TECHNICIAN
tuesday october
6
2009
Raleigh, North Carolina
Economy impacts Career Fair size Event brings job seekers, companies to McKimmon Center Briant Robey Staff Writer
Today, thousands will flock to the Engineering Career Fair at the McKimmon Center, which has been fully booked for the event. The fair is scheduled to host 186 companies over one day and is open to students and nonstudents alike. Brian Koehler, director of the Engineering Career Fair, said the economy has affected the event’s duration and company participation this year. “The way this economy has affected us is that we’re not a two-day event at capacity, we’re a one-day event at capacity,” Koehler said. This reduction of the event to one day means some students will be unable to attend the fair due to scheduling conflicts. Cameron Sanders, junior in computer engineering, said he wanted to go, but has class during the fair. “I went my sophomore and fresh-
man years,” Sanders said. “But I didn’t get the full gist of it since I was starting out. I’d just go see who I could possibly work for and what I’ve got to look forward to.” Daniel Thomas, senior in electrical engineering, said the circumstances are unfortunate, but still inconvenient. “It’s understandable, but I have a pretty big day,” Thomas said. “It would have been a lot easier for me if it had been two days.” Koehler said things are looking up since the spring career fair, however. “In the spring, we had companies pulling out due to finance issues,” Koehler said. “But this time there have been almost no cancellations. [Companies] are seeking engineers, that’s the key.” Joseph Slepitza, junior in paper science and engineering, said the quality of attending companies gave him reason to attend the fair. “I’m looking for a summer internship,” Slepitza said. “I understand there are a lot of good paper compa-
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Gregory Calabria, a senior in mechanical engineering, talks with Tony Accettulio, a human resource manager for Altec Industries, at the Engineering Career Fair at the McKimmon Center Feb. 4. The event featured about 260 companies from across the United States.
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Counseling workshops provide convenient resources, instruction Center spreads awareness through functions
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Alanna Howard
Visit the Counseling Center’s Web site at http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_affairs/ counseling_center/
Staff Writer
The Counseling center is offering SOURCE: COUNSELING CENTER academic and personal workshops to spread awareness about the center’s presence on campus. Workshop topics and said the information is repetitive. range from tips on avoiding procrastiBrett Bowers, counselor at the center, said the philosophy of the center nation to how to quit smoking. The workshops are offered each se- is the reason for holding these workmester and are geared towards areas shops. where students commonly need as“Our philosophy is to counsel and offer services that are good programs sistance. According to the Counseling cen- and an effective outreach to get people in here. We want to ter’s Web site, the put the Counseling purpose of the workcenter on the map,” shops is to reach out to students, faculty he said. and staff by providBesides the couning educational proseling workshops gramming on mental that run through health and academic the end of October, topics of interest to the center has focus Brett Bowers, counselor at the the campus commugroups for students Counseling Center nity. with a variety of Classes are taught needs like perfecby counselors from tionism, managing the center and there are alternate times drug and alcohol use, sexual assault and days to attract students. Each class survivors and dealing with attention provides the student with an outline of deficit disorder. the information covered and contact Bowers said these groups will be numbers for the center for follow-up formed once the Counseling center questions. has enough members and he encourSome students attend the classes for ages students to go to the center’s Web academic credit or scholarship credit site to find more information.
“We want to put the Counseling center on the map.”
“We have the focus groups to provide a social, interactive way for assistance for those that find one-on-one counseling daunting but need people to sign up online for the group to get off the ground,” he said. The test prep skills workshop emphasizes smart cramming to reach academic success. Other suggestions for studying effectively include going to the library, leaving phones off and logging out of Facebook, as well as taking hourly breaks to prevent overload. Students in the test prep skills class said they would try these strategies out. Bowers went so far as to say lots of B’s are better than a few A’s. “Getting consistent B’s shows someone has the ability to spread time over all subjects instead of focusing on one class only,” he said. Workshops like test prep skills are open to all students but directed towards freshmen. Lots of freshman come to college not knowing how to study, Bowers said. “Freshman especially need help because time management skills and workload have changed from high school, we’re here to help them figure out how to succeed,” he said.
University cited for questionable reporting Questions raised about whether University ranked fairly in report Edward Markus Staff Writer
In an article posted online on Inside Higher Ed, the University is mentioned as having a misleading percentage of full-time faculty in the U.S. News and World Report by including certain adjunct professors on the list of faculty and excluding others. U.S. News and World Report uses various data to rank the nation’s colleges. The magazine publishes not only the overall rank of the school, but also how the school compares in different categories, including the percentage of full-time faculty. The issues
WHAT STARTED THIS? An article published Sept. 14 on Inside Higher Ed online questioned the validity of universities, like N.C. State, reporting large percentages of fulltime faculty despite the employment of hundreds of adjunct faculty. View the article at insidehighered. com/news/2009/09/14/usnews SOURCE: INSIDE HIGHER ED
arise over whether or not adjunct professors should be counted as full-time faculty members. According to Director of University Planning and Analysis Karen Helm, an adjunct professor is one “whose full-time job is not in the University.”
Often they are professionals contracted to teach one class at a time. Lewis Carson, assistant director of University Planning and Analysis, said adjunct professors don’t have the same requirements as full-time professors. “People in the adjunct level are not participating in the ‘life of the University.’ They’re not on committees…they’re not expected to participate in research like other professors.” The University’s Web site lists hundreds of adjunct faculty employed by the college. However, Helm said the University counts as faculty only those “whose sole or primary employer is N.C. State.” This means that while full-time
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While H1N1 spreads significantly each day, more students are going to greater measures to protect themselves. Caitlyn Alberts, a freshman in FYC, and Ellen Zeigler, a freshman in biology, wear masks while waiting to get checked out at the Student Health Center.
Discounted, free products at Health Center help to save University Health Center offers discounts, products paid for by fees Chloe Fiorentino-Bach Correspondent
With fall just around the corner, items like lip balm, tissues and lotion are commodities we could all use. Instead of going to the store and spending $5 to $10 at a drug store, students can walk across campus to the Health Center and get these products free of charge. Students pay for the service through their student fees. Discounted and free pharmacy product lists, located at the pharmacy front desk, describe items and prices that range in categories from pain relievers to diabetes supplies. According to Robert Hayford, associate director of Student Health Services, the discounted list is not advertised on campus. “People receive the discounted pharmacy list when they’re here for services,” Hayford said. “The list will typically be given to the patient by his
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WHAT CAN I GET? Students who display their ID can receive the following items at a discounted rate: • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Antihistamines/decongestants Contraceptive products Cough/sore throat Diabetes supplies Eye care Feminine hygeine Gastrointestinal products Miscellaneous items Nausea/Motion sickness Pain relievers Topical applications Vaginal yeast Vitamins SOURCE: STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES
or her provider.” Students like Brandon Watkins, a senior in mechanical engineering, did not know discounted pharmacy products were available. “I’ve never heard about the list, I only knew you could get free con-
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