wednesday
March 27, 2013
Vol. 97 • No. 5 www.therambler.org
The Rambler The voice of Texas Wesleyan University students since 1917
Resume critiques prepare students for careers
Students sport their tacky tiki garb
Rolandra West rdwest@txwes.edu
It’s about that time again, where, students gather their resumes to be improved by Career Services in hopes of a job/ career opportunity. At the March 26 career fair, students got to make connections and talk to employers about job opportunities. More than 50 employers attended the career fair, introducing jobs for various majors. Many students believe the resume clinic is advertised around the time of the career fair, but the service which includes resume critiques is provided year round for all students interested in job opportunities. Robyn Bone, director of Career Services, said the resume workshop has been provided to the students each semester for seven years. “We assist students by critiquing their resumes and provide do’s and dont’s using information from what our employers are requesting on a resume,” Bone said. Bone said more than 1,000 employers in the career services database are required to take a survey before they are allowed to post jobs on the site. Bone said a template is given to students to follow and make corrections to their resume or create an entirely new resume. “Our resume clinic workshop is based on walk-ins; no appointments are necessary,” Bone said. “Our resume critique workshops are offered as ASE [Academic Success] classes and to all students through-
CRITIQUES , page 3 Therambler.org
Starting March 5, check out a close-andpersonal series on Wesleyan college professors. (April 5, 12, 19) For more current news, check out TheRambler.org
Ryan Grounds | Rambler Staff Chef Raymond Lee, who recently opened Brick’s Bistro accross the street from Wesleyan, serves up healthy fare at the Tacky Tiki Smackdown Luau March 21. The luau was put on by the Student Government Association and Student Life. It included free food, field day events, prizes and a dance at the end.
Wesleyan students enjoy fish, chips,Wales Victoria Slaten vaslaten@txwes.edu
Over spring break, a group from Texas Wesleyan University received credit for their history, religion or humanities classes not by sitting behind a desk, but by getting on a plane and experiencing new cultures firsthand. Dr. Jesse Sowell, professor of religion, took a group of students on a life-changing learning experience to explore the culture starting in Wales and later in London. Sowell said on this trip, they try to combine hearing, reading and sight to get the most out of this learning experience. “You remember a certain percentage of what you hear,” Sowell said. “You remember a certain percentage of what you read. But you remember far more of what you see, and if you can combine what you see and hear and read about you retain more of that than anything else.” Sowell said before the group went to London they went to Liverpool and saw where the Beatles got their start, saw the Roman baths from when the Romans ruled Great Britain, saw the
sire of the investiture of the Prince of Wales, and saw Stonehenge. Sowell said they toured six castles while visiting and had a medieval dinner in one castle where two students were named Baron and Baroness of the castle for the evening. Sowell said in London they toured the city, visited the British Museum, saw theater shows, and some went on the Wesleyan Heritage Walking Tour. “A bunch of the students got their pictures taken at Platform 9 ¾ , pushing a shopping cart into the wall,” Sowell said. Sowell said he is retiring after this semester and this is one of the best groups he has taken of the nearly 40 trips he has made. “For me, a favorite is to try and see students try new things,” Sowell said. “And watch students kind of come out of their comfort zone in terms of what they eat, and try new things and find out that new things, and just because they’re different doesn’t mean they’re not good.” Samantha Max, junior English major, said she went on the trip because she is a religion minor and because she
had never been overseas before. Max said she enjoyed touring the castles because they were different than what is seen in books and pictures. “We got to see several castles, like real medieval castles,” Max said. “And they were so awesome because they were so well-preserved. And we got to actually go up inside the towers and see everything.” Max said that they learned about the religious history of Wales and went on the Wesleyan Heritage Walking Tour in London. “I was studying the history of Methodism,” Max said. “So we went to John Wesley’s house, and actually walked inside his house. They had his robes that he actually wore when he was a preacher, which was really cool.” Max said she got her picture taken at Platform 9 ¾ which, was actually in the subway between platform 9 and 10. Max said she also went to The Phantom of the Opera live in London, which was an incredible experience. “I saw Phantom of the Opera,” Max said. “And there were no words to explain. People were crying at the end because it was so good.”
Sydney Wilson, junior history with a secondary certification major, said she had wanted to study abroad since her sophomore year of high school, especially in England. Wilson said she signed up for the trip and because of a scholarship she was able to go. “It [the trip] was magnificent,” Wilson said. “It was the best trip that I’ve been on. And now I am seriously considering going to Wales for graduate school because I enjoyed it so much.” Wilson said she enjoyed learning about the new cultures and experiencing life outside of the American way. Wilson said she liked seeing everything, but she liked seeing an original copy of the Magna Carta most of all. “Because I’m a history major I really did enjoy seeing the Magna Carta because so much of our government and England’s government is based off of the Magna Carta,” Wilson said. Wilson said some people would refuse to try new food or observe a different culture than the American way and would miss out on the experience. “Make sure that if you do go out of the country, make sure that you are open-minded,” Wilson said.
ers about it and a confidence building exercise.” Brimer said she believes it takes a lot to be a good presenter. “It takes an awareness of one’s purpose for attending college,” she said. “Is [college] a check-box or an opportunity for growth?” Tanni Chaudhuri, assistant professor of sociology and this year’s UCD chair, said as a UCD presenter you need to be well researched, well written, coherent and clear. Chaudhuri said students who are presenters, should think about the research they have done in their classes as topics for their presentations. “The research has to be presentable. It should be something that is of professional quality,” Chaudhuri said. “[The presenter] should be re-
searched invested, and understand the opportunity of being able to present.” Chaudhuri said some presenters present alone, work with peers or are students and faculty. “We have more presentations than last year, and have over 250 participants this year,” Chaudhuri said. “We have two female keynote speakers, a NASA scientist in the morning and a Tony award winning producer and actress, Meredith Lucille in the afternoon. Chaudhuri said she is looking forward to the presentations this year. “All of the [presentations] are unique in itself, and they’re very well presented so I can’t just pick more than one,” Chaudhuri said. Chris Pearson, senior English
major and a presenter on a panel at UCD, said it takes a self-motivated individual who is willing to share his or her work with the university, faculty and student body. “I am excited about sharing a topic that I believe most people think about but don’t address,” Pearson said. Pearson said his group will present a topic that explains race beyond ethnicity as a social construction that categorizes people. “Instead, we need to be identified by our soul and our minds, not our skin color or gender; which leads to the question: Who are we?,” Pearson said. For more information on the complete program visit www.txwes. edu/ucd.
UCD presenters excite, ignite, and provoke Rolandra West
rdwest@txwes.edu
The annual University College Day [UCD] at Texas Wesleyan is set to take place on April 10. This is a day where students and faculty celebrate their explorations in various topic matters. Those who register to present for UCD may not necessarily know what it takes to be a presenter or where to start. Bonnie Brimer, senior English major who is presenting at UCD, said she believes UCD is an open forum for presenters to express themselves. “It is an open space, which means something different to everyone,” Brimer said. “To me it is a time to learn about something of interest to me well enough to be able to tell oth-