Rhetorical Situation

If you've ever applied for an internship, a scholarship, or professional employment, you have probably written a cover letter as part of your application. (If you haven't yet, you will!) A strong cover letter can often make the difference between an average applicant and an outstanding one. If your resume or CV is data-driven, the cover letter interprets that data in narrative form, highlighting the important elements.

In this case, the portfolio cover letter should serve as an introduction to your portfolio, and to you as a writer and emerging scholar. It will set the tone for the work that follows it and creat a memorable first impression. You should describe your journey through this writing class, tell us what you learned along the way, and (importantly) show us how the writing you've chosen to include reveals your progress in achieving the outcomes that the university has set up for WRIT 200.

Audience:UB Writing Program Faculty

Format:Professional Letter (include a header, salutation, sign-off, etc.)

Purposes:

• To engage in metacognition about your own writingprocess.
• To introduce yourself as an emerging voice in your academic/professionalfield.
• To demonstrate how the writing in your portfolio proves that you have met the learning outcomes for WRIT 200 (Page2)

WRIT 200 Student Learning Outcomes

Students will read, write, and analyze a variety of texts produced for multiple purposes, audiences, and genres.They will produce documents which demonstrate that they can:

• understand ways in which contexts shape reading and writing
• identify, analyze, and write in multiple genres effectively
• identify, analyze, and apply rhetorical concepts such as audience, purpose, context, and tone
• establish, develop, and support a controlling idea, which is focused by a clear sense of purpose and audience, in a range of documents
• organize documents based on the rhetorical situation.

Students will understand and apply processes for reading, writing, and research. They will produce documents which demonstrate that they can:

• set purposes and goals for reading, writing, and research
• summarize, interpret, and respond to the ideas of others
• organize evidence in ways that support their own points of view
• select, organize, and cite evidence in ways that are ethical and appropriate to academic genres
• revise documents with purpose over several drafts and revisions.

Students will engage in and critically self-reflect about reading and writing as social processes.They will produce documents which demonstrate that they can:

• successfully engage in self-reflective activities to assessing their own reading and writing in relation to their own learning goals and values
• use a variety of effective strategies for giving constructive feedback on peers' writing
• analyze and ethically incorporate feedback into their own writing
• use a range of effective strategies to revise documents for global concerns with purpose over several drafts
• use a range of effective strategies for editing and proofreading their own work for local concerns

Students will demonstrate an understanding of textual conventions appropriately to writing tasks in their field.They will produce documents which demonstrate that they can:

• identify and use discipline-specific guidelines for citing and documenting sources
• apply genre, format, and structure conventions appropriately to a range of documents
• employ electronic media appropriate to the disciplinary context
• demonstrate proficient control of grammar, sentence variety, word choice,andappropriate conventions.

CV mentioned below:

Bah Abdoulaye

Address Baltimore, MD, 21133 Phone 443-240-3713 E-mail &..0@gmail.com

Talented Logistics Specialist with detail-oriented and hardworking approach to keeping goods flowing efficiently. Knowledgeable about coordinating both inbound and outbound schedules. Highly organized and forward-thinking team player.

Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Time Management.
• Microsoft 360
• Order Management
• Shipment coordinating
• Inventory restoking
• Ability to work in a fast paced and high performing environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset
• Collaborative and able to work in a team environment

Experience

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Baltimore, MD

Intermodal - Import / Export- logistic agent June 2022 - Current

• Ensuring movement of cargo out of the port in the quickest and most efficient way.
• Sending work orders to trucking companies, rail/barge billing, barge assignments.
• Communicating with customers, port, trucking companies, and internal MSC departments to resolve potential problems/holds on cargo.
• Working with internal and external databases, and Excel spreadsheets to complete daily tasks.
• Negotiates with carriers, warehouse operators for services and preferential rates to ensure cost effectiveness.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Baltimore, MD

Quality inspector April 2022 - June 2022

• Maintain quality control records according to WWL requirements
• Audit in-process VPC procedures and final quality of the vehicle to assure compliance with established quality standards
• Verifies all vehicles VIN numbers and that the work scheduled for the vehicle is complete
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of all quality problems to management.
• Ability to carry out specified work procedures and directions of supervisors or leads

Y-Tech Solution Baltimore, MD

Logistics Intern Nov 2021-March 2022

• Plan daily logistics, ensuring that resources are used efficiently.
• Fast-paced operations or logistics role with proven experience solving problems faced by team.
• Scheduled deliveries and shipments and provided real-time updates to all parties.

GrubHub Baltimore, MD

Driver Care Specialist - Remote April 2017 - Nov 2021

• Assist driver partners in collecting, delivering, and adjusting orders.
• Coordinate pickups/deliveries
• Perform and document real-time updates to orders, driver profiles, and restaurant account settings
• Checked prices and calculated totals for accurate invoice processing.
• Follow set policies and procedures to ensure consistency and operational excellence across organization; meet and exceed performance guidelines for attendance, quality, productivity, and schedule adherence
• Collected orders payments from clients and updated account balances.

Community College Baltimore County Catonsville, MD

Office Assistant/Event planner August 2015 - May 2017

• Coordinated with participating vendors during event planning.
• Assisted with planning of student events and activities
• Organized delivery of materials needed for various school event
• Managed loading, unloading, movement and sorting of supplies to keep deliveries on schedule.
• Performed data entry by logging weekly data of student visits to the pantry into an Excel document
• Assisted internal staff with clerical and administrative needs to maximize efficiency and team productivity.

Education

2018-08-Current

Bachelor of Science:Business Administration University of Baltimore - Baltimore, MD