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Students learn to dress for the job By Karlisha Hayes
news@dailyhelmsman.com Employers are always looking for candidates for full-time, parttime and internship positions. One of the big subjects that employers try to stress to their future employees is the importance of proper clothing that is acceptable on the job. Although many companies and organizations may have dress codes that dictate what employees can and can’t wear, there are some gray areas. For example, an outfit may look professional but inadvertently show too much skin, which some employers consider to be distracting in the workplace. Sarah Schnell, a junior philosophy major, received a job at the Weissman and Ostrow Law Office this past summer. “When I first started working for the law firm, I learned that they had many rules on what to (wear) and what not to wear,” Schnell said. At Schnell’s law firm, dresses had to be knee length. Pants were welcome as long as they weren’t jeans or shorts. Blouses were recommended as long as they are not graphic shirts. “I admit, I was not sure if V-necks were allowed. However, I found out that they are allowed as long as they are not really revealing,” Schnell said. “I also thought I would have to wear dresses everyday, but luckily I found out that I would not have to.” With women, dark suits are more professional in a conservative work environment. Extreme splits in skirts are to be avoided. Necklines should not be cut too low because of the possibility of too much cleavage being shown. Panty hose are sometimes recommended, especially if they are of a more similar shade to skin color. Tall heels aren’t suggested — however, short heels that are closed-toe and comfortable are acceptable. “One issue that is common
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Students prep for success By Omer Yusuf
news@dailyhelmsman.com Every year, the job interview process creates nervousness among many students hoping that, if all goes well, their dream job could soon be a reality. However, if the student does not prepare properly, the dream can soon go up in smoke. “Always conduct research before going to the interview,” said Clay
ideal resumé — because everyone has different backgrounds — I do believe that there are some things that should be in every resumé,” Woemmel said. “It should be neatly formatted (with) consistent information throughout the resumé. The white space and typing should be used effectively, as well as appropriate fonts such as Times New Roman, Verdana and Georgia.” However, if students have a
rough job interview, they should not expect a resumé to save them. “The resumé is like a marketing tool to get you the interview,” Woemmel said. “But once you have the interview, the resumé won’t save you, because there were probably other candidates who probably performed better in the job interview.”
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there was always “music blaring throughout the house,” according to Black. From Al Green to Muddy Waters, Black’s parents kept diverse genres of music flowing through one ear and out the other, resonating deep with him and igniting a passion that would guide him through his life. In third grade, one of his teachers made all of the students stand in a circle and sing a solo from the Star Spangled Banner. Being a nervous child, Black closed his eyes and anxiously waited for his turn to sing. “You don’t know what you can do in the third grade,” he said. “You’re becoming aware of how people view you. I sang, and when I opened my eyes and looked, everyone was staring at me. I didn’t know what to think.” Black’s teacher pulled him aside, and, not giving him much of a choice, asked him to sing in every recital from that point forward. “I had to sing it at every assembly in school from third grade onward,” Black said. “It was the corniest, campiest song, but I just loved being up in front of people.” The next year, Black started playing the piano. In seventh grade, he would pick up the
Woemmel, associate director of Career and Employment Services at the University of Memphis. “Visit the company’s website. Learn as much as you can about the company. You don’t want to look like you don’t know anything about the company in the job interview.” A quality resumé will ultimately determine whether the student gets an interview in the first place. “I think, while there is not one
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nick Black spends about 275 days of the year traveling the country with his band the Wild Roots. With a music business degree from the university of memphis, he knows how to protect himself while trying to “make the world a little bit of a better place” with his music.
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College students are presented immense opportunities, and a wide road stretches before those who choose to follow their ambitions, but only a dedicated few make the journey. The brutal honesty is that only a select group of people knows exactly what they want to do with their lives when they enter the world of upper-level education — and there is a small fraction of those people that end up following through with their initial plan. Nick Black, a music business graduate of the University of Memphis, is a member of that minute group of students. Black spends roughly 275 days a year traveling from city to city playing music with his blues band, The Wild Roots. The other 90 days out of the year, he’s splitting his time between writing records and spending time with his girlfriend. For him, music is central to his life — and he always knew that he wanted to be a performer. Black was born and raised in the Bluff City. His father taught English. His mother played around on the piano but never seriously. She was a physical therapist. While his parents didn’t play,
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news@dailyhelmsman.com E v e r y Friday, I get to yoga at the campus R e c re at i on C e n t e r and, every Saturday, I spend the entire day Smith regretting it. My muscles ache, my shoulders are numb and every move makes me wince and yelp. But I still go every week, roll out my mat and aim for a deeper stretch and longer lunge. Why? Because every sore Saturday means I’ve gotten stronger and more fit.
