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Mays College of Business Fall Career Fair
Sept. 25 - 27
Mandatory Meeting
You MUST attend one of the meetings:
Monday, Sept. 17 Tuesday, Sept. 18
7:15 - 8:00 p.m. 8:00 - 8:45 p.m.
Wehner 129 Wehner 113
Career Fair website: http://zveJmer.tamii.edu/bsc
By Jennifer Denton
THE BATTALION
AUDIT DEADLINE: 9/18/01 ORDER DEADLINE: 9/21/01 DELIVERY DATE: 11/8/01
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT REQUIREMENTS
1. You must be a degree-seeking student with at least 95 cumulative undergraduate credit hours.
2. Transfer students need 60* hours of undergraduate credit at Texas A&M University, or degree must be
conferred and posted.
3. You must have a cumulative 2.0 GPR at Texas A&M University.
4. You must be in good standing with the University. (No blocks, etc.)
GRADUATE STUDENT REQUIREMENTS**
1. Your degree must be conferred and posted on SIMS or if you have completed all degree requirements, you
may present an original letter of completion from the Office of Graduate Studies.
2. You must be in good standing with the University. (No blocks, etc.)
PROCEDURE TO ORDER RING
If you met all the above requirements in the summer of 2001 or before and wish to receive your
Aggie Ring on November 8, 2001 please submit a Ring audit online no later than September 18, 2001
at www.AggieNetwork.com/AggieRing or visit the Ring Office between September 14-18 to complete
an application for a Ring audit.
Payment is due in full at the time of ordering by cash, check,
money order, or your personal Discover, Visa, or Mastercard
(with your name imprinted).
Ring loans are available to qualified and currently enrolled
students at the Short Term Loan Office, Room 230, Pavilion.
Please submit your Ring audit to the Aggie Ring Office before
applying for a Ring Loan.
* If your first semester at A&M was 1993 or before, you may need only 30 A&M
hours, instead of 60 hours.
“See our website for complete details or call the Ring Office at 845-1050.
The Association
OF FORMER STUDENTS
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840-2918
(979)845-7514
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Being
Sheila Zimmerman, a junior
horticulture major, goes to
class every day. takes notes,
has lunch on campus and then
fights the crowd for a bus ride
home. However. Zimmerman’s
duties do not stop there. Unlike
most students, Zimmerman
comes home to her husband
and two sons, ages five and
seven. As a 30-year-old wife
and mother, Zimmerman does
not live the life of a traditional
Aggie student.
“We (my husband and I) can
not just go to The Chicken or to
Midnight Yell Practice with a
group of friends anytime we
want,” Zimmerman said. “My
boys are sleeping, and we can
not just leave them alone.”
Zimmerman said she realizes
she and her husband miss out on
some of the social aspects of
being in college.
“When 1 think 1 am missing
out. I remember why 1 am doing
this and that it is a means to an
end," Zimmerman said.
Students with similar
responsibilities agree they can
not do whatever they want
because they have their families
to think about, making it hard
to be involved in extracurricular
activities.
Vicki Ellis, a senior kinesiol
ogy major, said it is hard for her
because her 2-year-old daughter.
Amarys, demands much of her
time. As a 22-year-old single
mom, Ellis said she is exhausted
at the end of every day.
“It is hard to find time to
study while raising a child.
When I come home from
school, I play with my daughter
and then put her to bed,” Ellis
said. “By then, I am too tired to
study and it gets put off.”
Another issue non-traditional
students face is the lack of
money they might encounter
while attending college and rais
ing a family. They have more
than one person to look after,
and some said it is hard to work
and go to school, not to mention
pay for daycare services.
Many students said being a
non-traditional Aggie has its
perks, too.
Cherie’ Gocller-Tomlinson, a
senior education major, said
being a 30-year-old married
Aggie is great because her hus-
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band supports her and is some
one she can talk to when she is
stressed out.
“Chris (her husband) is great.
1 just love the company and sup
port he gives me.” Goeller-
Tomlinson said. “I could not do
this without him by my side.”
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it is nice to not have to woTry
about looking for a date.
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home to someone and not have
to worry about the woes of col
lege dating," Goeller-Tomlinson
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are stuck in the middle right
now. We are young enough to
hang out with other students, but
we can also go out with other
married couples too."
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