Friday, October 3, 2008 The annual career fair was held in Junker Center this year from 12 p.m. to 4 pan. Career fair at Junker Continued from page I ever drawn and thal she believes this is a wonderful opportunity for college students. Dustin Berry, a senior at Slippery Rock University, has been coming to the career fair for four and a half years. Berry studies management and wants to find something on the operations end of it. Since he has come here for so long. Berrv said "You can tell it is get ting ;t little more crowded." Fa I! 2009 Housing Opportunities New Apartments Coming Fall 2009! I niversitv Cate Apartments has begun construction that will be available for FALL 2009! Groups are signing now to reserve apartments for next fall! Don't o»t. Great Location....directly across the street from campus! As far as career fairs go. Bchrend's is the only one he's attended. So far. Berry has yet to receive any offers for jobs or internships. One student representing Behrend was senior engineering major Erin Kicsel. She said that she wants to find a full-time job with mechanical engi neertnu "Last year was my first time." Kiesel said about attending a career fair. She attended one at the University of Pittsburgh about a year and a half ago. on additional TEW- \ \ \ Kiesel said that she was offered some internships. Kiesel also said that she isn't looking for one partieular group to get a job with, just anybody that's willing to offer her something. So. for another year. Penn State Behrcnd ean mark their career fair another sueeess. Students, keep your eyes and ears peeled for information on the next career fair here at Penn State Behrend. and join in what some say to be a wonderful opportunity. apartments Food, funds wel- come students Students. sla/l. and parents crowil the Junker Center on Saturday lor the Scholarship Luncheon. Marcus Yeagley copy editor mjv sOCo psu cilu Students, family and philanthropists sat down over lunch to celebrate Behrend scholarships this past Saturday. Penn State Behrend held Us Lighth Annual Scholarship Luncheon to cele brate the academic achievements ol its students. The event also serves to thank the philanthropists who lunded the scholarships. "I thought it was very nice." said Michael Long, a sixth semester political science and international studies major. Long received the Joseph A. and Berit I. Benacci Family Scholarship at the event. Retiring Behrend Chancellor Jack Burke presided over the lunch. Burke' began with a speech making note ol the significance of the ceremony's date. Sept. 27. which marked the noth anniversary ol the first day ol classes at Behrend. Burke went on to mention elements ol the campus's history, such as how it took only three months for the school to trans form from farmland to academia. "It is a great program...a real celebra tion." said Jane Brady. Assistant Director of Admissions and f inancial Aid and one Martin presents book Continued from page / States with eating disorders. She also said that there are about seventy million people worldwide with eating disorders. Some of the other statistics Marlin gav e were "90 percent of high school girls in the past four years thought they were over weight." "18-25 year old women said they would prefer be run over by a truck than be over weight." and thirty-one million dollars goes into the diet industry, and they fail 95 percent of the time." Martin gave her speech which lasted almost an hour, but within that time frame she seemed to reach out to many people. At one point Martin asked. "1 would like you to stand up if you know someone w ho has had an eating disorder, or if you have had an eating disorder." About half the room stood up and Martin continued. Quote of the week: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, die, discover that I had not lived. ” fating disorders have become a serious problem and there are ways to stop it helore it eels too bail." Then Marlin finished up her speech with ways one person can prevent having ;m eating disorder and ways everyone can prevent eating disorders from happening. Then she opened the floor to questions. A few ol the questions asked were things like "what made you decide to write this book .’" and "did you yourself have an eat ing disorder'.’" Martin's response to these specific questions was no. she didn’t have an eating disorder and she wrote the book because she felt til one point she could have had an eating disorder and she just became so interested in how women acted towards their body image. Marlin believes eating disorders are a serious problem, and backs herself up with a lot of information and statistics. It's all a question of your beliefs on the issue. and not, when I came to -Henry David Thoreau The Behrend Beacon I 3 of the presenters at the luncheon. "It is a nice opportunity for the students to say thank you' in person I lurteen v ears ago. only S 138.000 was given in financial aid to Behrend stu dents. according to Brady. Now. 2008 is expected to be the third year in a row where that number is over SI million. I he guest speaker for the event was J. Scon McCain, the president and owner ol I .rie Concrete Steel and Supply Co. McCain played a role in creating the McCain family foundation Trustee Scholarship and honored the two recipi ent of the aid. Krista Banks and Todd ( line. Almost id) different scholarships were aw aided to over 200 students during the course ol the luncheon. Over 600 people, made up ol students, family and friends, attended the evcut. Over 100 endowed scholarship funds have been given out to Behrend students this voar. Only the scholarships whose iccipicnts could attend the luncheon w ere distributed. I lie students each received a copy of the book "Bchrend Remembered" by former Bchrend stal l member Ben Lane. I he hook details the history of the cam pus and the tamily w ho founded it.
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