The same mentality should be applied to any internship or job. During the summer, I was a reporter for The Commercial Appeal, and, naturally, there were days I wanted to hide in the bathroom and never come out, because I was terrified of making a mistake. The day came when I did make a mistake — a misspelled name, one of the cardinal sins of journalism. My stomach sank to the soles of my shoes, and I was ready to pack my bags. Thankfully, my editor was forgiving and other, more seasoned reporters were giving me advice instead of lectures. I learned from the experience — I was a better writer for it. The same way yoga pushes me to my limit physically, my intern-
ship pushed me to my limits mentally. Sure, I was upset for a spell, but I pushed past the panic and improved my skills in the process. Make the most of your internship by volunteering to do something you’ve never done before. Get uncomfortable in your position, because you aren’t learning if everything comes easy to you. You may make mistakes, but no one can do a solid Downward-Facing Dog position without falling a few times. If you’re not sore after a session of yoga, your muscles aren’t learning anything. If you walk away from your internship with only good memories, your skills haven’t been put to the test, and you didn’t learn anything.
uuBlack Continued from page 1 guitar and trumpet. He would eventually graduate from White Station High School before making his way to the University of Memphis in 2007. He was often on stage singing, while playing guitar and piano with the band Sound Fuzion. Black may often be the tallest guy in the room, especially when it is full of incoming freshmen. His long, brown hair flows to his shoulders like a 70’s rock star. For a man that plays the blues, he has an eager smile that’s so inviting one may be inclined to follow him down to the crossroads and sell his soul on the spot. For Black, there was never a shred of doubt about what he wanted to do with his life. The answer came from his voice and when he touched his instruments. Music was always
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deeply instilled in him. Black decided to pursue a music business degree in order to understand the right-brained, or business-minded side, of his love. “I’ve heard it’s silly, but I knew exactly what I wanted to do,” he said. “I wanted to learn things that would keep me safe and stop me from making uneducated business decisions. Copyright, publishing, how to protect yourself contractually, those kind of things.” Black is breathing evidence that students can graduate in four years, but according to him, it’s also a time in life where students can figure out who they are going to be and where they are going. He walked onto campus as a “clueless freshman,” and within the same year became the president of the U of M music school’s record label, Blue TOM Records — a title he would hold until he graduated from the University. This taught him the importance of working with other people and taking advantage of the programs on campus to network. “It sounds stereotypical,” Black said. “But at a fundamental level, you’re working on person-to-person relationships. Being involved on campus and registered student organizations, you learn how to interact with different people.” The mantra “college is what you make it” rings true in his situation, and without the University, he doubts that he would have established the relationships that got him to where he was today. At the 2010 International Folk Alliance, Black witnessed a musician’s set that gave him insight into the performer he longed to be. This musician, Victor Wainwright, took Black under his wing. “He went into a slow song, and everybody stopped talking,” Black said. “That is rare in the music business scene. Everyone shut up as Victor wow’d the crowd. I later emailed him and was like ‘Look, dude, you know something I don’t know. You mesmerized the crowd, and I want to know how you did that.’” The pair met over barbecue and instantly became friends. With a guitarist leaving, Wainwright brought him into his band, The Wild Roots. Directly after Black graduated college, Wainwright took him out on the road. Black lives by the idea that you should always work as hard as you can. From singing the Star Spangled Banner, to his college education, to the 275 days — give or take — that he spends on the road with Wainwright, he puts his all into everything he does. He is currently writing a new album and hopes to release it some-
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Students just need to know where to look for these opportunities By Austin Reynolds
news@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis is ranked among the best colleges in the United States for internships, but students interested in them may not be sure where to look. What many students do not know is that most departments on campus have their own internship programs to assist students looking to get a head start in the job market. According to Jodie Cherry, assistant director of the Office of Academic Internships, more than 2,600 University of Memphis students had an internship in the spring semester. The nursing department yielded the most interns with more than 1,000. “Everybody who graduates has a degree, but not everybody who graduates has real world experience,” Lisa Huffstetler, a political science professor, said. For political science students, there is a semester-long internship each spring that sends up to
20 students to Nashville where they are paired up with a politician. Students gain firsthand knowledge by attending committee meetings and working with legislators throughout the semester. In addition to the valuable experience, participating students receive 12 credit hours upon completing the internship. For students who want to stay in the local area, the political science department also offers internships in the Memphis offices of Tennessee politicians including Steve Cohen, the U.S. representative from Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. Internships are available in both Democrat and Republican offices. While only one intern is chosen for each office, it is not as competitive as one might think. “To be honest, it’s not that competitive,” Huffstetler said. “A lot of students just aren’t even
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Jodie Cherry (right), director of academic internships, speaks to senior accounting major Ravyn Patton (left) about internship opportunities at the University of Memphis.
