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University Press • Friday, February 2,2001 • Page 4
‘Those who attend the expo should bring several copies of their resumes and dress professionally ’
Expo aims to match students with employers
Cortney Hall
UP staff writer
Lamar University and Lamar
Institute of Technology are sponsor-
ing an 11th annual Reality ✓ Career
Expo 2001 in the McDonald Gym-
nasium Tuesday and Wednesday.
Prospective employers will be
attending the expo, interviewing stu-
dents interested in jobs, Jami Grace,
director of the Lamar Career Cen-
ter, said.
All Lamar students, LIT stu-
dents, and alumni are invited to
attend the expo on Tuesday from 10
a.m. until 4 p.m. and on Wednesday
from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. to network
with prospect employers, she said.
“Those who attend the expo
should bring several copies of their
resumes and dress professionally,”
Grace said.
“The first day is the actual
career fair, which is set up to allow
students in need of full-time and
part-time employment or an intern-
ship to meet and speak to job
recruiters from several various com-
panies in a nice, comfortable envi-
ronment. The second day of the
expo is for interviews that were set-
up by recruiters on the previous day
durng the career fair.”
Grace said that prior career
expos were held on one day in the
Setzer Student Center Ballroom,
but the expo has become so success-
ful that it has grown into a two-day
event.
“I think the primary benefit of
this is the fact that all recruiters are
in one place at one time. So instead
of students going to the company,
the company is coming to the stu-
dents,” Grace said.
Recruiters from companies in
various career fields and industries
will be participating.
As of Thursday, 60 companies
will be represented at the career
fair.
“The career center has tried to
publicize the event by hanging signs
and banners all over the main cam-
pus and at LIT,” Grace said. “We
have also asked local morning tele-
vision news shows to publicize the
expo.
“All students are encouraged to
take advantage of this wonderful
opportunity,” Grace said.
Ream
Career Expo
2001
ExxonMobil recognizes Lamar as recruiting site
Lamar University has been
designated as one of 103 universi-
ties in the nation where
ExxonMobil will recruit college
graduates to meet the staffing and
development needs of the corpo-
ration, ExxonMobil and university
officials have announced.
“We’re delighted to be added
to this prestigious list of universi-
ties,” James Simmons, president
of Lamar University, said. “It is an
endorsement of the quality of our
programs and an anticipation of
the excellence of our graduates,
many of whom will find rewarding
careers worldwide with
ExxonMobil.”
The selection as a recruiting
site brings with it an annual grant
the university can use to help
attract top students, Jack Hopper,
dean of the College of Engin-
eering, said. This year’s $19,000
award is shared by the engineering
and business colleges.
“It will be used to help attract
quality talent — top students who
will be the kind of graduates
ExxonMobil will want to hire,”
Hopper said.
In addition to the news about
the selection of the university as a
recruiting site, ExxonMobil execu-
tives presented a contribution to
an array of university programs
that brought the corporation’s
total contribution to Lamar to
$175,000 for the year.
That figure is the highest con-
tributions yet, said Camille Mouton,
executive director of university
advancement. ExxonMobil’s contri-
butions in 2000-2001 support the
annual Teaching Environmental
Science program, the Cardinal
Connection Mentor Reading
Program, as well as Le Grand Bal
and the Lamarissimo! concert series
within the College of Fine Arts and
Communication.
New programs established
with help from ExxonMobil are a
K-12 entrepreneurship education
program within the College of
Business, a Southeast Texas
Educators Workforce Network
being led by the College of Edu-
cation and Human Development,
and a student ambassador pro-
gram in the College of Engin-
eering.
ExxonMobil contributions
bought computers and software for
the chemical engineering depart-
ment’s Dynamic Simulation and
Advanced Process Control class-
room, as well as high-tech training
equipment for the skills laboratory
in the department of nursing.
New multi-media equipment -
for fire training was purchased by
ExxonMobil for the Center for
Industrial Fire and Hazardous
Materials Training in Lamar’s
division of continuing education.
In addition to these contribu-
tions, ExxonMobil supports two
presidential scholarships for
Lamar students and underwrites
the Green Team Summer Youth
Program with Lamar, the
Beaumont Independent School
District and the City of Beaumont.
“These programs directly
benefit the youth of Southeast
Texas and are further testament to
the fact that ExxonMobil is indeed
a great neighbor,” Simmons said.
James Simmons, Lamar University president, left, accepts ExxonMobil’s contribution from, left to right, Mike Purcell,
Dave Goebel, Jerry Wascom, Mark Murray and John Taormina. Wascom is general manager of the ExxonMobil
Beaumont refinery .The other representatives are managers of the company’s area plants.
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Reality t/
Career
Expo
2001
Feb. 6
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Feb. 7
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Next day interviews
McDonald
Gymnasium
Contact the Lamar University
Career Center at 880-8878
or Lamar Institute of
Technology at 880-8189
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