NATALIE NEPPER

6210 N. 155th St. Omaha, NE 68116

(402) 943-8778

natalienepper@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE
To have the honor of receiving 2016 Nebraska State Journalist of the Year.

SCHOOLS ATTENDED
Omaha Central High School
present

2012 -

4.24 GPA
Class Rank: 57; top 10.16% of class

WORK EXPERIENCE
Walgreens- Beauty Advisor
Winter 2016

Summer 2014 -

202nd and West Maple Rd.

Help customers find the right cosmetics and hair care products to
suit their needs
Sets and exceeds daily sales goals
Employee of the Month- February 2015

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Methodist Hospital VolunTeen
present

2014 -

90th and Dodge

Deliver newspaper to patients, refill comfort carts, clean patient

charts, sew pillows and blankets, sign patients up for Portal
Weekly on Friday nights

Summer Bash for Childhood Cancer

Help auction attendees place bids on items

Organize and carry items out to cars

Omaha Fashion Week

Fall 2015

Fall 2015

Collect tickets, hand out wristbands, check IDs

Mark down attendees from the media, hand out press passes

CHS Goes Gold

2014 - 2015

NATALIE NEPPER
6210 N. 155th St. Omaha, NE 68116
(402) 943-8778

natalienepper@gmail.com

Sell t-shirts, wristbands, necklaces during lunch hours

Downtown Cleanup

Picking up trash downtown

2014

Spring 2013,

STUDENT ACTIVITIES, CLUBS, SPORTS

Newspaper- The Register

Held 3 positions: Staff Writer, Executive Editor, currently

Editor-in-Chief
Assign stories, edit content, layout/design pages, create paper

DECA

2014 - present
Prepare for and attend competitions in Human Resources category

Forensics Speech

2013 - present

2012 - 2013

Prepare for and attend speech tournaments

Club was dismissed after my freshman year

Cross Country

2012 - 2014

Attend practices and meets

Track & Field

2013 - 2015

Attend practices and meets

Concordia Spanish Language Camp

Winter 2014

Traveled to Bemidji, MN
Lived in Spanish village, spoke Spanish for one week

Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference

2015

Summer

Represented state of Nebraska in Washington, D.C.

Other state reps and I spoke with major news editors, writers
Received $1,000 scholarship to any university of my choice

AWARDS AND HONORS

DECA

2016
Placed 2nd in Human Resources at Metros Competition

Golden Eagle Honor Roll

2012 - 2016

NATALIE NEPPER
6210 N. 155th St. Omaha, NE 68116
(402) 943-8778

natalienepper@gmail.com

Minimum 4.0 GPA for every quarter

Employee of the Month

2015

Walgreens on 202nd and West Maple

Month of February

Newspaper

2013 - 2016

Nebraska Representative at the 2015 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism

Conference
Superior Advertising 2015 Fall JEA Conference Orlando
Superior Headline Writing and Design 2014 Nebraska Winter JEA
Superior Newspaper Feature Writing 2014 Nebraska Winter JEA
1st place Newspaper Layout 2015 Nebraska State Journalism Competition
1st place Best In-Depth Reporting Team 2014 Annual UNO High School Media
Competition
1st place Best Ad 2015 Annual UNO High School Media Competition
Excellent In-Depth Coverage 2014 Nebraska Winter JEA
2nd place Advertising 2014 Nebraska State Journalism Competition
3rd place Best Newspaper Single-Page Layout 2015 Annual UNO High School
Media Competition
4th place Advertising 2015 Nebraska State Journalism Competition
Honorable Mention Literary Magazine Layout 2015 Spring JEA Conference
Denver
Honorable Mention Advertising 2013 Fall JEA Conference Boston

REFERENCES
Hillary Blayney

Michelle Olmo

Harry Gaylor

Central Journalism Advisor

Coordinator

Methodist Volunteer Services

Central DECA

hillary.blayney@ops.org

michelle.olmo@nmhs.org

(402) 618-6555

(402) 320-0600

harry.gaylor@ops.org

(402) 557-3300