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languages help students prepare for future careers By Joey Kachel
news@dailyhelmsman.com Parlez-vous français? Habla usted espanol? For students looking to get into a career after college, learning a foreign language may be an important stepping stone. As globalization — the international exchange of ideas, culture and products — continues to shrink the world, more businesses are discovering the importance of other languages. Knowing more than one language might put students ahead of the game: less than 20 percent of Americans can speak more than one language fluently, com-
pared to 50 percent in Europe. Spanish is the second tongue of the United States. Ralph Albanese, chair of the department of Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Memphis, stressed the importance of learning another language — not just Spanish, but other languages as well. “Spanish is a second language in the U.S.,” Albanese said. “We need to have people who speak Spanish or other languages. Languages like Chinese and Japanese are harder to learn but are very useful in business settings. Having a second language is definitely a benefit for someone’s CV.”
Not only does knowing more than one language look good on a resumé, it also provides important cultural benefits and can even help improve a student’s ability to converse in their own language. Albanese points out that understanding another language can help students comprehend the basic mechanics of all languages — sentence structure, grammar and composition. “I think that students need to have a perspective on other cultures, and language is the root of all cultures,” Albanese said. “When you learn a language, you
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uuInterview Continued from page 1 Alisha Henderson, director of career and employment services at the U of M, said that it’s important to have a very good resumé, but an accurate one as well. “During the interview, you may be asked about information on your resume,” Henderson said. “And you need to be able to talk about things on your resume if asked.” Henderson also said that employers are looking not just for experience, but that students have developed the career competencies, regardless of the job. “They are looking specifically for things such as communication and intrapersonal skills, analytical and critical thinking, as well as academics,” Henderson said. As far as the actual job interview, Henderson said that it’s better to be overdressed than underdressed. “We always advise students to
wear professional attire,” Henderson said. “When I say ‘professional,’ I mean a suit that matches.” Henderson also said that some people think they can get away with wearing a blazer that does not match the bottom or wearing a blouse that may not be conservative. “While in some areas that may be professional, but when we are talking about truly professional but with dealing with numerous majors as accounting, it’s not,” Henderson said. Right before the interview, it is natural to be nervous, but Woemmel says that being in a rush to get there only creates more stress. “Make your best effort to get to a job interview on time,” he said. “If you arrive late to the interview, you will probably not get the job. “ Henderson also advises students to take advantage of the resources given to them during the process. “This is an investment in their future. It’s most beneficial to them if they would use our services, so that we could help them present themselves effectively to employers,” Henderson said.
uuMusic Continued from page 3 time next year. As for now, he’s playing as much music as he can with no sign of stopping. “There are ‘why, how and what’ questions in the music field,” Black said. “Why am I doing this? How am I going to do it? And what do I want to do with it? I want to make people happy by making good music, and I want to make the world a little bit of a better place.”
