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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
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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)
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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
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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.
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for anyone wanting a cai
working with kids," Hodgesi;
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dren and special education:
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.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
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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
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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
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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
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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