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Back-to-School Edition Campus Monday, Sept. 2,1985/The Battalion/Page IF Cisneros attends meeting Board approves budget By JERRY OSLIN Stall Writer The Texas A&M Board of Re gents gave final approval Aug. 20 to the Texas A&M University Sys tem’s $689 million operating bud get for fiscal 1985-8o. Next year’s TAMUS budget is an increase of 3.6 percent over the current year’s >665 million budget. Included in the 1985-86 system budget is A&M’s $407 million budget, an increase of 2.3 percent above this year’s $398 million op erating budget. In other business, the Board approved an agenda item that al lows TAMUS to charge a fee to students who decide to pay their tuition and fees in installments during the semester rather than pay before the start of the semes ter. House Bill 1147, the law that raised tuition for students attend ing state-supported colleges and universities, allows students to pay tuition and fees in either two or four semester installments. The bill also allows colleges and universities to charge students, who pay in installments, a fee for handling those installments. Beginning in the 1985 fall se mester, A&M will charge a $10 fee to students who pay in instal lments and a $10 penalty to any student who does not pay his in stallment by the due date. The Board also approved an item allowing TAMUb to estab lish an emergency loan program to help students who can show an inability to pay their tuition and fees. The Aug. 20 meeting was the first officially attended by San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, who was appointed by Gov. Mark Henry Cisneros White in June to fill the vacancy left by H.R. “Bum" Bright’s resig nation in March. Former students’ association expected to get new center at A&M by September 4986 By BRIAN PEARSON Stall' Writer Construction began June 13 on a $7 million building for the Texas A&M Association of Former Stu dents. The 59,000-square-foot Clayton Williams Jr. Center is expected to be complete in September 1986, an as sociation representative said. “It will be a very functional build ing not only for former students, but for faculty, staff and students to use,” said Randy Matson, executive director. Located at the corner of Jersey Street and Houston Street, the pro posed center will serve as an office for the 35-member Association of Former Student staff. The proposed center already is marked in the 1984-85 Campus pi- rectory’s map of the campus. Matson said the building will pro vide a meeting place after games, graduation ceremonies and other University activities. “We’ll have the capability of hav ing banquets, receptions and those types of things for former students and people on campus,” Matson said. There are about 120,000 for mer students, he said. Matson said the center will be de signed to represent the beliefs that A&M stands for. “We wanted something that rep resents the strength and tradition that the association and A&M have, so the building committee felt like the semicircular-shaped building with Roman architecture and big columns would exemplify that, Matson said.” Sections of the aerobics track and the flying disc golf course will be al tered to make room for the center, which will occupy five acres. Matson said the location for the center was chosen so it will be close to the Memorial Student Center and Kyle Field. The money for the center was do nated by former students, Matson said. When the employees of the asso ciation move into their new building, the association’s current offices in the MSC will be used by the Texas A&M Development Foundation, he said. Placement Center a good way for students to job hunt By Betty Schultz Reporter Your future could be found on the tenth floor of Rudder Tower at the University Placement Center. The center is a service for both students and recruiters. The services offered are on-campus interviews, career planning, resume and job search, alumni placement services, placement library, government in formation and Dossier Services. According to Judy Vollier, assis tant director, on-campus interviews are the busiest part of the center’s services. To be eligible to interview at the placement center, students must go through a lengthy registration proc ess. December graduates should reg ister immediately if they want to in terview before graduation. May graduates are also encouraged to register this fall. The interviewing process is based on a point system. December grad uates start with 250 points and May graduates start with 200 points. Stu dents are then allowed to bid for in- “The large Firms . . . are after the cream of the crop — the very best can didates . . . . ”— Judy Vol lier, assistant director of the Placement Center. terviews. If the interview is one of the few the student feels qualified for, or one of the only interviews he is interested in, he should bid a high number of points, say about 40. The highest bidders fill the interview slots, and the lower bidders are put on a waiting list. If a student has to cancel an inter view, he does not lose his points as long as he cancels three days in ad vance. However, if he does not show up for an interview,- he is blocked from any additional interviews and a letter is written to his department head. The center also offers an alumni placement service. This is for grad uates who did not get jobs before graduation. The center sends list ings of upcoming interviews to the graduates. Graduates are allowed to interview at the placement center if they have points left over from their senior year. Many companies that interview through the center keep folders on file in the placement center library. The folders contain brochures, an nual reports and other information about the company. Binders with let ters from companies informing the placement center of job openings also are on file. Students interested in a job listed in the binders may send the company a resume. If the companies are interested in any of the resumes they have received, they will then set up an interview day at the placement center. Then the stu dents are allowed to bid on the inter view. Students should use the place ment library so they will be well-in formed about the company before interviewing, Vollier said. The inter viewers expect the students to be knowledgeable about the company and to ask Questions, she said. They also know when students are not well prepared for the interview, she added. The Dossier Service is the inter view process for students interview ing in the education field. This regis tration process is a bit more lengthy than the registration process for non-education job seekers, Vollier said. The only time that school dis tricts interview at the center is the week before graduation. Several of the employers that re cruit the most at the placement cen ter are Bowing, General Dynamics, The interviewers expect the students to be knowl edgeable about the com pany .... — Judy Vollier, assistant director of the Placement Center. Texas Instruments, IBM, Arco and many of the top eight accounting firms, she said. These companies mainly recruit in the big areas of strength: electrical engineering, computer science and accounting. “The large firms come here ready to spend big bucks,” Vollier saia. “They are after the cream of the crop — the very best candidates that will be assets to their company.” Although grades are very impor tant when interviewing, interviewers also are looking for other qualities. A good candidate should be sharp, on top of things and energetic, she said. Working experience and in volvement in extracurricular activ ities are very helpful. A career-re lated minor also can be helpful. She said that many times, inter viewers have already made up their minds about students before the in terview. They have formed opinions from reading the resume. Usually within the first five minutes of the interview the interviewers make a decision. First impressions do count, she said. The center will have orientations during September for December ’85, May ’86 and August '86 grad uates. 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