Student employment fair

“We have our own booth here to let [students] know that we can help them with resumes, interviews, and all of that,” Goddard said.

For the past five years, Joanna Zimring Towne, counselor and director of Career Services at Pierce, has been planning events and offering services to help students find out what jobs suits them.

“We’d love to offer so much more to our students, but we’re always so handicapped by resources and whatnot,” Towne said. “It’s really nice when we can do something and the students can take advantage of it

Report

– Compiled by: Genna Gold

April 6 - April 12

Pierce College Sheriff’s Station

General Information: (818) 719 - 6450

Emergency: (818) 710 - 4311

Information to be offered about financial aid [4/16] and benefit from it.”

Pierce College will participate in Financial Aid Awareness Day a booth on the mall on Wednesday, April 16 from noon-2 p.m. Students can receive information on financial aid as well as help filling out applications.

The Career and Transfer Center is in the Student Services building and is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

“We also have drop-in career advising on Tuesdays and Thursday from one to three,” Towne said. “Students can come in and get quick help from picking a major to picking a career to getting help on their resume.”

The Career Center offers a variety of services all throughout the school year and a website to help job-seekers. Students can browse local job openings online with Brahma Jobs at www. collegecentral.com/pierce.

4-7 – Miscellaneous incident - A custodian reported finding human or animal excrement on the carpet in two different locations in Room 8407.

4-11 – Possession of syringe - – A man was detained and questioned in the North Gym for being in possession of a syringe (needle). The man was cited and advised he was trespassing.

News briefs

UCLA hosts conference [4/25]

The Career and Transfer center is offering bus rides to University of California, Los Angeles for the 15th Annual UCLA Student Transfer Opportunity and Mentor Program (STOMP) on Friday, April 25. For information, contact the Career and Transfer center at (818) 710-4126.

– Compiled by Tracy Wright