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The Red & Black | Thursday, June 22, 2006 | 3
Campus life department created
Will aquire Office of Greek Life, Center for Leadership, Service
Career coaching
aids job seekers
Professionals
give direction
By HEATHER MEADERS
For The Red & Black
Tornadoes, earthquakes,
hurricanes and post-gradua
tion job searches — to
Meghan Kirkland, a recent
University graduate from
Peachtree City, all of these
are natural disasters.
“Fve been looking for a job
since last August. I’m start
ing to get stressed out, and
it’s getting a little bit dis
couraging,” Kirkland, the for
mer Spanish major, said.
“College taught me how to
do my job, but it didn’t teach
me how to And it,” she said.
Disaster relief is here.
Regardless of how far along a
student is in the job search,
there are numerous career
coaches in Athens who can
help University students And
a dream job that doesn’t
require burrito-rolling skills.
Career coaches are profes
sionals who help clients
reach various career and
employment goals. They can
prepare graduates and cur
rent students for a particular
career or help identify pro
fessions that cater to speciAc
talents.
According to the Career
Coach Institute in Arizona’s
Web site, www.career-
coachinstitute.com, people
who work with career coach
es And jobs 15 to 46 percent
faster than those who do not.
Diane Dickson, founder
and director of Intown
Coaching & Counseling
Group in Atlanta, requires
her clients to undergo an
eight-week process for one
hour a day once a week.
“I aim to guide my clients
into developing a career plan
to move in a satisfying direc
tion,” Dickson said.
Dickson also helps clients
with resume writing, inter
view preparation and job
searches.
Career coaching fees vary
depending on the coach’s
level of certification and
the client’s goals. For exam
ple, a coach-in-training can
run from $75 to $200 a
month, and one who has
graduated from coaching
school can cost $375 to
$1,000 a month.
Many people locate
career coaches through
word-of-mouth, and coaches
often train their clients over
the telephone so training
sessions can be conducted
over long distances.
Graduates and students
also can turn to a career
coach if they are unsure of
what direction to take pro
fessionally.
LuAnn Brown, a career
coach and consultant and
owner of Careers that Fit,
administers several assess
ment tests in order to pin
point her clients’ preferences
and strengths.
“I want my clients to be
able to look honestly at their
abilities, discover their pas
sions and various things that
feed into a speciAc career
choice,” Brown said.
According to Brown,
approximately 50 percent of
Brown’s clients are college
graduates, and she hopes to
increase that number in the
near future.
Brown said she wants
to provide youths with a bet
ter environment for explor
ing successful career options
because they are not given
much information about
what to look for in a career.
Career coaches in Athens,
can be found in the Athens,
Ga. section of the National
Directory at the Web site
www.tofar.com, which is an
online professional directory.
University students also
can take advantage of the
Career Center’s various free
services.
“The Career Center has
something to offer each stu
dent in terms of career
goals,” Career Center Exe
cutive Director Scott T.
Williams said.
The Career Center cur
rently assists more than
10,000 students on campus in
Anding internships and stu
dent employment as well as
exploring career opportuni
ties. They provide assistance
with job listings, internships,
resume writing and gradua
tion school preparation and
offer both fall and spring
career fairs.
“I enjoy the client discov
ery process,” said Brown.
“I’m here to help them dis
cover their passion.”
By MICHELLE FLOYD
mfloyd@randb.com
Physical features aren’t
the only things changing
around campus this summer.
Effective July 1, the
Department of Students
Activities will be renamed the
Department of Campus Life
and will acquire some new
sub-departments, including
the OfAce of Greek Life and
the Center for Leadership
and Service.
“Greek organizations and
leadership programs truly are
integral parts of student
development, and we knew
that they would complete the
Department of Campus Life,”
said Pat Daugherty, assistant
vice president
for student affairs, in a state
ment released Monday.
Even though the merge
isn’t effective until July,
changes already have been
put into effect. But adminis
trators think most students
probably won’t notice or care
because it’s such a minor
change.
“It’s more of a name
thing,” Daugherty said.
“I can’t imagine any
major impact. I’m hoping
(the process) will be seam
less.”
The sub-departments will
retain their original names,
except for the Center for
Leadership and Services,
which recently was changed
from the Student Leadership
Center.
The departments also will
keep most of their same
duties and activities.
“It’s not really business
procedures (that will
change), but who will handle
the business procedures will
change,” said Associate Dean
for Greek Life Claudia
Shamp.
“There will be no loss or
addition (of employees),”
Shamp said about the imme
diate changes that accompa
ny the department merge.
“Everything will be busi
ness as usual,” said Willie
Banks, director of Student
Activities.
“A lot of (the change) is
cosmetic, like with letter
heads and such.”
Daugherty said the
Department of Student
Activities has discussed this
change, among others, for
about a year, after a retired
vice president for student
affairs from Clemson was
brought in last fall as a
University consultant.
“The title (Campus Life) is
good,” Shamp said. “It’s
inclusive of all areas.”
Daugherty agreed.
“People think Student
Activities are fun and games,
but it’s more than that,” she
said.
The newly created depart
ment will include Greek Life,
as well as other programming
and services such as
Volunteer UGA, which will
be housed within the
Center for Leadership and
Services.
At least for now, all of the
departments in Campus Life
can be found in Memorial
Hall or the Tate Student
Center. Administrators
hope students will And the
departments more easily
and become more involved
with campus life and activi
ties.
“(The merge) has created
an environment for integra
tion between Memorial Hall
and the Tate Center,” said
Candice Sherman, director of
the Center for Leadership
and Services.
But when the Tate II con
struction begins, the location
could change, although
Daugherty said her depart
ment has not planned that
far ahead.
As for the possibility that
other departments may move
under the Department of
Campus Life in the future,
Daugherty said she can’t
think of any others that
would move right now, but
there is a possibility that
more departments will be
added under Campus Life
later.
“Who knows?” she said.
“The campus is always
evolving.”
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