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news@dailyhelmsman.com When Rip Woodward had a student audaciously declare, “I do not have to do a fucking thing you say” during his lecture, he knew teaching was the wrong career path for him. “I wanted to teach, because I thought could be like Robin Williams in the movie ‘Dead Poets Society,’” Woodward said. “When I was student teaching 10th- to 12th-graders, it was the worst experience of my life. I told myself I would never do this again.” Woodward majored in English education at Delta State University, but he now works as a police officer for the city of Clarksdale, Miss. Woodward is not the only college graduate who doesn’t have job in the field of his degree. According to recent data published in the Washington Post, only 27 percent of college graduates find a job closely related to their major. After Woodward graduated, he got odd jobs pressure washing around town. Fed up with living paycheck to paycheck, Woodward applied for a job at the Clarksdale Police Department. “Usually, the city pays for you to go through the academy, but I paid my own way through. Clarksdale is such a small town, there is not enough money to pay for everyone,” Woodward said. The investment turned out to produce quite a pleasant return for Woodward. He said he loves going to work everyday, because it is a front row ticket to “the greatest show on Earth,” and because local restaurants are eager to give police officers free food. “The hardest part about my job is dealing with crimes involving kids,” Woodward said. “The worst I can recall is going to a house in the dead of winter of a lady addicted to crack. She had no heat on and her five kids sitting a couch covered in nothing but a blanket.” Woodward said something
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about a uniform helps one gain a tolerance to heinous situations. “Something about putting on a uniform numbs you to atrocities. I can eat on a murder scene and it not bother me,” he said. Jay Reedy, a Spanish major and University of Memphis graduate, abandoned his original career goals of being a Spanish teacher abroad because of the unpredictable economy and fear of financial deterioration. “I had so much debt from student loans, and I could get a job working in real estate for my parents right after graduation that paid a pretty decent amount of money,” he said. Reedy now works in property acquisition for Reedy & Company. Although not his dream job teaching Spanish, he finds his knowledge of the language useful. “I am one of the few employees that can speak Spanish, and it really helps with our Hispanic tenants who cannot speak English very well,” Reedy said. “It also helps the company attract a wider range of clientele that couldn’t be reached if no one spoke Spanish.” For Woodward, the college experience was not a total waste of time, but he wishes he could get his money back. “I learned a lot about myself and English literature while earning my college degree, but I definitely regret spending all of that money,” he said.
Refugees from countries often have already overcome innumerable hurdles, and World Relief is there to provide just what the name suggests: relief. Across the United States, World Relief has many stations such as Chicago, Nashville, and, the most recent work-in-progress, Memphis. “It’s a global organization, and not all of them are refugee relief,” said summer intern Peyton English, a junior sociology major attending Union University. English, like other Memphis interns, worked strictly with the refugee resettlements. A refugee resettlement, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, is to “provide new populations with opportunities to maximize their potential in the United States, linking people in need to critical resources to assist them in becoming integrated members of American society.” Steve Moses, the resettlement director for the Memphis location of World Relief, says interns should expect to not only give a lot, but to learn a lot. “We are asking people to walk alongside these refugees and live life with them, so if students like going to the park or going to get ice cream or whatever, that’s what they should expect,” Moses said. Once refugees get their paperwork approved, World Relief sets up their living quarters and figures out their job experience, strengths and weaknesses, along with family information.
The refugees will then receive monthly checks from the government for the next eight months — a period in which employees and interns will work with them to teach the basics of American culture as well as set them up for a life here. “The refugees have a lot of avenues they have to go through to be resettled and to get themselves out of a refugee camp,” English said, explaining that once they have accomplished that, she and fellow interns help ease them through the other difficult tasks to become official citizens. English, who did not know what would be on her schedule
from hour to hour, said the main thing interns should expect is to do a lot of driving. “Mostly, you will be picking up clients and taking them to doctor appointments, taking them to get a Social Security card, taking them to classes or doing filing for them,” she said. A different department heads each life necessity. For example, there is a department that focuses just on job placement, as well as one for those who need extended help after the eightmonth period has ended. There are classes taught once a week, and during the summer
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uuInterns Continued from page 4 aware that opportunity is out there.” The English department also offers internships and, much like the political science department, is surprisingly non-competitive. Catherine Dice, an English professor and coordinator of the professional writing internship program, said more students should apply. “Sometimes, I have only one or two students actively working on an internship, but there have also been semesters when as many as eight or nine majors were doing one,” Dice said. “There are always many more positions available than there are active interns, so I am always trying to recruit more participants.” Computer science students have found success interning at local companies such as FedEx, AutoZone and International Paper. “So far, all computer science students who seek internship opportunities have been able to find one,” Vinhthuy Phan, a computer science professor, said. An internship is one way that students can set themselves apart from their peers to their prospective employers. “It’s not simply a way to perk up a resumé,” Dice said. “It’s a way to develop key skills and make relevant contacts out there in the big, scary, real world.”
