The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 166, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 2003 Page: 1 of 10
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October 2, 2003
Tarleton State University Weekly News • S i n c e 1 9 1 9
Volume 166, Number 7
Expo to focus on 'whole' person
Melissa Schneider
Editor-in-Chief
Student Wellness will be
focusing on holistic health
F during Wellness Expo 2003
Oct. 9 from 10am to 6pm. in
the Thompson Student
Center Ballrooms.
The Wellness Expo is a
balanced health fair that
focuses on all dimensions of
health. Students, faculty,
staff and the Stephenville
community are welcomed to
attend the expo.
Preventative health services
and educational programs
will be offered on issues
including the intellect/ pro-
fession/career, relationships
and the spiritual, emotional
and physical person.
"We [Student Wellness]
believe that health must
address the whole person.
The expo is designed to
attend to the whole person
because the mind-and-body
Students can
connect with
employers
connected tells us that we
must pay attention to the
whole person," Gilbert
Hinga, director of student
health center, said.
For the past two years
Tarleton has hosted health
fairs in conjunction with
community businesses, but
this will be the first year for
focusing on holistic wellness.
Expo committee members
have worked long hours to
pull this event together for
Tarleton.
"The committee members
have been working tirelessly
and very hard to bring you
this event. Tarleton is clearly
a part of the larger
Stephenville community and
we know to be truly success-
ful, especially on wellness
issues. We need to work col-
laboratively with the larger
community, and, that is why
so much of the expo is co-
sponsored by community
businesses and why it is
open to the community,"
Hinga said.
There will be four well-
ness education presentation
stages covering various well-
ness issues every half-hour
throughout the expo. The
stages will be in the four cor-
ners of the ballroom.
Presentation topics include
"Professional Image" which
offers advice on general pro-
fessional issues, "Cooking
Right" will show ways to
cook and eat healthy, "Health
& Wellness" will provide
various presentations on
health and wellness and
"Focus on Fitness" will teach
ways to be and stay physical-
ly fit.
The expo will feature
more than 60 vendors selling
wellness products and/or
handing out pamphlets and
other information.
"You will be able to
browse through the booths,
buy something, pick up a
brochure and talk to the ven-
dors. It [the expo] will be
your opportunity to familiar-
ize yourself with many of the
wellness services that are
available in the community,"
Hinga said.
Door prizes will be given
away at the Wellness Expo
for visitors' enjoyment.
Expo vendors and communi-
ty businesses donated the
door prizes. "You might just
get a dinner for two that will
be the right prescription to
spice up the romance in your
relationship," Hinga said.
^ "If you care about Tarleton
and wellness, then this expo
is for you," Hinga said.
For more information about
Wellness Expo 2003 visit the
wellness website at
www.tarleton.edu/~well-
ness/expo.htm
Sponsors include
Mervyn's, HEB, Star Council
on Substance Abuse, Rough
Creek Lodge and Student
Wellness.
I
Fall Job Fair
set for Tuesday
Melissa Schneider
Editor-in-Chief
' In need of a job after grad-
uation? The Career Services
Center (CSC) is hosting the
to 2p.m. in the -Thompson - fair Wpm^in Fnir r
Student Center Ballrooms.
their personnel needs," Tina
Boitnott, assistant director of
CSC, said.
Tarleton has hosted job
fairs for the last 12 years, and
approximately 500 students,
alumni and community
members attended the 2003
Spring Job Fair,
The job fair is open toiiall
majors except education
because a Teacher Job Fair is
The Fall Job Fair is an
annual event where various
employers come on campus
to meet Tarleton students
and provide them with
employment opportunities
and career options.
"We encourage not only
job seekers (those graduating
in Dec. or May) but all stu-
dents to attend. It's a great
way to explore different
companies and develop net-
working skills," Darla Doty,
director of CSC, said.
Employers attending the
job fair are seeking a variety
of majors, including criminal
justice, horticulture, market-
ing and nursing. Students,
alumni, faculty, staff and the
Stephenville community are
encouraged to attend the job
fair.
