Career Services offers upcoming events

Career Fair 2008
Career Fair 2008, co-sponsored by SMU’s Career Services, Winona State University, and Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical, is fast approaching. It is scheduled for noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in WSU’s McCown gymnasium. This event is free and is open to all students, freshmen through seniors. More than 100 employers and graduate schools are registered to attend. It is a beneficial event, whether you are looking for information about a particular career or company, seeking an internship, job-hunting, or researching graduate schools.

For information on the companies and graduate schools attending, students can look online at www.smumn.edu/careerservices and click on the “career fair” link. A number of employers will be interviewing candidates for full-time career and internship opportunities the day after the fair, on Thursday, Oct. 23. You can interview with these employers by signing up with the career services office.

A shuttle will first depart at 11:30 a.m. and shuttles then leave every hour between noon and 3 p.m.

Government Fair
The Minnesota College & University Career Services Association is sponsoring the fifth annual Government Fair on Friday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. Students can find out how to start their career in government by attending this fair. This fair is open to all students, freshmen through seniors. A list of the government agencies attending can be found at www.mcucsa.org/govjobfair. Registration is due today, Oct. 17, in Saint Mary’s Hall, Room 136.

Long-term Volunteer Fair
On Thursday, Nov. 6, WSU and SMU are hosting long-term volunteer fairs (from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Hyphen of Kryzsko Commons on the WSU campus, and from 3 to 5 p.m. in the game room of the Toner Student Center on the SMU campus).

Long-term volunteering involves committing one or two years assisting with a particular need in communities that are underserved and have few resources. The Nov. 6 fairs at WSU and SMU welcome approximately 15 long-term volunteer programs from around the country that place recent college graduates into volunteer placements nationally and internationally.

Some of the programs that are registered include Lasallian Volunteers, St. Joseph the Worker in St. Paul, Mercy Home Volunteer Corps, Christian Brother Volunteer Program, Holden Village, Inner City Teaching Corps, and more. The fairs are open to all interested in learning more about long-term volunteering and the diversity of options available. For more information, contact Chris McClead in the Office of Campus Ministry: cmcclead@smumn.edu or Ext. 7268.