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uuLanguages Continued from page 5 become more knowledgeable of your own language.” Beyond a better understanding of world cultures, the foundations of human speech and a nicer-looking resumé, learning more than one language can also make a person’s brain better able to learn. Students who were bilingual were more able to sort incoming information than those who were monolingual in a 2004 study by Ellen Bialystok and Michelle M. Martin of the psychology department at York University in Toronto, Canada. Another study in 2012, by Dr. Viorica Marian and Anthony Shook for the Dana Foundation — a private institution focused on studying the brain — found that bilingual students’ brains were more able to process
information. “The improvements in cognitive and sensory processing, driven by bilingual experience, may help a bilingual person to better process information in the environment, leading to a clearer signal for learning,” the report stated. Learning a second language can improve memory, perception and decision-making skills. And as time goes on, it could even help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature offers almost a dozen languages for students to learn. Spanish is the most popular language offered by the department, with French coming up second and Japanese third. Beyond those, the department also offers German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, Chinese, Latin and Greek.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 • 9
Getting to know everyone in the room
How networking can apply to all, no matter their major By Ellyahnna Hall
news@dailyhelmsman.com Networking is extremely important, because it is used to build relationships, gain career opportunities and learn. There are various forms of networking people use everyday to help advance their career efforts. Many students at the University of Memphis use digital tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Monster and CareerSearch. Others depend on face-to-face interactions to help advance their careers. “Before graduating, the benefits of networking in unfamiliar settings such as fundraising
events, research and familiarizing my face and name in my community was essential for me to be connected to specific contacts,” Martavius Hampton, recent U of M psychology graduate, said. The U of M offers a number of ways to connect to career professionals and other students seeking similar career opportunities. Two of the primary resources on campus iare the Career Counseling Center and the Center for Counseling, Learning and Testing both located in Wilder Tower. “Generally, I think networking is a good source of information. Even if it doesn’t land you a job, it can provide you with a lot of extra
skills,” Shawn Levstek, a staff psychologist at the U of M, said. “It’s almost like practice interviewing in a way. I think there are a lot of different values to networking other than simply using it as a way to get job.” Levstek is not alone in the idea that networking has greater value than simply landing a job. “When you increase your social networking, then you increase the chance that you can have an impact on something larger than yourself, like a bigger issue facing your community,” said Stan Hyland, the head of the urban affairs and public policy department. Hyland shared that, in his class, he is currently discussing Robert Putnam, who wrote the book “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community.”
The book focuses on the value of real-life social networking, saying that the number of social networks for the number of people in the United States is decreasing rather than increasing. “What that means is that, in industrial capitalistic society like the United States, there is greater focus on individualism and privacy,” Hyland said. “The problem with that is that when things go bad, you don’t have anyone as a support system. That increases your vulnerability.” That networking support system ended up paying off for Hampton, who is now in his career field and helping others. He shared some of the tools that he used and now works with others to use. “Volunteering was absolutely the most common and successful tool I used to network,” Hampton
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said. “In fact, it was the act of volunteering that helped to display and use my skills, which caught the eyes and ears of various professionals in the field I anticipated to have a career in. Now, I encourage others to volunteer and get involved in their community.” Levstek wants students to use networking for all that it is worth and to learn from those that they network with. “A lot of people say its all about who you know, not what you know,” Levstek said. “Although that can be true, I think it’s also about getting your name out there and learning more about a career you may have chosen. The best person to learn a career from is a person that is in that career. If you think that you want to be a doctor, the best person to talk to is an actual doctor. Networking in the aspect of using it to get a job is a bit short-sighted.” Hyland shared an example of how networking can build capacity of more complex issues. “Take Detroit in The New York Times today, they were talking about how they are running a million dollars in their deficit each day,” Hyland said. “If you look at that, you may say there is no hope for Detroit, and, yet, if you go and look at the social networking up there, like an artist-building community, that gives you some hope.” Hyland stressed that that is not an isolated occurrence that students can use networking and make it work for themselves and the communities that they live in. “The same is true for Memphis,” Hyland said. “It’s going to be us networking to build the community. So we need to be creating more social networking, but that means more than being on a Facebook. It involves reciprocity — that’s a relationship that you get something out of it, and I get something out or it and that builds a trust.”
