Noel Habashy
Educator, Learner & Everyday Adventurer
About Me- Experience and Education
- Languages and Skills
- Organizations and Volunteer Service
- Global Experience
- Photos of My Life
- Selected Papers and Presentations
- Around the Web
- Contact Me
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About Me
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." -- Nelson Mandela
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I have been very fortunate in my life to see many new places -- both geographical and ideological.
I have had the chance to visit over 30 countries and live in 5 (Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, Honduras, and the USA). I have made friends with corporate executives, university professors, street kids, and garbage collectors. I have shared a bedroom with a nesting hen in Tanzania and stayed at a villa on the Pacific Ocean. I have spent time in working in a garbage dump in the Dominican Republic and on Capital Hill in Washington, DC. I have lived in a town of 1,000 people in rural Western New York State and in the metro Cairo area of about 20 million. I have worked at Houghton College, Penn State University, Cornell University, and Northeastern University. I have gone to school at Houghton and Penn State.
And I have learned... my have I learned!
And I continue to learn! To learn about life, people, culture, purpose, injustice, and opportunities.
It is my desire to share what I have learned with those around me and to learn alongside of them.
Please, take a look around my site, learn more about me, and feel free to get in contact.May we continue to learn and grow together!
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- Experienced Educator | Global Understanding | Civic EngagementEducation Management | Dover, Delaware Area, USSummary
A dynamic, dependable, quick learner, with strong communication skills, a master’s degree, and over eight years of experience in the field of higher education. A student-centered professional with significant intercultural experience, proficiency in Spanish, and experience living in 5 countries and working in, or visiting over 25 others.
Experience- Dec 2012 - PresentStudy Abroad Advisor / Salisbury University
- Apr 2012 - Nov 2012English Teacher to Refugees / Global Connections
- Developed curriculum and taught classes to newly arrived refugees from Iraq and Burma.
- Jun 2011 - Dec 2011Site Director, N.U.in Costa Rica / Northeastern University
- Promoted the holistic and cultural development of 23 students from 9 countries studying in Costa Rica.
- Taught a course, "The Global Experience," addressing issues of cultural competency and service-learning.
- Collaborated with the staff and faculty of the International Center for Development Studies.
- Maintained administrative oversight of the program including supervising staff, managing budgets, responding to crises, planning extracurricular activities, and overseeing students’ academic progress. - Aug 2010 - Jul 2011Education Abroad Adviser (Interim)/Education Abroad Records Assistant / Pennsylvania State University
Advised students managed programs in Sub-Saharan Africa and Italy.
Collaborated with faculty and third party program providers before student departure and while abroad.
Conducted pre-trip orientations for students preparing to study abroad. - Aug 2008 - May 2010Graduate Assistant, Health Promotion and Wellness / Pennsylvania State University
- Provided group sessions discussing the risks associated with alcohol and encouraging safe drinking habits to mandated students.
- Aided in supervision of 15 "peer interventionists" students counseling peers on safe drinking.
- Responded to several hundred students admitted to the hospital for alcohol overdoses.
- Met one-on-one with dozens of students for personalized alcohol interventions. - Jun 2009 - Aug 2009Head Resident, Summer College / Cornell University
Supervised a staff of 8 Resident Assistants and 200 residents from 12 nations during a summer session.
Conducted judicial proceedings, facilitated staff meetings, and assisted in RA training and development. - May 2009 - Jun 2009Education Abroad Program Assistant / Houghton College
- Ensured safety and development of 9 students; including verifying student well being following an earthquake measuring 7.1.
- Facilitated group discussions on cross-cultural transition, development, and issues of poverty.
- Lead a service learning project in Puerto Cortes and travel throughout the country. - Aug 2007 - Jun 2008English Teacher / Comunidad Educativa Evangelica/Siguatepeque Bilingual Christian School
- Taught Conversation and English classes to 75 students in seventh to eleventh grade.
- Designed curriculum, organized grades, created learning activities, and managed classroom behavior. - Sept 2006 - May 2007International Admissions Representative / Houghton College
- Promoted the college to students at international schools in 7 countries in Asia and East Africa.
- Counseled students on their university choices and adjustment to life in the USA. - Nov 2006 - Dec 2006Team Member / Malikha Urban Poor Team
Implemented a sustainable development project for youths living in economically oppressed communities to make sandals to sell.
- Aug 2003 - Aug 2006Senior Admission Counselor / Houghton College
- Guided students through the application process and facilitated contact until enrollment.
- Publicized Houghton College to students, parents, and high school staff throughout the United States
and internationally.
- Planned, organized, and ran several promotional events and programs both on and off campus.
Education-
2008 - 2010Penn State UniversityM.Ed. in College Student Affairs and Comparative & International Education
Activities: Student Affairs Student Organization (Co-President), International Education Student Organization (Officer) -
2001 - 2003Houghton CollegeB.S. in Business Administration
Activities: Class of 2003 Cabinet, Intramural Sports
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Languages and Skills
- LanguagesEnglish | Fluent (written, spoken, read)Spanish | Professional proficiency (written, spoken, read)French | Elementary (written, spoken, read)Arabic | Elementary (spoken)SkillsGroup facilitation, helping skills, interpersonal communication, written communication, intercultural communication, administrative management, project management, teaching, and assessment.Skilled with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Outlook, and OneNote), MS Windows, StudioAbroad, and basic web development.
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Organizations and Volunteer Service
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Member, Forum on Education Abroad (Jan 2013 – Present)
- Member, NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (Nov 2009 – Nov 2010)
- Member, Comparative International Education Society (Sept 2008 – Aug 2010)
- Member, American College
Personnel Association (Nov 2008 – Nov 2009)
o Commission for the Global Dimensions of Student Development - Member, Pennsylvania College Personnel Association (Sept 2008 – Sept 2009)
- Co-President, Student Affairs Student Organization, Penn State (Sept 2008 – May 2010)
- Officer, International Education Student Organization, Penn State (Sept 2008 – May 2010)
- Founding Officer, International Justice Mission, Penn State (January 2009 -- May 2010)
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES- Philly Serve, Alternative Spring Break Program (March 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Out-of-the-Cold Centre County Volunteer, Alternative Homeless Shelter (February 2011)
- FastStart Underrepresented Student Mentorship Program (September 2008 – May 2010)
- Staff Adviser, Houghton College Class of 2007 Student Cabinet (September 2004 – June 2006)
- Staff Adviser, First Year Introduction Program (August – October 2005)
- Campus Beautification Committee (January 2004 – August 2006)
- Youth Leader (September 2001 – August 2006)
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Global Experience
- Countries I've lived in, worked in, or visited
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Profile Photos
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Selected Papers and Presentations
A Whole New World: The Development of Intercultural Competency and Understanding through Short-Term Education Abroad Programs
(A paper presented at 2010 Annual Meeting of the Comparative International Education Society in Chicago)Case Study: First Generation College Students – Tensions Between Faculty and Staff
Immigrant Latino Males: Literature, Experiences, and a New Intervention
Battle of the Booze: The Theory Informing a Proactive Alcohol Education Program
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Around the Web
- I was quoted in an article discussing the adjustment of refugees settling into the area (pages 37-42).Team Living WaterPictures of our Tough Mudder team where we raised funds to rehabilitate two wells in Haiti.Radio Interview on the "Morning Zoo" about our fundraising initiative to raise money to rehabilitate wells in Haiti.The report of an institutional assessment project from the Health Promotion & Wellness office selected for a recognition award.
