November 7,1985
Page Three
Career Placement provides Mock Interview Workshop
by Karen Pastorik
Collegian Staff Writer
There are two career placement
workshops planned this month:
Making the most of Your Job In
terview (Wednesday Nov. 6
12:00-12:50 p.m.). Both will be
held in room 116 of the Reed Stu
dent Union.
Originally created for seniors
Quality Control Institute in
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ble for training the quality control
personnel. This is a workshop that
will teach members of the Quality
Control Institute how to design
and deliver efficient and effective
programs. Guidance for the In
stitute's operations is provided by
an advisory board whose
members are selected from the In
stitute’s membership. The board
makes recommendations about
resource acquisitions, needed
educational programs and other
matters related to the Institute’s
operation.
The staff of the Institute con
sists of two Penn State-Behrend
Feature
Costumed Kids Adorn The Halls
by Barb Cavano
Collegian Staff Writer
Symposium Slated In April
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women and blacks.”
“The conference is great and
I’m glad to be involved with the
planning, it brings me a lot of
pleasure because of my self in
terest,” George said.
She continued, “The benefits
of this symposium are educa
tional, and it will provide a social
impact on campus. It will bring
together groups of students who
have many mutual interests but
little opportunity to explore them
together in other contexts. Black
women is first priority in their
concern of blacks and women.
The commonality is inherently
present in either group. They
who will be job-searching, these
workshops now welcome all
students interested in the inter
viewing process.
At the first workshop (Making
the Most of Your Job Interview) a
speaker will cover the topics: how
to prepare for an interview, what
to take with you, what to wear,
the different parts of an interview,
faculty members: Dr. Anthony
Salvia and Dr. Stuart Allen.
Salvia is the director of the Quali
ty Control Institute of Behrend
College. He is an Associate Pro
fessor of Industrial Engineering
and has been employed by Penn
State-Behrend since the comple
tion of his doctorate from Case
Western Reserve in 1970 in
Statistics. •
Allen is on the advisory board.
He received his doctorate from
the University of Minnesota in
Engineering Mechanics in 1965.
He has published in the areas of
quantitative business methods,
simulation and decision systems.
Dark halls, costumed kids, and
eerie music were all part of the set
ting for “Wee People Come To
Behrend” sponsored by the Joint
Residence Council.
The activity was held Tuesday
evening, Oct. 29 from 6 to 7 p.m.
for the Gertrude Barber Center
and Staff and Faculty children.
The event started with the
children trick-or-treating in the
dorms and ended with a reception
of games and food in Lawrence
Lobby. This gave the students a
chance to interact with the
children. All dorm and apart
ments were encouraged to par
ticipate and candy was made
available for purchase from Joint
know causes that belong to both
groups. The conference will bring
together these two distinct
minorities on this campus.”
She said, “it provides an oppor
tunity of cooperation among three
student groups. The Roundtable
Society, Association of Black Col
legians and the Women Today
organization are co-sponsoring
the symposium and represen
tatives of each group make up the
steering committee which not only
work with each other, but with the
administration.
“We plan it to be a conference
where students will be allowed to
do pre-professional presenta
tions.” Students are invited to
and what to do after an interview.
The. second workshop (Mock
Interviewing-Trial Run) is essen
tially a Part 2 to the first
workshop. Demonstrations of
model interviews will be staged
for all the students. The students
will then breakdown in small
groups and conduct mock inter
views assisted by Mary Beth
The Collegian spoke with Salvia
regarding the benefits that
students could receive from the
Quality Control Institute. “There
is the possibility of a course
developing for students with
possible credit.” He added ,
“There is also a limited oppor
tunity for student employment
and research and students who are
employed have the chance for
hands-on experience.”
The establishment of the Penn
State-Behrend Quality Control In
stitute has been endorsed by the
Erie Chapter of the American
Society for Quality Control and
by the Erie Engineering Societies
Council.
The Institute has received sup
port from a number of sources in
Northwestern Pennsylvania.
There are three categories of
Residence Council.
Lynn Altmire, treasurer of
Joint Residence Council said,
“We are definately going to con
tinue this in coming years; its a lot
of fun. There seemed to be more
kids this year than last year.”
“We would do it again but wish
there were more kids,” said Den
nis Raraigh of first floor Perry.
“Wee People Come to
Behrend” was just one of the
events sponsored by the Joint
Residence Council. In the future,
Joint Residence Council will
sponsor a scavenger hunt, resident
phone book, and a long term pro
ject of getting the copyrights for
The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
submit papers related to the con
ference topic and if selected, will
read their papers during the two
day conference.
“It provides the opportunity
for cooperation among area col
leges,” George said. Solicitations
from students will be sent not only
to Behrend and other Erie area
colleges but colleges and univer
sities within a 100' mile radius of
Erie.
“Lastly,” George said, “and
very important, it is intended to
be a form of art in which there
will be an outreach to the
community.”
Peterson, career and placement they coincide with the Focus on
co-ordinator. Jobs program.
Peterson stresses ,“I’m highly
recommending that all those
students who have interviews at
the Jobs Fair (Focus on Jobs-
Conducted at Mercyhurst) in ad
dition should come to these career
and placement workshops because
operation
member companies: (1) Sustain
ing (3,000 dollars and up), (2)
Senior (1,000 to 3,000 dollars),
and (3) Member (500 to 1,000
dollars). The Institute’s roster in
cludes: Sustaining members of
Hammermill foundation and
Perry Mill Supply, Senior
members-Amsco, Autoclave,
Parker White Metal and Smith
Meter, Members consist of Kop
pers, Mclnnes Steel, Sepco Erie
and Stam Tool.
Each member company will
receive the Institute’s quarterly
newsletter, which is devoted to
reviews of resource materials and
short articles about various
aspects of quality, written on the
practitioner’s level.
The Penn State-Behrend Studio Theatre presents “The Dining
Room.” Behrend Community FREE PREVIEWS: Nov. 13 and 14 at 8
p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Reservations are not required, first
come, first-served. For the General Public presentation Nov. 15-16;
20-23 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 17 and 24 at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. For reserva
tions, call 898-6331, Mon-Fri 9-5. Prices: General—s dollars. Students
and Senior Citizens-4 dollars and PSU Stiidents-2 dollars.
news
She also added that anyone who
has signed up for the Jobs’ Fair
may arrange for a means of
transportation to Mercyhurst by
contacting Behrend’s Career
Placement Office located in the
Administration Building.
Dr. Anthony Salvia
For further information, call or
write: Dr. Anthony A. Salvia,
Quality Control Institute, Penn
State-Behrend, Station Road,
Erie, PA 16563, or call (814)
898-6240.