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There is a commonly used expression that contains much truth. It goes something like this: “No one is so God is gracious. He gives gracious invitations to sinful human beings to come and find rest and comfort blind as he who will not see.” Last week we considered the effect our belief about our origin would have on our in Him. However, God is not a beggar. Some have the idea that God is wringing His hands and frustrated sense of purpose and our sense of our ultimate destiny. If we are products of impersonal, godless, evolutionary at the many who refuse His invitations. This however is not true. It is very interesting to see to whom God development, we really have no purpose and our destiny must be ultimate oblivion. I do not believe that sends His invitations. He does not invite the self-sufficient and self-satisfied. Christ said in Mark 2:17 “ They anyone There is too much evidence theare contrary. There not is incredible nature that arereally wholebelieves have nothis. need of the physician, but theyto that sick: I came to call thecomplexity righteous, in but sinwherever we look. This is true in are the righteous macro world and own also in the microscopic We all know instinctively ners to repentance.” Those who in their estimation have norealm. call from God. Jesus also said that where there is intricate design, necessity be aheavy designer. Toand deny this give requires in Matthew 11:28, “Come unto me,there all yemust that of labour and are laden, I will you some rest.” real effort! you are burdened with a deny sensethe of obvious your sinfulness you havehold an invitation. If you feel discredited no need of theory being WhyIf would anyone consistently and tenaciously on to the increasingly saved from your sinful condition, you have no invitation. of evolution? This is willful blindness. The reason for this refusal to accept the fact of a Creator is the realization Even though God is infinitely holy He has good newstofor those who realize theirshould great need that to acknowledge a Creator is to acknowledge His right decree how His creatures live. of TheHim. Creator There is good news for them in Isaiah 57:15, “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, would also have the power and authority to determine the ultimate destiny of His creatures whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, The way of wisdom is not to deny the obvious by being willfully blind and just “hoping for the best,” but to to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” seek to know the Creator and see what His will for our lives is.
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Therapy group uses internships to teach
Students can benefit from clinic, career training on campus By Freddy Hodges
news@dailyhelmsman.com Internships can lead a person to where he or she wants to be in life. They can also give real world experience and teach the proper social skills involved in a certain profession. Some may think getting an internship is hard, but Elena Zavelli, a graduate assistant in the U of M Health and Sports Science Department, says otherwise. “I happened to work at the (Cole Pain Therapy Group) clinic before it was time for my undergraduate internship, so it was pretty easy for me to get the position,” she said.
uuRelief Continued from page 6 twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays — the latter of which interns will assist teaching. These classes focus on life skills as well as English as a language. “This summer, we focused on jobs, writing applications and setting goals,” English said. “At one point, we talked about how to ask the doctor questions. We looked at the body and different organs and how to say them in English as well as certain ailments.” Interns are provided housing for this unpaid internship, and at times, transportation is provided. “I really enjoyed becoming friends with the clients. I liked seeing differences and similarities that we shared, and, as friends, we could see that together and embrace both,” English said. While this is an organization that has Christian values, one does not necessarily have to be of that religion to participate. Moses encourages students to join in with this experience. “I think that Memphis is diverse, and this is one avenue of many to get involved with people of different faiths, backgrounds and socioeconomic backgrounds as well,” he said. “You will get a wide range of experience, and you don’t have to go across the ocean to do that. You can do it right here in Memphis.”
Zavelli needed the internship for undergraduate credit hours and attests to the importance of starting the process early. “Networking beforehand always helps,” she said. Students can find the Cole Pain Therapy Group in the health and sport sciences internship handbook on the department’s webpage. The position pays only if the group really needs help. “I was paid. We were very short-staffed at the time,” Zavelli said. Interested students may work as a therapist, if the position needs to be filled, but more than likely, they will shadow Dr. Brad Cole. This includes assisting with
active release techniques, exercise therapy and helping him with the practice’s blog. For the sake of the students, the company accepts interns. “There are very few places that need interns to function or benefit from the use of interns,” said Dr. Cole. “I don’t go out of my way to get people to come and observe.” Dr. Cole doesn’t mind or dislike interns, but “they get in the way.” Interns don’t have the knowledge to really be useful, but for the sake of the future and education, they need internships to gain experience and knowledge. “I look for somebody who’s interested in learning about what
we do here. It really depends on your goals. It depends on what types of things you’re looking for in your education and experiences,” Dr. Cole said. He encourages interns to ask questions, though often times they don’t know what questions to ask — one of the reasons for shadowing and observing. “As things go along you ask questions,” he said. “Sometimes I’ll answer them, and sometimes I’ll just point at something in the office or point them in the right direction.” Prospective interns must take the Chiropractic Therapy Assistant test to work as a therapist.
