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The Battalion P Tuesday • February 17,1) ^ Recruit gWmeiSLAHj) Be an Exchange student for the 1998-99 school year at Lausanne and experience a new way of life! INFORMATIONAL MEETING Thurs., 2/19 10:30-11:30 a.m. Rm. 154 Bizzell Hall West Requirements: 3.0 GPR, U.S. citizen, Junior status at time of exchange, proficiency of the French language Study Abroad Programs 161 Bizzell Hall West 845-0544 r f The Women In Science and A Engineering (WISE), an organization of women graduate and undergraduate students, staff and faculty will host its fifth annual all-day professional and career development conference. The conference "Designing Your Career" which will take place on Saturday, February 21, 1998, at the MSC on the Texas A&M cam pus, will focus on giving participants the skills and insights needed to succeed in the scientific and technological workplace of the year 2000 and beyond. Participants will select from topics such as: Outsmarting Entropy What is Professionalism;’ Visual Thinking: Entering Through the Back Door This year's keynote speaker will be the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Programs and Academic Services at Texas A&M University, Dr. Sallie Sheppard. Contact Nancy Magnussen at (409) 845-5587 or via e-mail at nancy@isc.tamu.edu for registration information. Free child care will be provided on site. Registration deadline is February 19. Sponsors: Office of the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, College of Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Geosciences & Maritime Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine Corporate Sponsors: GTE, Bayer Corporation, Schlumberger, DuPont, and Tl (corporate sponsors will have representatives at the conference) V Continued from Page 1 A community environment is sometimes hard to achieve at a large university, but it is something we are trying to do.” Many factors go into hiring pro fessors, including past experiences and departmental needs. Dr. Jonathan Coopersmith, president of A&M’s chapter of the American Association of Universi ty Professors and an associate pro fessor of history, said the Universi ty often looks at research of professors because it is an objec tive criteria of how they will be as professors. “When hiring professors, we are looking at teaching and research,” Coopersmith said. “A good professor is both a good researcher and a good teacher. A&M has the benefit of being a major research university.” A&M provides many services and benefits to draw faculty to the University. Ann Pittman, manager of facul ty programs and services, said new faculty orientation is conducted just before the beginning of the se mester each fall. At these sessions faculty mem bers are acquainted with campus life (including student issues), good teaching techniques, impor tant information relating to their tenure and promotion situation, opportunities for grants, commu nity life and the opportunity to meet many campus leaders as well as fellow faculty members. “When there is a two-career couple, our office tries to assist in helping the accompanying mem ber of the couple to obtain appro priate employment either at the University or in the community,” Pittman said. “After a faculty member is here five years and they have been granted tenure, they are eligible to apply for a faculty development leave, where they can visit other universities to obtain new knowl edge or work on a publication or various other opportunities.” A&M supports faculty members who receive Fulbright Grants through a means of partial salary support and possibly travel funds. A&M has an employee assis tance program where any em ployee can avail themselves of free and confidential short-term counseling. Pittman said A&M has an out standing medical and retirement benefits package. Camp Continued from Page 1 Hodges said most representa tives will have students fill out an application and interview for the camp jobs. Courtney Anderson, a sopho more elementary education ma jor, has worked for Camp Kanakuk and Kids Across America. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime op portunity to touch somebody’s life in a short period of time and really make a difference,” she said. “I would highly recom mend it.” Jodie Bohnsack, a freshman elementary education major who worked at Camp Piney Cove Sisters charged with capital murder LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two teen-age sisters accused of setting a fire outside their parents' bedroom were charged with capital murder for the blaze that killed their father and injured their mother early Monday. The girls, 16 and 13, placed an ac celerant, possibly gasoline, outside their last summer, said she enja the camp atmosphere. “It’s such a fun thing to loit the kids,” she said. Tmp