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Désirée N. Rizk

Tadamon Street, Joseph Waked Building

Zouk Mikayel, Lebanon

(961)70-709240

[email protected]

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

·        Master’s I, Institute of Social Sciences II, the Lebanese University, Rabieh, (Present).

·        B. A, Musical Education, Faculty of Music Education, the Lebanese University, Furn El Chebak, Lebanon, (2010-Present).

·        Diploma, Oriental Singing, School of Music, the Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon, (Present).

·        Certificate of Completion from the Lebanese Red Cross of First Aid Session Training (August 2012). 

·        Certificate of Participation, “the School Music Education”, given by Ms. Inshad Fakhoury teacher at Schontatter Marienschule in Germany, the Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Faculty of Music and the Arab Academy of Music, Lebanon, (July 7 to 9, 2011).

·        B.A, Sociology, Institute of Social Sciences II, the Lebanese University, Rabieh, (2012).

·        Research Assistant/Intern – Akiki Grant Winner, Lebanese Emigration Research Center (LERC), Notre Dame University- Louaizé, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon (august 2012 – present)

 

INTERPERSONAL, COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGES, AND COMPUTER SKILLS

·        Highly motivated and able to take initiative and to follow them through.

·        Able to work alone or as a member of a team.

·        Willing to learn new techniques, procedures and technologies.

·        Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point, SPSS, Music Score, Adobe Photoshop, Finale Note Pad.

·        Good verbal and written communication and correspondence skills in Arabic, French and English.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Intern, The Lebanese Emigration Research Center (LERC), Notre Dame University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, (August 2012-Present)

·        Reviewing media on a daily basis and clip and collect articles related to the Center’s mission and projects.

·        Profiling emigrant Lebanese personalities.

Teacher, Piano, Solfege, Theory, Music Awareness, Kesrouan (2011-Present)

  • Teaching private lessons for different level students.

Vocalist Soprano Singer, Lebanon (2007-Present)

·        Served several Masses and prayer celebrations, weddings and recitals and other occasions.

Data Entry in SPSS and Survey Monkey and Surveyor, “Free Access to Information in Lebanon”, Carthage Center for Research and Information (CCRI), Jal-El-Dib, Lebanon, (August-September, 2012)

·        Keyed-in the data of 100 in-depth interviews in SPSS.

·        Conducted quality control of the entered data.

·        Administered 55 public opinion surveys in the Kesrouan area.

·        Keyed-in the data of 400 public opinion surveys in Survey Monkey 

Teacher, Musical Awareness at Mozart Chahine School of Music Jal El Dib, Lebanon, (July 2012).

·        Taught musical animation for kids creating a field of experience that lets the children live creativity, camaraderie and fun.

·        Taught them how to maintain their natural connection to music through playful learning structures which train movement, auditory sensibility and a recognizing their environment

Teacher Musical Education, the Rosaire in Jbeil, Saint Joseph School in Aintoura, Elysée in Hazmieh, Notre Dame de Louaizé in Zouk Mosbeh,  Mozart  Chahine School of Music in Jal El Dib and in Zouk Mosbeh, and at the Abou Chabkeh School in Zouk Mikayel (Winter 2012).

·        Taught music for kids from Grade 1 to Grade 6: 20 hours of observation and 50 hours of teaching.

UNIVERSITY FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

Surveyor, “Relation between Religion and Sexuality”, Ph.D. in anthropology for Ms. Thérèse Seif, Lebanon, (2010).

·        Communicated the rationale of the project to officials and obtained permission to administer the questionnaire at the following universities: Notre Dame University (NDU), University Saint Joseph (USJ), and the Lebanese University (LU).

·        Administered 500 questionnaires to students between the ages of 18 and 30 at the above mentioned universities.

Questionnaire Designer and Surveyor, “National Campaign to Overthrow the Sectarian System in Lebanon”, student project at the Lebanese University, Rabieh, (2009).

·        Designed the survey questionnaire.

·        Formed a team of four students to administer the survey.

·        Tallied the data.

·        Analyzed the data collected.

·        Wrote the final report.

Questionnaire Designer and Surveyor, “National Old People Living Alone”, student project at the Lebanese University, Rabieh, (2009).

·        Designed the survey questionnaire.

·        Formed a team of four students to administer the survey.          

·        Revised the questionnaire in French and finalized the Arabic translation version.

·        Reviewed the questionnaires once filled out and ensured that all questionnaires are filled.

·        Tallied the data.

·        Analyzed the data collected with collaboration of Doctor Thérèse Rizk Atallah.

·        Wrote the final report.

 Questionnaire Designer and Surveyor, “The Situation of the Centers of the Ministry of Social Affairs”,   student project at the Lebanese University, Rabieh, Lebanon (2009)

·        Called various centers to make appointment for the interviews.

·        Designed the survey questionnaire.

·        Formed a team of 6 students to administer the survey.  

·        Reviewed the questionnaires once filled out and ensure that all questionnaires are filled.

·        Tallied the data.

·        Analyzed the data collected.

·        Wrote the final report.

Questionnaire Designer and Surveyor, “the social background of the children at the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music”, student project at the Lebanese University, Rabieh, Lebanon, (2009).

·        Designed the survey questionnaire.

·        Reviewed the questionnaires once filled out and ensure that all questionnaires are filled.

·        Keyed-in the data using the SPSS statistical program.

·        Analyzed the data collected.

·        Wrote the final report.                                                                                                                                              

 Volunteer experience

·        Volunteered with Caritas to collect donations for their yearly fund drive in (Winter 2009).

·        Volunteered with Baldaty e-communication representing Bekaatet Ashkout village, wrote news about events taking place in the village (2012).

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

Interview on Voix Du Liban (VDL), program “Helwe l Hayet” talked about social and music career, (Saturday 1st of September 2012).

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