“I highly recommend this internship for anyone who wants to get involved with sport injury rehabilitation, personal training or looking to go into chiropractic school,” Zavelli said. “The internship is best for someone in the health and sport sciences department, specifically exercise and sport science (as well as) health promotion.” Dr. Richard Cole has been working with the University of Memphis for about 10 years and has been happy with the six interns they’ve worked with. He urges students to look into internships with his clinic and others. “It’s about the students and the future of the practice,” he said.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 • 11
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Sports jobs are more than games By Corey Carmichael
sports@dailyhelmsman.com There are many career opportunities for students in sports at the University of Memphis, not just for those students with athletic ability. Every professional team has a corporate structure, which runs the team from the business side of things — that includes a marketing department, sales executives, managers in charge of the venue and a media staff.
At the U of M, there are almost 400 athletes and 50 head and assistant coaches that comprise the 18 men and women’s varsity sports programs. The athletic communications assistants, business department, NCAA compliance staff, ticket sales and scholarship funds offices are all part of Memphis athletics. Jared Brown, a multimedia specialist for the Memphis Athletics Communications Office, said the sports media industry is constantly
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expanding. He has noticed changes since graduating from James Madison University in 2008. “The market is growing by leaps and bounds,” he said. “Social media has made sports bigger and bigger. Even from when I got here last July, the program has grown. We started with very few videos, and now there is from 50 to 100 videos from each sport. The demand for sports is growing.” Senior journalism major Kristin Bennett, a student worker for the Memphis men’s basketball program, said her job has made her consider sports as a viable post-college option. “Having this job has made me not want to write off working for sports,” she said. “If you wanted a job in sports at Memphis, it would be best to seek out administrators through departments you are interested in. There are usually student worker jobs that open up.” Memphis is a large media market, ranked No. 49 in America by the 201213 Nielson Media Reports, with the Redbirds, Grizzlies and the Memphis Tigers all calling the Bluff City home. Whether through internships at the University, the professional sports level or jobs related to the media side of the trade, there are career opportunities in athletics throughout the city. Junior Kelsie Carter, an onair intern for the Memphis athletic department, said a big part of acquiring her job was making connections and being a great student. “I do on-air work for Memphis Tiger Network broadcasting, the recap for sports games,” Carter said. “I was awarded the opportunity by a recommendation from my television production professor. You can do anything you put your mind to — so if it is sports, do it. Make connections at events and be a great student that your professors would recommend.”
Memphis athletics are full of alumni By Meagan Nichols
sports@dailyhelmsman.com Graduation is often a ceremonious goodbye between students and their college, but several University of Memphis varsity coaches and athletic department staff members have remained at their Tiger alma mater. Of the 18 men and women’s varsity sports at Memphis, six head coaches are former Tiger athletes. This number does not include the many assistant coaches who also fall into this category. Beth Harrelson of women’s golf, Grant Robbins of men’s golf, Brooks Monaghan of women’s soccer, Kevin Robinson of men and women’s track and field, Lee Taylor Walker of women’s tennis and April Jauregui are the head coaches who comprise the former Memphis athlete contingent. “I knew I wanted to stay involved in soccer, and I loved my school,” Monaghan said. “I grew up in Memphis, so I grew up a Tigers fan. The opportunity to help with both the men’s and women’s soccer teams was presented to me, and I jumped at it.” Monaghan, currently in his 14th season as head women’s soccer coach, and assistant women’s soccer coach Jodi Grant, also a former Tiger player, said their Memphis athletic experience is one of their major selling points to recruits. “We bleed blue here, and this is where we want to be,” Monaghan
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said. “This is our home, and it is something we take pride in. I think a lot of people would love to coach at their former school. You take so much pride in a place that you invested so much of your blood, sweat and tears.” Coaches are not the only Memphis alumni who play an integral role in the athletic department. Bob Winn, a 1974 graduate of then-Memphis State University, is the current associate athletic director for external affairs for the University. The Roanoke, Va., native was recruited to play baseball, but poor grades led Winn to focus his attention on school instead. “My parents thought academics were more important,” he said. “I was the first person in my family to get a degree, and they put a great emphasis on academics.” Winn continued to concentrate on school and decided to forgo a collegiate athletic career. While at the University, he worked at the Tiger Rag newspaper in the advertising department. In an attempt to get more clips for his portfolio, someone suggested Winn try the athletic department for work. He has been there ever since. “I decided I would stay here a little longer, and a little longer has turned into almost 40 years,” Winn said. “It has been a truly grand place to work, but I guess I shouldn’t say that, because if you love what you’re doing, it isn’t work.” After nearly four decades of employment in the athletics department, Winn said he understands every ride has to come to an end but said hopefully his ride has a lot left and stated it has been an honor to give back to the University. Anytime an individual invests their time and energy in an institution, they do not want to leave until it is better than when they arrived, Winn said. “The University of Memphis is truly a goldmine on the ground, and we are just moments away from being discovered,” he said.
