Beverly Wu : the official website

Now & Then

Education:

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
2012 – Bachelor of Arts (in progress), Honours in Linguistics
2009 – Certificate of Liberal Arts (October 2009)

VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL
2007 – Diploma, Acting for Film and Television, Valedictorian of Class
2006 – Certificate, Acting Essentials

GLADSTONE SECONDARY
2003 – High School Diploma, Valedictorian of class

Activities:

2012

• Research Assistant at the SFU Language & Brain Lab (http://www.sfu.ca/lablab)
• Spring classes: LING 480 Special Topics: Computer Assisted Language Learning, IAT 380 Sound Design, LING 490 Honours Essay

2011

• Research Assistant at the SFU Language & Brain Lab (http://www.sfu.ca/lablab)
• August-December – Producer at The Opera Project (http://theoperaproject.org) – Mastery Series for Singers
• SFU Rowing Club – Rower on Senior Team
• Aerial Silks @ Vancouver Circus School
• September: First Marathon, Bellingham Bay Marathon
• Fall classes: LING 411 Topics in Applied Phonetics, HUM 161 Latin I, GRK 110 Modern Greek I
• May/June: Producer & House Manager, The Marriage of Figaro (in Concert), presented by The Opera Project
• May: First Half Marathon at BMO Vancouver Marathon event
• Summer classes: LING 407 Historical Linguistics, FNLG 231 Introduction to First Nations Language I (Topic: Mam – a Mayan Language spoken in Guatemala)
• Spring classes: LING 362 ESL Theory, LING 401 Topics in Phonetics, LING 415 Neurolinguistics

2010

• November: Starts taking Aerial Silks classes @ Vancouver Circus School
• Filmed Megami: Search for the Gods and Megami: Legacy for the Gods. Reprised the Xionko character from Food for the Gods (2007 short)
• Performed at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics (Vancouver/Whistler)
• SFU Rowing Club Secretary & Rower on Senior Team
• Stage manager for The Opera Project/OperaKlass production ofThe Magic Flute
• Begins lending through Kiva Microfunds on kiva.org
• Fall classes: LING 301W Linguistic Argumentation, LING 360 Linguistics and Language Teaching, LING 410 Applied Linguistics, LING 480 Cognitive Linguistics
• Summer classes: LING 309W Sociolinguistics, LING 322 Syntax, LING 323 Morphology, LING 324 Semantics
• Spring classes: LING 321 Phonology, LING 330 Phonetics, LING 350 First Language Acquisition, ASC 400 Special Topics in Asia-Canada Studies: Asian Canadians and Community Media

2009

• Fall: SFU Rowing Club – Novice Team
• Fall classes: IAT 100 Systems of Media Representation, IAT 222 Interactive Arts, IAT244 Digital Photography, LING 110 The Wonder of Words, LING 222 Intro to Syntax
• Summer: Certificate of Liberal Arts completed
• Summer classes: CMPT 120 Intro to Computing Science, ECON 103 Intro to Microeconomics, LING 100 Communication & Language, LING 221 Intro to Phonology
• Spring classes: JAPN 100 Japanese I
• January-April: Assistant to the Producer, The Elan Awards (Video Games, Animation, & SFX)

2008

• November-December: Event Producer (Administrative and Entertainment Coordinator) and Roving Comedic Character for Grand Opening of Richmond Olympic Oval
• Fall classes: PERS 118 Persian I
• August: Stage Managed This Is Our Youth at Havana Theatre in Vancouver
• April: Got married.

2007

• Diploma, Acting for Film and Television – Vancouver Film School
• Filmed Food for the Gods (short)

2006

• Certificate, Acting Essentials – Vancouver Film School
• Program Assistant / Secretary to Dr. David Speert, Division Head of Infectious and Immunological Diseases, UBC Pediatrics (2005-2006)

2005

• Program Assistant / Secretary to Dr. David Speert, Division Head of Infectious and Immunological Diseases, UBC Pediatrics (2005-2006)
• Lab Assistant, Speert Lab, UBC Pediatrics at Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver BC (2002-2005)
• Spring classes: FPA 104 Music Fundamentals, FPA 111 Issues in Fine and Performing Arts, FPA 161 Intro to Visual Art II, FPA 262 Drawing I

2004

• Met a nice handsome guy named Steve.
• Fall classes: CHIN 101 Mandarin Chinese II, CMNS 110 Intro to Communications Studies, FPA 160 Intro to Visual Art I, LING 220 Intro to Linguistics
• Spring classes: BISC 102 General Biology, CHEM 121 General Chemistry I, CHIN 100 Manadarin Chinese I, PHYS 101 General Physics I
• Lab Assistant, Speert Lab, UBC Pediatrics at Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver BC (2002-2005)

2003

• Fall classes: BISC 101 General Biology, ENGL 101 Intro to Fiction, ENGL 102 Intro to Poetry, MATH 151 Calculus I
• Graduated from Gladstone Secondary, Vancouver BC
• Lab Assistant, Speert Lab, UBC Pediatrics at Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver BC (2002-2005)

That’s really about as far back as you need to go.

Oh I played volleyball for my high school team from 1998-2003. I did mini-school and a whole bunch of accelerated/enriched classes in high school. I won lots of awards. I did lots of art stuff. I skipped grade 4. I was born once upon a time in a land pretty close to here.

Now you know everything about me that I don’t care to remember.