Ms. Rhonda Steg, Administrative Specialist -- School of Engineering

Ms. Rhonda Steg
Administrative Specialist

Rhonda Steg
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Work Experience

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

School of Engineering
Administrative Specialist
Director: Dr. Ralph M. Ford (814) 898-6153; June 2005-present
Director: Dr. Robert J. Simoneau, retired June 2005; April 2004-June 2005

Provide administrative support to the Director and Assistant Director: provide confidential secretarial support.
School Office Manager: coordinate daily activities of the office, provide direction to staff regarding budget, projects, and faculty/staff/student issues; handle school CQI and assessment programs; maintain and update school web pages.
Manage faculty personnel issues: employment contracts, promotion and tenure process, annual and extended reviews, and international faculty visa issues.

Highlights: Developed new system of handling the promotion and tenure process for the School of Engineering, consolidating with annual and extended review process to facilitate efficiency, 2004-2005; nominated for Penn State Universitys Achieving Women Award, April 2006; project coordinator for move to the Research and Economic Development Center, 2006.

Student Affairs, Office Manager and Program Coordinator
Staff Assistant VII: March 2002-March 2004
Staff Assistant VI: September 1999-March 2002
Director: Dr. Kenneth P. Miller (814) 898-6111

Provide administrative support to the Director of Student Affairs: collect, analyze, compose and update all types of budget information including budget forecasts for the offices of the unit and monthly budget statements; handle correspondence and requests for information, make travel arrangements, and provide confidential secretarial support; develop spreadsheets, databases, and PowerPoint™ presentations.
Office Manager for Student Affairs unit: assess office equipment, coordinate purchasing, and provide budget support for three budgets and monitor eleven budgets across the unit; compose and update a variety of reports on budget activity; review and approve financial transactions; maintain, monitor, and approve budget transactions.
Program coordinator for “College for Kids” summer outreach program: assess the needs of the program, develop programming, interview and hire faculty and staff, compose and coordinate publication of brochures and advertising; track registrations, handle budget, and provide public relations support; implemented on-line registration system through an e-Store application housed at University Park.
Coordinate unit-wide responses for information requests: collect and analyze information; design and distribute special reports, spreadsheets, and databases, including questionnaires and surveys; create and maintain confidential database and spreadsheet information.
Design and update College for Kids website; draft text for Critical Incident Response Team Web pages and update the Critical Incident Response Team and Student Activity Fee Web pages.
Chair/participate on various committees: coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, and take minutes; serve as liaison for Student Affairs office unit-wide.

Highlights: Developed budget forecast model for the Child Care Center, 2002-2003; successful project management of College for Kids at Penn State Behrend, growing the program by over 40% in 2000; providing for continued growth through tenure in the program ending 2004; implemented e-Store registration site for College for Kids.

School of Science
Staff Assistant V: January 1996-August 1999
Director: Dr. Roger Knacke (814) 898-6105

Technical typing support for 43 full-time and 15 part-time faculty members.
Submit faculty research grant proposals and develop their associated budgets.
Update faculty vitae.
Track SRTE scoring records in Microsoft Excel™, advising database management in Microsoft Access™ and assign student advisers.
Schedule faculty candidate visits and prepare agendas; database management of faculty applicants.
Order textbooks and desk copies for faculty classes.
Type faculty exams, publication documents, and other class work assignments.
Provide receptionist duties, handle mail, direct phone calls, and provide information.

Computer Center
Staff Assistant: July 1993-1994
Ronald Hoffman, Manager Network and Information Systems and Jack B. Larson and Associates Temporary Services

Data base entry in R:Base.
Budget management in both R:Base and IBIS.
Provided secretarial services for a staff of five people.
Handling of general correspondence and serving the needs of the customers of the Computer Center.

Business Owner/Operator: August 1980-December 1995
Valone’s Brooklyn Grocery, North East, PA
(814) 725-3108

Fiscal management of income over $600,000 per year, providing all daily accounting and data entry in One-Write Plus.
Customer relations in a customer base of over 600 persons daily, advertising campaigns reaching a market of over 9000 persons, and employee relations for over 30 employees.
Schedule a staff of 15 full and part-time employees; provide training in food service preparation and health department regulations.
Provide inventory control, vendor selection, and monitor food preparation.

Highlight: Growing the business from $90,000 when purchase in 1980 to over $600,000 in 1995.

Honors and Awards

Recipient, Honorable Mention, Penn State Educational Office Professionals "Outstanding Office Professional" Award, 2008.

Nominated, Penn State's Commission for Women, Achieving Women Award, 2006.

College Committees

Member – CQI team for Staff Handbook, 2006
Member – Advisory Committee for Math Options program, 2004-present
Member – Smith Chapel Instrument Committee, 2003-5/2005
Member – Critical Incident Response Team, 1999-2004

Update CIRT web pages, 2003-present

Member – CQI team on Student Retention, 2003-2004
Member – Religious and Spiritual Life Committee, 2002-2004
Member – CQI team for Academic Software, 2002-2003
Member – Various search committees for the Computer Center and Student Affairs, 2001-2003

Rhonda Steg Resume

Rhonda Steg
Resume