, 3.88/4.0 GPA in English. Completed Honors Thesis.
BASE PROGRAM Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, Accounting, Marketing, Organizational Behavior (Summer 01). First
place in the BASE Case Challenge, a program-wide business competition.
L E AD E R S H I P
CO-FOUNDER, VP MARKETING, LOVEULOVEU.COM (Spring 01 to Fall 01) Helped organize promising start-up that
combines Instant Messenger technology and online dating. Conceived business plan and other analyses.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, FOUNDER, S A T E L L I T E (Fall 99 to Spring 01) Leader of Satellite, the Berkeley Magazine of
News & Culture, one of UC Berkeley’s most respected and circulated magazines. 50+ staff, 300+ interested, web site. Winner of
Chancellors Grant. Only undergraduate publication to receive the Townsend Center Fellowship.
R E S E AR C H + T E AC H I N G
RESEARCH ANALYST, NIELSEN//NETRATINGS (Summer 99) Co-writer for first e-commerce report in the market
analyst industry using the world’s most accurate statistical information concerning Internet traffic.
CULTURE EDITOR, ARTS & LETTERS DAILY (Fall 98 to Fall 00) Founding member of the net’s premier culture portal.
‘Best website in the world in 1998’ –Guardian, UK. ‘Required reading for the global intelligentsia’ –NY Times.
ART RESEARCHER (Spring 99 to Summer 99) Initiated research and planned ‘Pleasure Island,’ a virtual art installation
exploring technology and storytelling. Helped Professor Randall Packer exhibit ‘Pleasure Island’ at USC Interactive Frictions
conference on art and technology. Published in C-Theory (Dec 00).
TEACHER, TUTOR Taught poetry workshop and journalism class (Spring and Fall 2000, Spring 2001). Writing Tutor, UC
Berkeley Academic Center (Fall 98 to Fall 99). Leadership and speech teacher, ShareWorld Leaning Center (97).
G E N E R AL
S K I L L S
WRITER Published in C-Theory (Dec 00), Berkeley Poetry Review (Spring 99), Konch (Fall 99), San Jose Mercury News online
(Fall 98 to Spring 99), Student.com (Fall 97 to Fall 99). Student reader at Berkeley Lunch Poems reading. Editor of Ishmael Reed’s
literary magazines, “Food for Thought” and “Ukino Kona Foder” (Fall 98, 99).
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Designed internal documents, guidebooks, logos, t-shirts for Residence Hall Assembly, the Pacific Film
Archive Theater, Satellite. Proficient in Photoshop, Freehand, Word, Pagemaker, scanning, html. Graphic Design lecturer: National
Journalism convention, Stanford journalism camp. High typing speed (100+ wpm)
MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTS Literature, art and graphic design, foreign film, jazz. Currently writing a novel.