Maria Pearson

The Center for Diversity and Enrichment (CDE) provides a wide variety or resources and events for minority students at the University of Iowa and strives to help those students fit in and succeed. As a student worker, I am knowledgeable about the Advantage Iowa scholarship requirements as well as everything our office has to offer; promptly greet students as they enter the office; handle appointments, phone calls, emails, and mail; help with events put on through our office and program the attendance and feedback for them into FileMaker Pro and Excel; update bulletin boards and flyers; and clean up office- refill printers, tidy computer lab, tidy lounge area, tidy kitchen, take out trash and recycling, open and close blinds, turn off the lights, lock up office, and occasionally dust and vacuum office.

I started working at Hy-Vee as a courtesy clerk and worked my way up to the customer service position I now hold. I have worked as a courtesy clerk, bagging groceries, helping customers out to their cars, and cleaning; a cashier, ringing up and bagging items, talking with the customer, and handling money; a stocker; pay station, being the cashier for all of the kitchen departments and busting tables; and customer service, where I work United States Postal Service, Iowa lottery, event tickets, pay a variety of bills, a can and bottle redemption center, and handle any customer concerns.