Permanent Address: Kevin Horne School Address: PO Box 210 kvh5130@psu.edu 205 E. Beaver Ave., Apt. 28Bellefonte, Pa. 16823 (570) 220-4139 State College, Pa. 16801--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EDUCATION:The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law University Park, Pa.J.D. Candidate Class of May 2017

The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa. The College of Communications: B.A. in JournalismThe College of Liberal Arts: B.A. in Political Science Class of May 2014

• Dean’s List recipient (3 semesters)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Nittany Valley Society State College, Pa. Member of the Board of Directors May 2013-Present

• Appointed to the board of directors for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that acts as a cultural conservancy for Centre County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area.

• Assists in fundraising, organizing speaking engagements and publishing books for the nonprofit.• Manages endowments to promote Penn State history education and organizational sustainability.

Onward State/Lazerpro Digital Media Group University Park, Pa.Managing Editor Emeritus Aug. 2011-Present

• Assists in managing a staff of 50 writers, photographers and editors in the day-to-day operations of the most read and followed college news website in the world, including copyediting, publishing and social media.

• Serves as a de facto senior advisor and mentor to promote continuity in the fluid student organization.• Live reported from events of national interest, such as the Jerry Sandusky trial, Penn State Board of

Trustees meetings, head football coach Joe Paterno’s death and firing, lawsuits filed in the aftermath of the Sandusky scandal, administrative decision-making, and football games.

• Regularly attends police briefings and court proceedings for local news reporting purposes.• Individually wrote more than 1,050 stories about news affecting Penn State students.• Studies police reports and legal motions to write stories on crime in Centre County. Interviews

attorneys, police officers, plaintiffs and defendants to provide context for news articles.• Increased website traffic from 700,000 to 2 million page views per month.

StateCollege.com State College, Pa.Freelance reporter and media consultant Aug. 2012-Present

• Writes 15 news articles per month for the local website and serves as a paid digital media consultant.• Covers a wide variety of topics, including Penn State’s administration, university news, crime,

business, athletics and student life.• In addition to the StateCollege.com publication, news articles regularly appear in the Centre County

Gazette, a 15,000-circulation weekly newspaper, and he the Town and Gown magazine.Centre Daily Times State College, Pa. Reporter Aug. 2013-Dec. 2013

• Selected by professors as one of six students to represent the College of Communications as part of an independent study with the Centre Daily Times, a daily newspaper owned by McClatchy.

• Wrote long-form feature stories and covered local events while meeting tight deadlines.Penn State Outreach News and Communications University Park, Pa.Public relations intern May 2013-Aug. 2013

• Composed news releases and pitched to local media on Penn State community outreach.

• Worked with university leaders to develop positive and creative stories about Penn State initiatives.PoliticsPA Harrisburg, Pa.News intern May 2013-Aug. 2013

• Wrote news stories about Pennsylvania politics for a popular news website.• Covered a wide range of events, including a speech by President Jimmy Carter and political campaign

rallies.• Interviewed political candidates and party leaders to develop stories around election season.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------STUDENT LEADERSHIP:Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) University Park, Pa.President April 2015-Present

• Elected president of the graduate student body.• Represents graduate student interests to university leaders, including the president and the Board of

Trustees.• Serves on numerous university decision-making bodies, including the Board of Trustees Committee

on Finance, Business, and Capital Planning, which handles the university’s $5 billion budget.At-Large Delegate September 2014-April 2015

• Served as a voting representative in Penn State’s graduate student government.• Selected as a graduate student liaison to two other organizations to promote the agenda and vision of

the GPSA and all graduate students at Penn State.University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) University Park, Pa.Off-campus representative April 2013-April 2014

• Elected by 39,000-person study body as a voting member of Penn State’s student government.• Regularly meets with top Penn State administrators to work on projects and asked questions on behalf

of constituents to increase transparency and accountability.Press secretary April 2012-April 2013

• Managed public relations and social media for Penn State’s student government.• Interviewed regularly by student reporters about UPUA projects and initiatives.• Wrote speeches and managed press coordination for Penn State’s student body president.

University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC) University Park, Pa.Student representative March 2012-May 2013

• Elected by 39,000-person study body as a voting member of Penn State’s allocation committee, which is tasked with allocating $4 million worth of student fees to clubs and organizations.

• Analyzed spending proposals to make sure all clubs and organizations were given proper funding.