Collegian
February 20, 1986
Placement Center aids
in career planning
by Risa Glick
Collegian Contributing Writer
"What am I going to do when I
finish college?" "I need to fmd a
summer job." "What should I
declare as my major?" "I am get
ting this degree but what type of
work can I do?" These are just a
few perplexing questions asked by
college students.
The Career and Placement
Center, located on the second
floor of the Administration
Building, is equipped with a varie
ty of reference materials to aid
you in the search of a major,
career, summer job and many
other areas of career and
placement.
Mary Beth Peterson, assistant
to the dean of student affairs,
directs Career Planning, Place
ment and Financial Aid for
Behrend College students.
Through the efforts and profes
sional aid that Peterson provides
students, -"You are given the op
portunity to become aware of
your interests and goals and to ob
tain knowledge of how to match
these to various occupations," she
said. "I believe in teaching so
meone how to find a job, and not
finding it for them. How to ac
tively pursue a job is important
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continued.
Among the various resources
available to students are Career
and Placement Workshops held
every Wednesday from noon until
12:50 p.m. in the Reed Seminar
Room_ "The purpose of these
workshops," says Peterson, "is to
educate as many students as possi
ble on the techniques of choosing
a major, matching jobs to majors,
and job• hunting."
Additional job search materials
available include DISCOVER, a
computer program that enables
students to learn more about their
interests, skills and occupational
preferences. DISCOVER provides
information about job prepara
tions, salaries and requirements.
Career guidance can also be ob
tained through the use of the
career development books and job
search guides. The Career and
Placement Center recently pur
chased a series of books entitled
"Career Choices" in which
qualifications, responsibilities,
salaries, job outlooks and major
employers for each particular
field are discussed. Additional
reference materials regarding
career opportunities can also be
used in or out of the Career and
National sorority formed at Behrend
by Patrick Schlipf
Collegian Staff Writer
A new sorority, Alpha Sigma
Alpha, is making a name on
Behrend Campus.
ASA is a national sorority on a
probationary period at Behrend.
The probation period will last for
a one year, determining the effec
tiveness of the sorority on the
campus and in the comunity. ASA
has seventy-five chapters nation
wide, not counting the thirty
seven members that make up the
Behrend chapter.
Alpha Sigma Alpha has to write
a "constitution", which com
Placement Center on a temporary
loan service.
Students considering graduate
school can visit the Career and
Placement Center to utilize the
"Graduate School Guide" to
become familiar with the specifics
of the Graduate Record Examina
tion. DISCOVER also offers an
extensive list of graduate schools
and programs.
The Career and Placement
Center can also .aid in the search
for a summer job or internship.
Job openings for full or part-time
positions are posted on the
center's bulletin board. Behrend is
also involved with the University
by Thomas Milley -
Collegian Staff Writer
In what began with freezing rain, and ended with
sub-zero temperatures and stiff winds, the Behrend
Rangers took to the field practicing the skills of
winter survival.
"Our purpose was to familiarize the rangers with a
wide variety of survival techniques: how to move,
find shelter, food and water in the winter environ
ment," said Cadet First Lieutenant Mike Gavrilis,
cadet commander of the ranger detachment.
The exercise was conducted at Wilderness Lodge,
east of Erie, on the first two days of February. But
prior to this, two special sessions were necessary.
Classroom training on wearing proper clothing
such as the Army Arctic Parka, vapor barrier boots
and snowshoes (acquired from the C Company,
P/312 National Guard and Gannon University
ROTC), and the construction of one-man shelters
was taught by Eric Blumensaadt, a local survival ex
pert. MSG Young also provided a class on finding
water and the proper way of killing and preparing a
live chicken for survival food.
Properly prepared, an expedition of 14 cadets and
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poses sorority guidelines. All
constitutions _ are- modeled after
each other. The Student Govern
ment Association must approve
the constitution, and if it does not
pass, it must be rewritten.
The Committee of Student Af
fairs governs Greek life organiza
tions. If the constitution passes
and all goes well during the proba
tionary period, money will be
funded for newsletters and the
purchase of a sorority house.
"KDR is excited about the new
sorority," said Jamie Grimm,
assistant dean of student affairs.
KDR is also a national fraternity.
Park recruitment program which
gives students the opportunity to
interview with companies
throughout the country.- Addi
tionally,. various employers visit
Behrend College to interview
Behrend students. ,
In order to obtain a job,
students must have an organized
well-written resume. Resume
guides and sample resumes are
available in the Career and Place
ment Center. A well-written
resume could open doors to an in
terview. Once an interview is set, a
browse through the center could
provide interviewing advice.
at its worst
three cadre, Blumensaadt, MSG Young and MAJ
McDavid set out on their two mile trek over varied
terrain to the west of the lodge. In snowshoes they
marched, single file, with an emergency toboggan in
the middle, over fields, hills and through ravines.
That night, the rain caused some difficulties with
the shelters. "Weston and Wagner's igloo collaps
ed," said Brian Anderson. "They had built it of
sticks and snow, and during the night the snow on
one side melted in the rain, and there they were, set
ting up their tent in the dark. with rain pouring
down." •
Anderson felt the best part of the weekend was,
"...Watching the people who hadn't camped out in
the snow before, or worn snowshoes..."
In reference to preparing live game Anderson said,
"No, I hadn't killed a chicken before, but I've gone
hunting and I was used to skinning things."
Anderson added that the girls had a good time,
and MSG Young noted with a laugh, "They even
brought their own milk and hotdogs, and I gave
them some oatmeal."
Heidi Gebhardt, another participant, commenting
on the weekend said, "It was cool."
The difference between national
and local frats and sororities are
that nationals charge higher dues,
and there are "frat brothers" or
"sorority sisters" all over the
country.
Jamie Grimm said, "I think
having fraternities and sororities
are good ideas because they are a
benefit to the community." Frat
and sorority members must have a
grade-point average of 2.0 and the
organization as a whole must have
a cumulative average of 2.25.
The Little Sisters of Sigma Kap
pa Nu are about to become a local
sorority at Behrend, also.
The Career and Placement
Center staff is well-trained to aid
you in your job search. Peterson
says her interests have always
been in the area of Career Plann
ing and Placement. She received a
B.A. in Psychology from Edin
boro State University and she
earned a M.Ed. in Counseling
from Slippery Rock State Univer
sity. She worked for two years as
Assistant Director of Admissions
at Villa Maria College before
coming to Behrend in 1980. "I
hope to meet as many students as
I can through the Career and
Placement Center," says
Peterson.