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4A culture Career fairs offer more than 170 employers Jennifer Baggett Contributing Writer The Career Center partners with students as they explore possibilities, develop skills and connect with opportunities related to their professional endeavors. Students can seek guidance selecting a major, planning a career, developing job-search strategies, honing interview skills, creating a resume, planning for professional school and more. Career fairs are an ideal setting to recruit for both full-time positions and internships. Students of all classifications, as well as alumni, can attend. The General Interest and Business Career Fair will be Wednesday, Sept. 27, and the Technical and Engineering Career Fair will be Thursday, Sept. 28. Both events will be held in Coleman Coliseum from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration is preferred but not required to attend the events. Registration allows students to receive reminders and additional preparation information. On the day of the fair, attendees will receive both a physical and digital program with a map detailing the booth locations. The digital map includes interactive features that allow users to see employers around a specific location in real time and examine additional information about them. On the days of the career fair, UA parking guidelines will still be enforced. Transportation options include Southeast Commuter parking, which is available in the Coleman Coliseum lot and Capstone Deck, or Crimson Ride, which will be dropping off and picking up in front of the coliseum. Harley Sabbagh, the events coordinator at the UA Career Center, emphasized the opportunities for all students on campus. “Students can expect lots of employers. The engineering fair is the biggest fair UA has had to date,” Sabbagh said. “Typically, there are between 130 and 150 employers on site. This year we are at max capacity at 170 employers. Similar for the general interest fair.” A list of registered employers is available through Handshake and can be filtered by full-time and part-time opportunities as well as majors and classifications. Some of the employers in attendance include Aerojet Rocketdyne, the Alabama Department of Revenue, ALFA Insurance, Amazon, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Belk, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, BMW Manufacturing, Brasfield & Gorrie, Burns & McDonnell, Chevron, Dell Technologies, Dynetics, Eastman Chemical, the FBI, FedEx Services, GE Appliances, Georgia-Pacific, International Paper, Lockheed Martin, Mercedes-Benz, the National Security Agency, Nucor, Southern Company, Southwest Airlines, and many more. Career Fair Crash Courses are also available to help students prepare for the event. “Career fair staff sit down with students and go through how to prepare, what to wear and resources. The ability to sign up to attend a Career Fair Crash Course is available in Handshake and through the website,” Sabbagh said. There are currently eight available crash course options, including virtual and in-person opportunities. The courses begin on Sept. 15. When students attend a career fair, the Career Center suggests starting with an elevator pitch. “Employers want to see the casual and professional side while conversing with students,” Sabbagh said. “Many employers stay on campus the day after the fairs for on-campus interviews.” The best ways to be prepared for the career fair include dressing professionally, bringing printed resumes, and researching employers through their individual websites and on Handshake. Additionally, having a profile already set up on both Handshake and Career Fair Plus can save time and provide an interactive method for locating recruiters and planning which companies to visit. Many employers are available on the basketball court as well as around the concourse area of Coleman Coliseum. If students do not have much time but want to attend the career fair, they should make sure to stop by the employers that will be the most beneficial and drop off a resume. “There are going to be 51 employers available on the basketball court and 120 around the concourse,” Sabbagh said. “There is a lot of space to walk around on the court, and that allows for more room for both students and employers. I would suggest for students to go to the basketball court first,” Sabbagh said. Having a plan and a convenient way to find information will help streamline the process and make communicating with employers quick and easy. Career Fair Plus is an app that allows students to connect with attending employers. The app includes an interactive map with employer booth locations, employer profiles and details about available opportunities. Students are encouraged to create a profile and upload their resume. There will also be a new booth check-in feature offered at the career fairs. Within Career Fair Plus a QR code can be scanned at an employer’s booth to check in. The employers can then receive your Career Fair Plus profile and resume. “Freshmen can really benefit from attending the career fair by getting an understanding of what the career fair is and how to navigate,” Sabbagh said. “It can be overwhelming.” Fatema Dhondia, a senior mechanical engineering student and engineering ambassador, has found the career fairs to be beneficial. “The career fairs are a great way to get to know employers and find out about opportunities,” Dhondia said. Career fairs are an excellent way to find and interests in companies, see what types of jobs they provide, and learn what companies are looking for. It is never too early to look for that next internship or future full-time job. CW / Reagan Christian