"We have made an honest
effort to contact companies
and try to get more to come,
but with the current econo-
my, the number of compa-
nies recruiting on college
campuses across Texas is
low," Doty said.
"This job fair is intended
to help our students in meet-
ing potential employers and
to assist employers with
job fair, the Internship Fair,
will be conducted Nov. 5, the
S u m m e r
Camp / Internship / Volunteer
Fair on Feb. 16 and the
Spring Job Fair will be Mar.
31.
The job fair has four spon-
sors: Texas Health Resources,
Pulte Homes, Mervyn's and
the Texas National Guard.
"We are excited to have these
four sponsors and I encour-
age students to stop by their
booths and express apprecia-
tion to them for their sup-
port," Doty said.
"We [CSC staff] encourage
students to dress appropri-
ately for the job fair. Job
seekers should dress profes-
sionally, of course, and all
students attending who wish
to explore career options,
research companies or
obtaining class credit should
dress in 'business casual'.
No frayed jeans, t-shirts, flip-
flops or ball caps," Doty said.
For more information and
for a complete employer list-
ing visit
www.tarleton.edu/-careers,
click on Current Students,
Job Fairs and then Fall Job
Fair.
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Melissa Schneider, The J-TAC
it up...
Russell Holland on the trumpet and Zack Hooper on guitar get ready for the Tarleton Jazz Band performance tonight at
7:30 p.m. in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Auditorium. Tickets go on sale one hour prior to the show at the ticket
ofice. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens.
The library is only a click away with ILLiad
Latisha Johnson
Staff Writer
A research paper is due in
three weeks. It's a simple lit-
tle project. All that is needed
is a scholarly, informative
and error free discussion of
the impact of the Civil Rights
Movement in American
Society and Politics. Where
is the most acceptable source
for the research? .Where else
but the "infamous" building
located next to the
Humanities and Math build-
ings, the library.
Why do so many students
avoid time in the library?
Oh sure, there are the crowds
checking their e-mail or
playing games on Yahoo!,
but the library has much to
offer.
The librarians and student
workers are there to help
students. They can answer
almost any question about
items in the library. But
what about those items that
cannot be found here at
Tarleton's library such as the
newest readings over march-
es in Alabama needed for the
research paper? How can
the Tarleton library help stu-
dents obtain books or other
documents needed for
research?
The Dick Smith Library
introduces ILLiad,
InterLibrary Loan internet
accessible database. ILLiad
is a new, convenient oppor-
tunity to get information
from the library without
actually having to visit the
library. ILLiad allows stu-
dents to retreive information
from across the country
accessing thousands of dif-
ferent libraries with the click
of a mouse. An InterLibrary
Loan is a service to obtain
materials not available in the
local libraries collection.
If that new book over
marches in Alabama isn't in
the Tarleton library, but it is
in the University of North
Texas' library, then a student
would be able to obtain that
copy for use here at Tarleton
just by opening an account
and using the ILLiad service.
All one needs for the account
is a complete name, the last
four digits of the Tarleton ID
[social security number], an
email address, daytime
phone number and local
address. The signing up
process should take about
thirty seconds. After enter-
ing the above information
students can then request
photocopies of journals or
single chapters of a book
which can be sent electroni-
cally, invariable document
format (PDF), through the
computer.
ILLiad can also be used to
review outstanding requests
such as items that may be
overdue, and items may be
viewed that have already
been received. Items
checked out with due dates
can be accessed and renewed
online. There's also the
opportunity to change indi-
vidual user information such
as a password.
Jennifer Barrera who is
the Access Services Librarian
at Tarleton "...encourages
people to try it [ILLiad]. It's
a real neat service that com-
bine's interlibrary loan and
distance services. ILLiad is
good for distance learners,
because articles can be sent
directly to homes",
Students, faculty, staff,
retired employees and mem-
bers of the Dick Smith
Library and Tarleton Alumni
Association can all borrow
from this system. There is no
cost to the user for borrow-
ing books from other
libraries. Tarleton is on a
loan-free, borrow-free sys-
tem and will pay up to $10
for loans. The total time
takes one to two weeks.
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