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Wednesday, February 15,2006
Expo brings networking,
decent job opprotunities
By Mariam Abuhaideri
Staff Writer
mabuhaideri @yahoo.com
The Department
of Career Services is
sponsoring the 2006 Job
Fair tomorrow.
Over 50 companies
are expected to be
represented and the
event is a great way for
students to meet potential
employers without leaving
the campus.
The companies will
be recruiting for summer
jobs, internships, co-ops
and career development
opportunities.
Director of Career
Services, Dr. Bruce
Brewer, says that he is
pleased with the number
of organizations interested
in hiring UWG students.
“I hope students will
take full advantage to
meet employers on UWG
turf,” Brewer said.
The list of employers
includes a diverse group.
Among those
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Contact Stephanie Smith
(678) 839-4783
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20 of the activities were
eligible to win an Apple
Ipod. Freshman Bo
Johnson won the contest.
Together with the
Department of Residence
Life, SG A participated in
“Dorm Tour” a program
designed to make
students aware of SGA
and its purpose.
Members of SGA
visited each residence
hall and talked with
students about their voice
on campus and how they
could become involved.
SGA has also been
heavily involved with the
energy crisis on campus.
They are preparing
to make students more
aware of what to do to
help conserve energy at
UWG.
If he could change
anything at UWG, Lord
would increase campus
involvement and morale.
“When I became
involved on campus,
I gained leadership,
organizational and social
interaction skills.”
Lord believes that
getting involved early on
in college creates a strong
bond between the student
and their school and leads
to positive affects for the
student’s experience and
the university.
Lord says that being
president takes a lot
more time than what he
initially thought.
His best advice to
companies being
represented at the job fair
are Ameriprise Financial,
Home Depot, Walt Disney
World, Enterprise Rent-
A-Car, UPS, several state
government agencies, and
military recruiters.
Job Expo is one of
the two events organized
by Career Services, the
other one being Teacher
Interview Day.
According to Shannon
Gunn, a student at UWG
who attended the Job Expo
last year, “They always
manage to get a good lot of
companies to choose from.
They have something for
everyone’s major.”
The department also
co-hosts two job fair
events at the Cobb Galleria
Center in Atlanta in April
and November.
Students attending the
fair are expected to dress
professionally and bring
copies of their resume with
them.
They are also
encouraged to arrive
the next president is to
be prepared for a big
commitment and to set a
schedule and stick to it.
“I would have to say
don’t take things personal,
be approachable, keep
and open mind and be a
good listener.”
Lord plans to attend
pharmacy school at
Mercer, graduate, and then
return to his hometown of
Covington, GA.
He wants to be a
pharmacist for the Kroger
that he has worked at for
the past five years.
Future goals include
moving up the ladder to
a zone coordinator for
Kroger, which would be
in charge of around 15
area stores.
As for politics,
he hopes to become a
county commissioner
and eventually a state
legislator.
Lord says that he
learned many things as SGA
president including how to
conduct meetings, how to
be more organized, time
management skills, and
how to offer suggestions,
but not dictate.
“I had to learn to let
people make their own
mistakes. It was hard for
me not to catch them if
they fell or try and fix
things own my own.”
Blake continues, “I
realized that if I stepped
back to let the other
executive council members
or Senators make their own
mistakes, that they would
grow into better leaders,
and so would I.”
early, so that they can
take advantage of the
opportunity.
Early childhood
major, Erin Martin, who
attended the event last
year, asserts that the event
was a great opportunity
as she could actually
work with children, a
valuable experience for
her major.
Dr. Brewer strongly
encourages all students
to attend the event to
not only network and
search for opportunities,
but also to build up on
communication skills.
Students who attend
will be checked in with
their student ID between
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
lower level of the Z-6.
The complete list of
employers attending the
Job Expo can be found on
the Department of Career
Services website at http://
careerweb.westga.edu/.
For more information
students may contact (678)
839-6630.
Lord spends most of
his time in the SGA office
or at the library.
But when he gets the
chance, he likes to play
golf, learn more about
politics and medicine, and
hang out with his friends
and family.
“I try to plan for at
least one day a week to
spend with the special
people in my life.”
Aside from SGA,
Lord is involved with 1 in
4, Chi Phi Fraternity, and
works at the University
Health Center.
Lord hopes that he
is remembered as an
approachable, fair and
balanced individual.
“I am a student just
like everyone else; 1 am
no better because I am the
SGA president.”
“For the rest of my
presidency I want to keep
students involved and
promote school spirit. 1
want to get the student body
pumped up about their new
Campus Center.”
Along with several
campus organizations,
SGA is preparing for the
move to their new office in
the Campus Center.
They are working
hard on ways to make
the suggestions box more
efficient for students to let
their voice be heard.
Tentatively, SGA
applications will be
available February 17 and
elections will begin mid-
March.
For more information,
visit http://www.westga.
edu/~sga.
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Students Mel Laßelle, Jason Soucy and Frances Colon dance and socialize during
Lambda's Happy Bunny Valentine's Day Dance Sunday night. Co-sponsored by the
Residence Hall Presidents Council, the dance was designed to persuade students to
hang out and get to know other students. The dance was held in the lower level of the
Z-6 from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Concern days set aside
for student voices
By Mariam Abuhaideri
Staff Writer
mabuhaideri@yahoo.com
The Student
Government Association
is hosting its first Student
Concern Day of the
semester.
They urge every
student who has concerns
to come up at the student
concern tables setup
outside the Univeristy
Community Center and in
the TLC lobby and fill out
concern forms.
“The event helps
get the message of the
students across to the
administrators. And we
try our best to solve a
Campus Calendar
(All sporting events listed are home games.)
Wednesday, Feb. 15
• Lambda, Pafford Rm. 302, 8 p.m.
• Realm, UCC Rm. 207. 5 p.m.
• French Film Series, “L’homme du Train,” Bonner Lecture Hall
7 p.m.
• Baseball: UWG v. Georgia College & State Univ., Cole
Field, 2 p.m.
• Responsible Sexuality Committee, UCC Rm. 210, 12 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 16
• Job Expo, Lower Level, Z-6, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• SGA Meeting, UCC Rm. 207, 3:30 p.m.
• Energy Committee, UCC Rm. 312, 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18
• Baseball: UWG v. Bellarmine, Cole Field, 1 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 20
• SPAN, UCC, Top Floor, 8 p.m.
Events are taken from web-published university calendars and sports
schedules, press releases and from information sent to The West
Georgian by event organizers. Organizers wishing to list an event may
e-mail the details, as far in advance as possible, to uwgpaper@westga.
edu.
majority of the concerns.
I encourage all students to
stop by the tables and share
with SGA their concerns,”
said Blake Lord, president
of the Student Govemmnet
Association.
The last student
concern day saw students
penning down their
concerns on the likes of
having the Z-6 open on
weekends, better meal
options, getting the blue
bus route back, additional
parking space, activities
on weekends and extended
hours of the library.
Some of these have
already been considered.
Based on SGA’s proposals,
the Blue Route has begun
(life West Cftcimium
running again and Z-6
will be open on weekends
beginning fall this year.
Extending library hours is
being considered.
"I am looking forward
to the Concern Days. 1
voiced my concern last
semester and SGA did find
me answers. 1 am going
to do it again this time
because I now know that
my voice is being heard."
said Adam Stanger. a
freshman student.
The tables will be set
up all day on February 20,
and will continue through
Febraury 21.
For more information,
call the SGA office on
(678) 839-4742.