In this week's e-newsletter . . .

Events
Piper Jaffray Women in Finance Forum, Scientific Careers Panel

Career Opportunities
Admission Possible

Internship Opportunities
MN Private Colleges Job & Internship Fair, Minnesota Zoo, Biology/Env. Studies Opportunities, News Writing Intern (start now)

Summer Jobs
Summer Teaching Opportunity, Summer Job/Camp Opportunities

Workshops
Finstad Grant Information Session - Feb. 8th!

Fellowship
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

Grad School
Bethel Seminary Visit

Job Humor
Just a Job

Events

Piper Jaffray Women in Finance Forum
Who: Female undergraduate and graduate students interested in career opportunities in the financial services industry.
When: Thursday, February 8, 2007, 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Piper Jaffray & Co.
800 Nicollet Mall
12th Floor, Bruce Huber Room
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Click here for more details

Scientific Careers Panel Discussion
Tuesday, February 20
Minnesota Private Colleges Job and Internship Fair
Minneapolis Convention Center
11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
Come join Aerotek for the 4th annual career panel comprised of alumni and local scientific hiring managers. Don't miss this chance to learn about the professional opportunities waiting for you in the scientific industry.
Registration required. Contact the CEL to register today!

Career Opportunities

Admission Possible will be on campus Thursday, Feb. 8th outside Stav Hall from 10-2.

Admission Possible is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping low-income young people in the Twin Cities gain admission to college. We identify students with the motivation and potential for college, and then provide them with (1) ACT/SAT test preparation; (2) intensive assistance in the college application process; (3) aid in the financial aid application process; and (4) guidance in transition to college. Admission Possible is an AmeriCorps organization.

Internship Opportunities

Minnesota Private Colleges Job & Internship Fair
The fair includes recruiter representatives from over 175 organizations from business/industry and from the non-profit sector. The individual organizations each have a booth in the Convention Center on the day of the fair, and students can choose with whom they'd like to make contact. To learn more about the fair, click here!

Minnesota Zoo
Education internships, 2007. Click here for more information.

Avant Energy Services
Internship - Our 2007 intern will provide support for all business units of Avant Energy Services, including Consulting, Development, Energy Trading, and Management Services. To Learn more, see OleRecruiting.

Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center
Environmental Education Internship - receive training from professional naturalists to teach a variety of programs to visitors of all ages, help with ongoing research projects, and assist with program animal care. To Learn more, see OleRecruiting.

Horticulture Internship - Horticulture Interns receive training from professional horticulturists, help with the apple orchard utilizing Integrated Pest Management, assist with gardening at the Center, play an active role in prairie restoration, and become involved in all horticulture activities at CNC as they arise. To Learn more, see OleRecruiting.

Zero-Waste Environmental Education Internship - You will work with Nature Center staff, partners at Eureka Recycling and partners at Dakota County Community P.O.W.E.R. to research, develop, recommend and implement "Zero-Waste" procedures at the Nature Center, and to provide much needed community outreach opportunities focusing on waste reduction at home. To Learn more, see OleRecruiting.

United States Ski Association
News Writing Intern - Conduct interviews with race directors (from a provided list of contacts) who can provide information about  weekend races. Conduct interviews over the phone focusing on a general summary of the day's events along with the names, teams and hometowns of the top three male and female racers. Also, ask about any special highlights of the races. Determine a story's emphasis, length, and format, and organize material accordingly. To Learn more, see OleRecruiting.

Summer Jobs

Breakthrough Saint Paul
Aspiring Teachers - Are you interested in working with a diverse group of talented high school and college students to teach in an innovative academic summer program for high-potential, low-income middle school students in Saint Paul?  Breakthrough provides paid summer teaching internships, complete with training and classroom teaching experience.  To Learn more, see OleRecruiting 

Summer Job/Camp Opportunities
The Summer Job/Camp Fair is coming up on February 12th in the Buntrock Commons Ballroom - 9:30-2:00pm. Check out all the camps and organizations coming to campus!

Other camps will be on campus these days outside Stav Hall:
Camp Amnicon - Monday, Feb. 5th - 10-2 p.m.
Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp - Thursday, Feb. 8th - 9-5 p.m

Workshop

Finstad Grant Information Session
Thursday, Feb. 8th, 11:30am, BC 144

To date, the Finstad Office for Entrepreneurial Studies has given in excess of $500,000 to more than 180 students to begin new ventures. Ventures that have been funded span an assortment of interesting fields such as music, jewelry, golf discs, apparel, discount coupons and boat building.

Attend this information session to learn how you can get funding to support your venture idea.

Fellowships
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
This is a program that provides college graduates the opportunity to work in Washington D.C., with a public interest organization focusing on arms control and international security issues. If you are interested in peace and security issues, please visit www.scoville.org for more information. Applications may be submitted via email. More information for applicants are available from the website.

Grad School

Bethel Seminary
On campus Tuesday, Feb. 6th from 10-2 p.m outside Stav Hall.

Bethel is a world-class evangelical seminary offering six master of arts degrees, a master of divinity degree, a doctor of ministry degree, and four certificates.

Job Humor
(from http://www.jcs-group.com)

Student Spotlight

Andrew Foxwell a junior this year and shares his experience at the MN Private Colleges Job and Internship Fair.

1. What did you do to prepare for the Fair?
I met with various people in the CEL who looked over my resume and cover letter ten times total. I also decided to take action and sent my resume and cover letter to six companies so that I could immediately connect with them at the fair. One more helpful thing I did was purchase black socks and get my suit dry-cleaned!

2. Which CEL events or services were most helpful in preparing you for the Fair?
The student workers in the CEL helping me prepare for the fair and the required session before hand.

3. How did you research the companies and organizations at the Fair?
I researched them through the job/internship website and then found what positions they were offering. If those positions applied to me, I went to their website and worked diligently to find out a lot about their company so when I approached them at the fair they could tell I had done research.

4. What was the outcome for you as a result of attending the Fair?
I had three callbacks and three interviews. I got offered a position at Datacard Group in Minnetonka in an International Marketing internship.

5. Looking back, is there anything you would have done differently to prepare?
I would have tried to get prepared earlier so I wasn't stressing as much about it.

6. What was the most unexpected feature or aspect of the Fair?
The fair is a little intimidating at first, but then after a couple laps, you just concentrate and realize that what you have to offer is just as good as everyone else. Many people look good at the fair, but I was surprised through listening to them talk to companies that they didn't know how to approach them and actually communicate.

7. Any advice for this year's attendees?
Get prepared and informed on the companies you are interested in. Also, be persistent with calling after the fair and letting them know that it was nice to meet them. In reality, I am sure there were more qualified people for the internship I had, but I was persistent on continuing to call them and it paid off.