Southeastern NEWS

                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information  Office
                                           publicinfor@selu.edu
                                           SLU 10880, Hammond, LA 70402
                                           504/549-2341/fax 504-549-2061
    Date: 3/13/01
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple 

SOUTHEASTERN HOSTS CAREER CONFERENCE FOR STUDENTS
     HAMMOND   Southeastern Louisiana University will host its second career conference
for students from 8 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, March 21, in the War Memorial Student Union.
     Entitled "Career Connections," the conference will give participants information and
insight on their major, career and future, said Brad O'Hara, vice president for student affairs.
O'Hara said students can choose to attend sessions in four tracks: Pre-Professional, Alumni,
Local Career Opportunities, and Professional/Personal Development. Fifty-minute concurrent
sessions will begin each hour. 
     Sessions will be held in the conference rooms on the Student Union's second floor.
     O'Hara said the Pre-Professional track will feature separate panels of professionals and
Southeastern alumni working in the fields of law, medicine and health science, including
Southeastern College of Nursing and Health Sciences professor Barbara Moffett. In the Alumni
track, Southeastern graduates will talk about their work experiences and offer job search tips.
The Local Career Opportunities panel will be manned by Hammond Chamber of Commerce
Director Jamene Dahmer and Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Vice President Willi
Johnson.
     Two Professional Development Tracks are available, O'Hara said. Students can learn
about resume writing from Southeastern Career Counselor Beverly Sellers, as well as
interviewing skills and business etiquette. In a second panel, human resources professionals will
discuss the job search experience from their point of view.
     Sellers said students are welcome to wear casual dress and to attend any and all sessions
that fit their class schedules.
     For more information on Southeastern's "Career Connections," contact Sellers at 985-
549-2121. 
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