Page 6 - The Highacers Collegian, May 19* 1975 • CAREER INFORMATION Making a decision about a career is one of the most im portant processes a person ex periences. The decision in volves not only individual but social and environmental con siderations as well. Planning is essential in sound decision-making and a key element key element in planning is ob taining information. Many sources of information exist and are easy to reach. For example, information about your abilities and interests were given to you during the summer pre-registration counseling program. This included results in English, Math, and Chemistry tests plus the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. The Career and Academic Resource section (CAR), of the Library contains many new vol umes about occupational infor mation and career decision making. Some of these books are: Handbook of Job Pacts, Career Development for the Col lege Student, Career Opportun ities (Ecology, Conservation), What Color is Your Parachute?, Prom College Girl to Working Woman, and a 35 volume set of different occupations, plus many others. There are also audio tapes in the Library describing over 110 majors available at Penn State. A' major source of infor mation includes professors, instructors and staff members on campus. They are excellent resource people for information about their professional areas. If additional information is needed, the counseling of ficers in the Main Building will always be there to help. They have career and academic information plus assistance in formulating and implementing your plans. ' ' Remember, information is a basis for action and not action itself. Use the infor mation you find to formulate goals and a plan of action re garding your career—then act. by Jim White In addition to these, there are professional asso ciations which have current information about specific oc cupations and educational re quirements. Of course, fac ulty members can tell you about the association? that they be long to and the activities done in them. Sdiitabu Stine & The Hazleton Campus Lib rary has again released its list of new bookß which is published twice each month. Some of the new books are as follows: Philosophy-Religion: Pact, Fiction, and Forecast, by Nelson Goodman; The Development of Mind —Edinburgh University. Social Sciences: Inter cultural Communication, by Leroy S. Harms. Education: Education in Canada, by Joseph Katz. Music-Pine Arts: Ency clopedia of Pop, Rock, and Soul, by Irwin Stambler. Language-Literature: Realism, by Damian Grant; My Life as a Man, by Philip Roth. Science-Chemistry- Biology: The Ascent of Man, by Jacob Bronowski; Prac tical Genetics, by Philip M. Sheppard. Technology: Introduc tion to Fluid Mechanics, by D. P. Mallows. New book lists will be released during the summer since the Library will be open during the summer full time. Wanted : Anyone Who Appreciates Literature, Life, or Love Buy New Horizons - 500 Elections Held The last meeting for the present Student Government Association was held on Tues., May 13. President Rick Nork thanked all members for their aid and cooperation during the year and wished everyone much success in the future. Next year’s SGA officers and members are: president, Joe Melnick; vice-president, Jim Durso; secretary, Doreen Mayo; treasurer, Cindy Parsons; members: Bob Schoppe, Sue Kinard, Luann Surak, Scott Hagerman, Keith Harshberger, Diane Zell, Tim Mueller, Cheryl Matteo, Kathy Johnson, and Brad McNab. tPiedd <J&b&cciation fj&wcnd Donna Marie Baver, editor in-chief of the Collegian, has recently been awarded first place in the advertising com petition of the Collegian'Press Awards of the Press Association of Commonwealth Campuses. Competition was held in all news aspects in both news paper and individual awards.
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