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Show u N I I T DIGEST CAMPUS NEWS: Here's som e surprising news: SUU is asking students to delay their tuition payments. PAGE 3. CAMPUS NEWS: The university is hoping, still, for its own zip code to make the mail come a little faster. PAGE 4. CAMPUS ARTS: 'A December Duet' heads the list of holiday entertainment coming up here. PAGE 14. STATE NEWS: Ten teachers have been fired and more than 40 school instructors have faced a committee on abuses. PAGE 12. NAT'L NEWS: The United Nations is looking into a "food for oil" compromise between the United States and Iraq. PAGE 13. WORLD NEWS: The Israeli cabinet has voted to allow troop withdrawal over the hotly contested West Bank. PAGE 13. Anticipation Adam Rue, a junior from Los Angeles, majoring in communication, readies for the snowboarding season. He's a member of the SUV Ski and Snowboard Club, which has slated a variety of activities over the next few weeks. SEE PAGE 5. SU grads fare well, study shows By ERIN MCCARTHY JO URNAL STAPF WRITER Everyone who attends college hopes for a better, financially-stable future. This year, 6,007 students chose SUU to help them achieve that goal. But when students graduate, what kind of job market do they face and how prepared are they? Susan Linder, director of Career Services at SUU, said every year a graduate survey is done concerning students with a bachelor's degree and recent studies have painted a rosy picture for SUU grads. The most rcent survey, in 1996, showed what Linder called fairly positive numbers. Of the graduating students, eight percent decided to become homemakers or serve an LOS mission, 20 percent chose to pursue a higher degree, and 70 percent were employed by the time of graduation. "Only 1.4 percent were still looking for work, six months after graduation. Of the 70 percent employed, 83.4 percent had jobs within their majors," said Linder. In 1997, there were 741 students who graduated with a bachelor's degree, although the statistics are not in for the rest of this year. The average time it takes an SUU student to find a job is six to nine months, according to Linder. However, she said many of the students stay in Utah despite the fact that there is a lower pay rate compared to many other states. So with the recent economy in a boom and the job market looking positive, students will just graduate and then the job will come to them, right? Wrong, said Linder. "There is a long road ahead of the graduating student. Start preparing now, no matter what year you are. There is on-campus recruitment every year and a Career Fair that makes interaction with different companies possible for students. There are also job search workshops and email distribution lists. 11 The distribution list can be found by going to the SUU homepage (www.suu.edu) and then into the Student Life section. Next, click-on Career Services. America's Job Bank has several job openings listed. Students just punch in their field of interest and the state in which they would (continued on page 3) NATIONAL SPORTS: The Kansas City Chiefs humiliated the San Francisco 49ers in NFL action yesterday. PAGE 18. Myndee Larsen was the MVP in the Fresno State women's basketball tourney won over the weekend by the Lady 'Birds. SEE P,.AGE 16. |
