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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Dates - Date
Personal Information
Accomplishments
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CATHERINE DONNELL

CATHERINE DONNELL

Linguist
Stellenbosch

Summary

All rounder with a love for the English language and working with the acquisition for language

love for sport, outdoors and the arts as as indicated in my school career.

I am quiet but driven individual who loves working with all areas of development.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Admin Assistant

Ms CATHERINE EMILY DONNELL
Stellenbosch
1 1 - Current


  • Maintained confidentiality of sensitive information by adhering to strict privacy policies and implementing secure filing systems.
  • Ensured accurate record-keeping with diligent data entry and database management for vital company information.
  • Developed and updated spreadsheets and databases to track, analyze, and report on performance and sales data.
  • Developed comprehensive reports for management by collecting data from various sources, analyzing trends, and presenting actionable insights.
  • Collaborated on special projects as assigned by leadership, contributing research findings or coordinating event logistics as needed for success.
  • Managed filing system, entered data and completed other clerical tasks.
  • Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis, lecture administration, invigilation and marking
  • Completed forms, reports, logs, and records to quickly handle all documentation for the Linguistics Professor.
  • Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity. For example assisting fellow honors students in their data collection
  • Facilitated timely delivery of special projects to meet organizational and departmental objectives.
  • Performed research to collect and record industry data.

Education

Honors, General Linguistics - Child Language Acquisition – Diagnostic Evaluation

University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch

Assistantship in first semester - admin and marking: Sign Language Linguistics 278

• Research: Child Language Acquisition – Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation (DELV) – child language assessment for 4-to-9-year-olds

• Distinction in first semester modules

• Trained in DELV administration

• Assisted my supervisor with data collection at Renish Primary (DELV)

• Assisted with data collection of another honours student: verb and noun comprehension and production of English and Afrikaans 3-year-olds

• Invigilation of undergraduate exams

• Expect to graduate December 2024

Bachelor Of Social Science - Linguistics

Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch
12.2023

Merit bursaries in 2022 and 2023 due to exceptional marks

• Full distinctions in third year (2023) – full majors: Psychology and General Linguistics,

minor: Sign Language Linguistics

Matric - Maths, Science, History, Art English And Afrikaans

Oakhill School, Knysna
12.2020

Interact member (community service)

• Six matric distinctions

• Average of 82,5% in matric

• Honours in academics (2018, 2019 and 2020)

• First team tennis (2016-2020). U-14 provincial tennis(2016)

• First team hockey since grade 10. Captain in matric(2020).

• Won hockey player of the year 2020

• Provincial hockey in u-13 (2015), u-14 (2016), u-16 (2017 and 2018), u-18 (2019)

• Provincial hockey captain 2018

• Full colours for hockey

Skills

Research

Dates - Date

09/28/23

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 09/28/23

Accomplishments

Trained in and assisting my professor in the DELV research and administration

Full distinctions in third year (2023) – full majors: Psychology and General Linguistics, minor: Sign Language Linguistics

Merit bursaries in 2022 and 2023 due to exceptional marks


Six matric distinctions

Honours in academics (2018, 2019 and 2020)

Won hockey player of the year 2020

Provincial hockey captain 2018

Timeline

University of Stellenbosch - Honors, General Linguistics , Child Language Acquisition – Diagnostic Evaluation
Stellenbosch University - Bachelor Of Social Science, Linguistics
Oakhill School - Matric , Maths, Science, History, Art English And Afrikaans
Admin Assistant - Ms CATHERINE EMILY DONNELL
1 1 - Current
CATHERINE DONNELLLinguist