Dennis Hill
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Surveying Engineering Student
Ferris State University
915 Campus Dr.,
Swan 314
Big Rapids, MI 49307-2291
Phone: (231) 591-2845
E-mail: hilld14@fsuimail.ferris.edu
Resume
Objective:
To pursue a career in Land Surveying, Civil Engineering, or Geographic
Information Systems and mapping.
Background:
I was born August 2, 1981 in Bountiful, Utah
to the home of Von and Wendy Hill. I have one older brother and four younger
sisters. My parents held religion and family togetherness as strong values in
their home, thus I grew up well versed in theology in my tight knit family. At
the age of 18 I moved away from home for the first time and attended Snow College
1999-2000 completing my studies in an Associate Degree of Science. Soon
thereafter, I decided to go abroad and perform humanitarian aid in the small
southeastern country of Cambodia
in the later half of 2000. Temporarily fulfilled with my service abroad by May
of 2001, I moved back to the U.S. and attended the University
of Colorado in Colorado Springs studying psychology. After
completing a semester at the University
of Colorado, I moved home to Utah and helped the Salt
Lake Olympic Committee in the preparation and presentation of the 2002 Winter
Olympic Games. Once the games had finished, I decided to try living abroad
again and moved to a small town in central Taiwan, Beigang, and worked there
as an English teacher. I turned 21 years old that summer and had finally grown
up.
When I returned to the the U.S. that fall,
I joined the United States Army Reserves as a combat engineer and began an
academic career in engineering. It wasn’t a full year before I was
deployed to a 16 month tour in Operation Iraqi Freedom II. During that tour I
served mainly around the Baghdad
International Airport
performing the duties of route patrol, convoy escort, construction equipment
operator, and humanitarian relief. When released from active duty, I returned
to Utah where I continued my academic career
in engineering at the University
of Utah. During the
summer of 2006, I learned of the opportunity of studying surveying and engineering
and Ferris State University
in Big Rapids, MI. I moved to Michigan
in August of 2006 and have been studying Surveying and Engineering since. It
has been an easy transition coming to FSU. The faculty has been very helpful
and I did not lose anytime or credit when transferring my academic credentials.
Experience:
Mar 2005- Dec 2006 I worked at Hill & Argyle Civil Engineering and Land
Surveying in Bountiful, Utah as a surveying technician and draftsman
Dec 2003 - Mar 2006 I served as a combat engineer in the United States Army
Corps of Engineers during Operation Iraqi Freedom II
Before joining the army in January of 2003, I pursued studies in psychology
at Snow College and University of
Colorado-Colorado Springs. Fall of 2002 – Spring 2006I began studying pre-engineering
at Weber State
University, and the University of Utah.
Immediately after graduating from Snow
College in 2000, I taught English
abroad in Cambodia
(2000-2001), and also in Taiwan
during the summer of 2002
Education:
1999 High School Diploma – Bountiful,
UT
2000 Summa Cum Laude graduate with Associate Degree of Science – Snow College
2001 Psychology Major – University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
2002 Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate – Norwood College, Ireland
2002-2003 Pre-engineering – Weber State Univeristy
2005-2006 Engineering Major – University of Utah
2005-2007 Studying for Engineering and Land Surveying for a Bachelor of
Science degree, Department of
Surveying Engineering , College of Technology, Ferris State University.
Interests:
Feel free to contact me anytime:
hilld14@fsuimail.ferris.edu