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30-Minute Resumes to assist students By Elias Albert Staff Reporter|@DEN_News Students at Eastern will have the opportunity to receive professional assistance on their career profiles Sept. 16. A 30-minute resume session will take place in the Career Services section of the Human Services building on campus. Students are encouraged to call the Career Services office and reserve a 30-minute appointment. The appointments will be available between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the scheduled day. Allison Frees-Williams, assistant director of career services and employee relations, explained what students should expect when attending a resume-adjusting appointment. “We offer resume help all throughout the year,” Frees-Williams said. “This is just a quicker version of what they would normally get.” Frees-Williams said opportunities, such as this one, should be considered by students aspiring to build a name and earn a position in their respective career field. “It’s extremely important,” she said. “It’s also been proven, just through data that has been collected, that students who attend these kind of events, participated in networking and have properly constructed resumes, tend to have a better chance when it comes to getting hired.” Frees-Williams recommends students bring their resume information with them to appointments and any other events offered by the program. 30-Minute Resumes will not be the only thing Career Services will offer to assist students in the near future. “September is usually busy for us, because students are just getting back and employers know that,” Frees-Williams said. “Stuff like internships usually become available during the first semester, so it’s an important time.” Career Services held Career Boot Camp last week and have a number of additional chances for students to gain some professional help. “Boot camp is where we bring in alumni and let them talk to students about what they do in their profession,” Frees-Williams said. She said students may also find the Resume Review Blitz to be very useful. “It is during our career week,” Frees-Williams said. “You don’t need to have an appointment. You can just bring your resume in and have it looked at. It’s usually between 10-15 minutes for an appointment.” Resume Review Blitz will be held on Sept. 24 and 28 at the Career Services office. There are also events like Dress for Success and the career fair. Dress for Success gives students a chance to learn about the way employers want potential employees to present themselves during interviews and while working. This event will take place on Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Career Services office. Interested participants must make a reservation.
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Darien Ghostone, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, and the members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity perform during the Meet the Greeks yard show Thursday outside the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
Greek showcase unifies, pays tribute By T”Nerra Butler Multicultural Editor | @DEN_news The sound of red, gold and black shoes pounding the pavement, along with clapping hands, ricocheted through Eastern’s campus as members of the Divine Nine strolled Thursday evening. Meet the Greeks is meant to showcase the different Greek organizations within the “Divine Nine,” and bring awareness to their roots. Omega Psi Phi fraternity sported “Straight Outta Howard” shirts in reference to the Greek organization’s founding at Howard University. Along with the head shaking and hopping, Omega Psi Phi was the only fraternity to stroll with no music. The members stuck to a traditional tactic, and played their signature song “Atomic Dog,” by George Clinton. Hair flips and sassy chants followed the men of Omega Psi Phi, when Delta Sigma Theta sorority made way to the yard. Their brother fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, escorted the Deltas. While their president Shavon Francis, told background information on the sorority, the Deltas held their signature sorority hand sign. The women of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority paid tribute to Sandra Bland, who was also in the sorority. The sorority said they wanted a moment of silence to be dedicated to all who have lost their lives to social injustices. The ladies of Zeta Phi Beta sorority came out in royal blue and white baseball jerseys and sang while strolling. The sorority ended their stroll with their roll call, which all sorority members chanted. The sounds of whistling and hopping came from the gentlemen of Alpha Phi Al-
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Delorean Cameron, a senior family and consumer sciences major, kicks during the Zeta Phi Beta sorority performance at the Meet the Greeks yard show Thursday outside the Doudna Fine Arts Center.
pha fraternity. The men’s attire consisted of gold and white baseball jerseys. Ashley Howard, the National Pan-Hellenic Council’s president, said she enjoyed having a chance to stroll with her fellow sorority members, and other Greeks as well. “It brings a sense of Greek unity, and gives the community a chance to get out and be social,” Howard said. “It gives the campus entertainment and gets people comfortable around Greeks because sometimes we aren’t seen as regular students, and we are.” Darien Ghostone, the vice president of Alpha Phi Alpha, said events like Meet The Greeks brings exposure to the different Greeks on campus. “It shows everyone who is new here what our Greeks are about,” Ghostone said. “With
all the things going on campus we still need to show people we are humble.” Paulette Horton, the Delta’s financial secretary, said the event brought non-Greeks and Greeks together and broke the line between the two. Horton said Greeks strive to make students lose any tense feelings people might have around Greeks. The men of crimson and crème, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, performed variations of their signature “shimmy.” To the crowd’s surprise, the gentlemen pulled out their canes from the side of their cladded blue jean ensembles. Hollers were heard from the crowd as the fraternity spun their canes and strolled.
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