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Tigers breathe sigh of relief with first win of the season By Hunter Field
news@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis football team (1-2) looked like they were accustomed to winning in dominant fashion on Saturday. They jumped on Arkansas State from the first drive and never looked back, winning 31-7 at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The Tigers received the opening football and proceeded to march 77 yards straight down the field to score in seven plays. Brandon Hayes, a redshirt senior, received credit for the score on a six-yard run. Justin Fuente, second-year head Memphis coach, said he loved to see the offense set the tone early, but felt the defense opened up the game for Memphis. “The offense gave us a boost early,” Fuente said. “I just felt good about our defense and the way they were playing. It lets you take liberties that maybe otherwise you wouldn’t.” The key to the U of M’s stalwart defense was the frontline led by redshirt junior defensive end Martin Ifedi. The 6-foot-3, 265 pounder made 2.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss. He currently sits atop the NCAA leader board with the most sacks in the country. Ifedi has averaged 1.9 sacks per game through three games, according to NCAA.com statistics. Ifedi said he had no idea he led the country in sacks. Someone had to tell him, but he said he only wants to succeed as a team. “I just tried to get in the backfield, along with the other defensive linemen to help out our secondary,” Ifedi said. “We need to continue to play as a team and win — then, the individual numbers don’t matter.” The Tigers struck again on their second drive of the game after redshirt junior Keiwone Malone, gave the Memphis offense great field position with a 31-yard punt return. The drive appeared to be coming to a halt, but Fuente decided to go for it on fourth down, resulting in a six-yard pass from redshirt freshman quarterback Paxton Lynch to Alan Cross, a redshirt sophomore tight end, for the touchdown. The Red Wolves cut the lead in half on their next drive on a 15-yard strike from Fredi Knighten to J.D. McKissic. However, Memphis’ defense stifled Arkansas State for the remainder of the game. U of M took the 24-7 lead into the locker room at halftime behind freshman Jake Elliot’s field goal and an 11-yard rushing touchdown by freshman Sam Craft. Freshman running back Marquis Warford finished off the scoring in the third quarter with an electrifying 16-yard touchdown run. He reversed field and broke several tackles en route to the end zone. Warford said he was nervous in his first game against Duke University but has since settled in nicely finishing this week with 173 yards on the ground. “You have to step up in big
moments and make plays like everyone else,” Warford said. “When you step on the field you are not a freshman, you’re a football player like everyone else.” In addition to Warford, Hayes broke 100 yards, rushing with 114 yards on the ground. Saturday was the first time since 2008 the Tigers had multiple 100-yard rushers. Lynch set a career high in passing yards, throwing for 176 yards on 26 attempts and a touchdown. The Memphis defense played a record-setting game. They recorded seven sacks tying the school record for number of sacks in a single game. “I thought we did a great job at the line of scrimmage,” Fuente added. “We were able to pressure them rushing only three, which lets you have more people in coverage.” Junior defensive back Bobby
McCain intercepted his second pass of the year. Fuente and Warford laughed about a late fumble by the young running back in the final minutes of the game. Fuente said he believes Memphis still has mistakes to fix in a game full of positives, which Fuente said starts with Warford securing the ball better in the future. Immediately after shaking hands with the Red Wolves following the end of the game, the Tigers went directly to the band to sing along. They were clearly excited to get their first win of the season. The Tigers have next week off before returning to Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium to face the University of Central Florida on Oct. 5.
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The American Athletic Conference named redshirt junior defensive end, No. 97 Martin Ifedi, Defensive Player of the Week after his performance against the Red Wolves of Arkansas State Saturday.