culture Upcoming UA events for students to kick off fall semester Brandon Smith Anna Hill Contributing Writers Each semester, students and faculty organize events such as Multicultural Coffee Hour or Mind Matters. These meetings help every person who attends the University create new connections, explore the UA campus and make the most of their college experience. Multicultural Coffee Hour The Multicultural Coffee Hour returned with its first event last Friday at the Intercultural Diversity Center, located on the second floor of the Student Center. Sonya Harwood- Johnson, the international programming assistant, said that Multicultural Coffee Hour is a tradition at the University that is at least 30 years old. She is responsible for organizing the coffee hour and similar events, such as the Sakura Festival. After the pandemic, the tone of the coffee hour has changed from just greetings, cookies and coffee to a more educational and inclusive space to learn and experience various cultures and foods. Each week, a new country is chosen. “And then we make food from that country, and we try our best to make as authentic recipes as possible, which can sometimes be difficult especially for doing countries like Nigeria or Pakistan that we might not have the ingredients for all the time,” Harwood-Johnson said. For international students, the coffee hour can be a great way to experience a taste of home or a chance to try foods from the homes of other international students. The coffee hour allows people to learn about a new culture through hands-on experiences. More than a space to try new foods, it is also a chance to listen to new kinds of music from outside of the United States or even learn new games. International Student and Scholar Services works with both the Intercultural Diversity Center and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and partners with student organizations such as the Hispanic-Latino Association and the African Students Association. Working with student organizations enables ISSS to better represent countries and to give those organizations a chance to promote their own events. Many of the coffee hours, held once a week each semester, are aligned to prelude international holidays. “Later this semester, we’ll have India [coffee hour] right before their big and amazing Diwali event with dancing and fireworks,” Harwood- Johnson said. “It’s a preview to a much larger event that will highlight a country’s culture.” Multicultural Coffee Hour is a point of connection for students and even professors who have come to America from a different country. It is a chance to share a part of themselves with the UA community, establish connections and increase cultural understanding. Harwood-Johnson said she has even seen one of her own exchange students meet the love of their life at a coffee hour and has watched tenured professors play and become competitive with other students over a board game. The theme of the Sept. 1 Multicultural Coffee Hour was Southern culture to welcome international students to The University and Alabama. The next Multicultural Coffee Hour will be held on Friday from 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at the Intercultural Diversity Center, Room 2100 at the Student Center. More information can be found on the University’s international programs webpage and on the UA calendar. Rainbow Connection Another returning UA event, Rainbow Connection, held its first meeting last Friday from 2-3 p.m. This group holds weekly meetings in room 2418 at the Safe Zone Student Lounge on the second floor of the Student Center. The Safe Zone Resource Center is a support center that promotes inclusion for LGBTQ+ people at the University, aims to educate the community, and fosters a safe and respectful environment while providing services to the University’s LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff. Rainbow Connection’s dialogues include body image, identity labels and navigating conflict, according to Lizzie Smith, co-coordinator of Rainbow Connection and director of the Safe Zone Resource Center. For LGBTQ+ students and their allies, Rainbow Connection provides an opportunity to make supportive connections with other members and set personal goals, according to the UA calendar. “Rainbow Connection is a resilience-building group specifically for queer students,” said Lyn Coupland- Lowery, office assistant and co-coordinator of Rainbow Connection. “It is focused on building coping skills that students can use in their dayto-day lives.” Rainbow Connection is an open, inclusive space for LGBTQ+ students who want to build communication and relationship skills. The event welcomes students who prefer to remain anonymous and simply want a trustworthy space to rely on. Mind Matters To help with the transition into the fall semester, the UA Counseling Center will host Mind Matters, a workshop series focused on helping students navigate college life. The series will have discussions in person and on Zoom throughout the fall and spring semesters. The meetings will cover 5A Student and Faculty attend Multicultural Coffee Hour in the Student Center on Friday, Sept. 1. CW / Natalie Teat academic anxiety, healthy relationships, depression, stress management and more, according to Hannah Johnston, the Counseling Center’s assistant director of outreach services. “College is a time of transition and growth, and while that is exciting, it can also be challenging,” Johnston said. “These workshops are designed to provide knowledge and teach skills that promote mental health and overall success.” For current students looking for individual counseling, services are available by appointment, or by walk-in during business hours in times of crisis. The UA Counseling Center is in the South Lawn Office Building at 1101 Jackson Ave. next to the UA Police Department. More details can be found for the workshops on the UA Counseling Center website. Talk To A Lawyer Today! 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