The Hall Associates Career and Employment Assistance Center is located on the second floor of the Student Center. Contact by phone at 857-7298 or email rrice@virginiawestern.edu. Check out all of the ways they are trying to help you find the right career!

• Job Bank – The Hall Career Center has a Job Bank for employers to post full-time and part-time jobs.
• Virginia Employment Commission–Learn how to use the VEC website and search for career information, training opportunities, skill requirements, labor market information and occupational trends.
  • o   April 26, 1-3 p.m.
  • o   Webber Hall room 306
  • o   Registration is required

The Communication Design graduating class of 2012 will hold an art exhibition April 24 - 27 at Taubman Museum. Join us for the opening reception tonight, 6-8 p.m.

Spring Graduates - don't forget that Cap & Gown Pick Up will be held in the Natural Science Center on Wednesday, April 25th, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

There will be drawings for give aways and free food!

Stop by to record your name pronouncement (or call anytime at 857-6699) so we can make every attempt to say your name correctly during the Commencement Ceremony.

Participate in the THANK YOU VIDEO. We will show a video at the Salem Civic Center before and after the ceremony at graduation. This is your chance to tell your family, friends, faculty or staff how much they've meant to you as you've worked hard to reach  your goal. Take a minute to thank the people who helped to make your graduation day possible!

Mr. Gary Sheffler from the Virginia Employment Commission will be on campus this Thursday, April 26, 1-3 p.m., Webber 306, to help you learn how to manipulate the VEC  website. Whether you are job searching now or later, you will find this workshop very helpful. To register, call 857-7298 or email rrice@virginiawestern.edu immediately.

Join the Media Geeks TODAY and every Tuesday to watch a selected Ted Talk ( www.ted.com) in Brown Library, 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Today's TED Talk: Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone? As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.

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