back next summer.” Hodges said working!; camp can be valuable pit:: sioual experience. “It’s good overall experk for anyone wanting a cai working with kids," Hodgesi; I lodges said studentsinta ed in careers with disabledd dren and special education: gain experience fromp like theTexas Lions Carap,i will be represented at Camp!] gt J The American Camping!! edition began camp daysatu versities in the 1970sandco:: nates the events. parents’ bedroom door.thense .fire and left the house, polices#; Larry Matthews, 46, resco wife by placing her in the battit turning the water on, said Pol John Hutchinson. But Matthmj ^ after being overcome by smote searching for the rest of the far eluding the two sisters. The mother, Shirley Matt was hospitalized in stable coo kstil'i ore arti Graduating Seniors Texas A&M Graduation Announcements • Aggieland Printing can get you ready to mail announcements in less than one week • We have our own unique design Licensed by A&M Don't miss it - see them on the web www.aggielandprinting.com We sell • Graduation Announcements • Thank You Notes Graduation Remembrance Displays • Personalized Graduate Notepads Call or come see us: www.aggielandprinting.com Aggieland Printing • 1801 Holleman • College Station 693-8621 Is Cominj Spring Business Career Fair *98!! 1 February 16 th - 19 th Below are the companies attending the Career Fair and the days their booths will be set up: (booths will be in Wehner Bldg., West Campus) Tuesday the 17 ,h Aerotek, Inc. Alltel Andersen Consulting Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention ARCO Information Technology Baker & Botts, LLP Bear Creek Corporation Becker CPA Review C.H. Robinson Co. Career Center Cintas Corporation Consolidated Stores Corporation The Container Store Continental Airlines Coopers & Lybrand LLP Dealer Solutions Deloitte & Touche LLP Duke Energy Corporation Enron Corporation Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ernst & Young FootAction USA Halliburton/B&R Hastings Entertainment HEB Hewitt Associates IKON Office Solutions IMG Financial Group Kids “R” Us/Babies “R” Us Koch Industries, Inc. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP Kroger Corporation Mervyn’s California Neiman Marcus Northwestern Mutual Life Office Depot OLDE Discount Corporation Price Waterhouse LLP Price Waterhouse Management Consulting Rexton Interactive Royce Homes Sears, Roebuck and Co. Sewell Motor Company Sherwin-Williams Smith & Associates Stage Stores, Inc. State Farm Insurance Toys ‘R’ Us Wal-Mart Walgreens th Wednesday the 18 Aerotek. Inc. Alltel Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention The Associates Baker & Botts LLP BDO Seidman LLP Beazer Homes, Texas Bridgestone/Firestone C.H. Robinson Co. Career Center CarMax, The Auto Superstore Cintas Corporation Consolidate Graphics Consolidated Stores Corporation Eddie Bauer, Inc. EDS Edward Jones Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Foley’s General Mills, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP Great-West Employee Benefits Halliburton/B&R Hastings Entertainment Houston Chronicle IKON Office Solutions InfoTech Solutions Group International Paper JC Penney Co. JDA Software Group John Deere Company Kids “R” Us/Babies “R” Us KPMG Peat Marwick LLP Kroger Co. Kurt Salmon Associates Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse Mervyn’s California National Instruments NationsBank Northwestern Mutual Life OLDE Discount Corporation Platinum Technology Sears Tire Group Smith and Associates Toys ‘R’ Us TTI, Inc. Var-Tec Telecom, Inc. Wal-Mart Walgreens White Petrov McHone th Thursday the 19 Aerotek, Inc. AIM Management Group, Inc. Albertson’s Arthur Andersen LLP Ashland Chemical Company BANC ONE Corporate Audit Blockbuster Entertainment Career Center Central Intelligence Agency Chevron Circuit City Stores, Inc. Compaq Computer Corporation CompuServe Network Services Conoco, Inc. Conviser Duffy CPA Review Dell Computer Company Delta Dallas Staffing DHL Worldwide Express EDS EQUIS Expo Group Federal Reserve Bank Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Fidelity Investments Frito-Lay Grant Thornton LLP The Home Depot IKON Office Solutions JDA Software Group JPI Keane, Inc. MassMutual - The Wilson Agency Melrose Apartments/Integroup Property Management National Instruments Norwest Financial Payless Shoe Source Pier 1 Imports Prudential Preferred Financial Services Ryan & Company PC Smith & Associates Southwestern Bell The Summit Group, Inc. Tactica Technology Group Target TeleCheck International United States Gypsum Co. USAA Veeder-Root Walgreens Wells-Fargo Bank ng( TV Dress in business attire when speaking with companies at their booths ik Prepare and bring resumes. Resume Help? Contact the Career Center- 845-5139- Any other questions?? Try the BSC Website: http://wehner.tamu.edu/BSC