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CAREER CAREER JOURNAL JOURNAL

December 2007, Vol. December 5 Issue 2007, 2 Vol. 5 Issue

Published by the Office Published of Career by theServices Office of and Career Cooperative ServicesEducation and Cooperative Education

WE’RE MOVING!!! WE’RE MOVING!!! After the holidayAfter break, thethe holiday Career break, Services the Career Services office will be located officejust willdown be located the hall just in down Killian the Annex, hall inSuite Killian 205! Annex, Suite 205!

IN THIS ISSUE: IN THIS ISSUE:

1 Service Learning: 1 Service Why It’s Learning: Why It’s

Important Important Dr. Glenn Bowen talks Dr. Glenn about Bowen the talks about the necessity of service learning necessity of service learning in your education in your education

3 Do You Know3 Where Do You You’re Know Where You’re Going? Career Events Going?and Career Events and How They HelpHow They Help There are lots of great There reasons are lots to of great reasons to attend a career fair,attend and benefits a career fair, and benefits of doing so. Find out of why. doing so. Find out why.

December December Class of 2007 Class of 2007 By Brandy KigerBy Brandy Kiger

This is it. After years This is ofit.diligently After years pull-of diligently pulling all-nighters, drinking ing all-nighters, way toodrinking way too much coffee andmuch writing coffee moreand papers writing more papers than you ever thought than you possible, ever thought you’ve possible, you’ve made it. No more made classes it. No stand more be-classes stand between you and graduation. tween you Everything and graduation. Everything has been turned has in, and beenyou’ve turnedbought in, and you’ve bought the cap and gown. theNow cap and what? gown. Now what?

How Service HowLearning Service Learning Fosters Synthesis Fosters Synthesis and an Prepares Prepares Students Students for Careers for Careers By Dr. Glenn Bowen By Dr. Glenn Bowen

Glenn Bowen the Director of Service Dr. Glenn BowenDr. is the Director of isService Learning at WCU.Learning at WCU

We here at Career WeServices here at would Careerlike Services would like Preparing students Preparing for careers students is notfor thecareers primary is purpose not the primary of purpose to say, “Congratulations, to say, “Congratulations, Seniors. You Seniors. You service learning. service In fact,learning. when it comes In fact,towhen career it comes developto career develophave worked hard, have you worked are finally hard,getyou are finally getment, service learning ment, is service the road learning less traveled is the road by students. less traveled by students ting your degreeting and your we are degree proudand of we are proud of you.” You have you.” alreadyYou accomplished have already accomplished Service learning Service is aimedlearning primarily is at aimed meeting primarily community at meeting community a lot, but there’s amore lot, but ahead. there’s We’d more ahead. We’d needs while enriching needs and while enhancing enrichingacademic and enhancing courseacademic concourse con like to help you keep like tothat help momentum you keep that momentum tent. Still, servicetent. learning Still, contributes service learning to career contributes development to career in development various ways. in In various ways. going. going. this article, I willthis explain article, what I will service explain learning what is, service and how learning it works, is, and inhow relation it works, to in relatio

career development career anddevelopment preparation and for the preparation workplace. for the workplace. Our services areOur still available services are to you still available to you as alumni, and we as would alumni,like andyou wetowould like A you formtoof experiential A formeducation, of experiential service education, learning intertwines service learning community intertwines service community ser take advantage oftake those advantage resources. of those We resources. We with classroom instruction with classroom and critical instruction reflection. and critical It hasreflection. two goals:Itservice has two to goals: the service to have a ton of career-related have a ton of material, career-relatedcommunity material, and community student learning. and student It involves learning. learning It involves by doing. learning What makes by doing. ser-What makes s career testing and career resume testing helpand at your resume help at your vice learning special vice islearning that it involves special islearning that it involves by doinglearning and by reflecting. by doing and by reflecting. disposal, free of disposal, charge. We freealso of charge. have We also have career fairs happening career several fairs happening times a several times aparticipating Students Students in service participating learning in may service serve learning as math may and serve reading as math tutors andtoreading tutor year where you can yearnetwork where you andcan meet networkelementary and meet school elementary pupils, assist school thepupils, county’s assist Habitat the county’s for Humanity Habitatorganization for Humanity organizati potential employers. potential employers. in building houses in building for homeless houses people, for homeless support people, entrepreneurial support projects entrepreneurial in low- projects in lo Continued, Service Continued, LearningService , p. 4 Learning ,

Continued, Seniors, Continued, p. 5 Seniors, p. 5 1

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