Carol A. Arent has over 15 years of experience in administrative assistant roles at Hofstra University and Bates Worldwide Advertising. She currently serves as the Senior Assistant to the Dean's office at Hofstra University's Frank G. Zarb School of Business, where her responsibilities include scheduling, correspondence, and preparing materials. Previously, she was a Senior Assistant to Undergraduate Admissions at Hofstra University and held various part-time administrative roles at Bates Worldwide Advertising. She has strong computer skills in Microsoft Office, SCT Banner, and other systems.

1. Carol A. Arent 126 Moore Avenue
Cell: 516-306-0214 Home: 516-795-4055 Massapequa Park, NY
11762
Personal email: arent7@optonline.net Hofstra 463-6364/carol.arent@hofstra.edu
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
October 2006 - Present: Hofstra University, Uniondale, New York
9/15-present: Senior Assistant to Dean’s office Frank G. Zarb School of Business. Report to Senior
Associate Dean of the business school at Hofstra University. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to,
phones, filing, executing correspondence, scheduling appointments, distribution of budget information,
preparing materials for committee elections, assisting with faculty load reports and the preparation of class
schedules and curriculum proposals. Attend and prepare minutes of the executive committee and faculty
meetings and disseminating minutes of such meetings. Assist in various aspects of coordinating Zarb events.
Work with Degree Audit Reports, Banner System and Hofstra Web Systems. Special projects.
10/08-9/15: Senior Assistant to Undergraduate Admissions . Reported to AVP of Enrollment
Management, Admission and team of 20 Associate and Assistant Deans. Responsibilities include, but are not
limited to, greet and assist heavy volume of visitors – both prospective and current students, phones, maintain
calendars, schedules and files, typing, photocopying, scanning, schedule appointments; mailing preparation;
extensive expense reporting. Implemented office wide organization spreadsheet used to track departmental
expenses. Created large organizational chart(s) for Enrollment Management, as well as, its individual divisions.
Admission data entry, manage student workers and record their hours in Enterprise eTIME, create forms for
department use. Gather, contact and compose correspondence for a variety of Admission topics, including, but
not limited to, department job openings. Develop tracking spreadsheets for VP and office manager and work
on various special projects. Assist VP for Enrollment Management in select projects, consisting of confidential
matters, research, as well as provide support in all other administrative assistant duties. Manage entering
planning info/Compliance Assist for Enrollment Management and Admissions. Contact with all offices of the
University. Work Admission Events.
10/06-10/08: Admissions Clerk (Part-time). Reported to Director of Operations in Admission.
Responsibilities included importing student data from third-party media such as internet, cd’s, discs, and emails
into the University’s computer system, SCT Banner. Track data and maintain files for each. Create and
maintain spreadsheet of website prospects for reporting purposes. Authored tape load instruction manual for
department. Assist with various departmental tasks on as-needed basis. Worked Admission events and
Graduation Commencement.
February 2005 – May 2006: Tankoos Reporting, 145 Willis Ave, Mineola, NY
Legal Transcriber (from home). Transcribed audio taped hearings (Board of Education and State Insurance
Fund) using machine transcription skills into court documents. Topics included students with disabilities
requiring services and medical claims.
April 1986 - November 2003: Bates Worldwide Advertising, New York, NY
8/2001 - 11/2003: Administrative Assistant (Part-time). Reported to Senior Vice President/Management
Representative and assisted entire account team (Pfizer Adams Business.) Special projects, travel
arrangements and general administrative duties. Occasionally requested to substitute for absent Executive
Assistants in other departments such as Human Resources, Finance, and Worldwide Management.

2. 5/1995 - 8/2001: Administrative Assistant/AV Library Manager (Part-time) . Assisted IT Department
in development of comprehensive database for agency-wide use. Maintained agency’s television and radio
library of various audio/video formats. Participated in production of numerous new business pitches compiling
and organizing data of commercial reels. Coordinated recording sessions and editing time.
4/1986 - 5/1995: Executive Assistant to Chairman. Assisted chairman with daily management of global
business and North American administration. Confidential matters; organizational changes. Maintained salary
budget database. Organized and coordinated meetings and conferences. Handled extensive travel
arrangements and expense reporting. Daily contact with all client/agency management. Handled heavy
correspondence and composed draft emails, letters and staff memos for chairman.
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Office – Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Publisher, Outlook. SCT Banner. Enterprise e-TIME,
Sales Force Customer Relationship Management. Also proficient in PageMaker. Knowledge of Lotus, Xerox
Desktop Publishing and Word Perfect.
EDUCATION
1984 Alfred G. Berner High School, Massapequa New York, Regents Diploma
1986 Nassau Community College – Associates Degree/Business
Professional and personal references furnished upon request.