Show Career Major J Fair air serves up hot ideas for students Kathryn Jones And Amy Saxton booths encompassed the Student Center Oct 17 for the Career and Major Fair Instructors department chairs and advisors gave hundreds of students opportunities to ask questions and experience on hands-on activities relating to their field of interest Based on the numbers there were many students unsure of what they wanted to do in the future that or orthey orthey they were merely looking for the free stuff stiff i y nh Photo by Kathryn Kathln Jones Bryan Griggs works on a waterfall at the arts booth I 1 really dont don't know what Careers my major will be yet said Continued on Page 3 J Vanessa Valdez a student Careers Continued from Page 1 attending Another student Derek Hederson checked out the Red Hot Transfer Tip booth taking the short validation quiz to discover he not only had creative ability but energy to burn something burn something Hederson agreed with Dan Trujillo manager of the computer workshops training program is excited for the opportunity given to those interested in learning computer skills to get what they want fast Most of our students are working adults he said They want to advance their careers and can come in and just take one class if that's all they want Rob Adamson coordinator for the Visual Arts Development department said he is excited about what has been rif dr ef I 4 d J ra X J j y r I o s so fir I Photo By Kathryn Jones I Students heard results of from Tony Rizzuto academic car career er adviser 1 happening the last 25 years regarding visual art and web design among other interrelated fields The market for related types of industry is getting a I 1 r a Photo b by kathryn n Jones The Barbering and Cosmetology booth at the fair lot bigger he said Theres quite a good amount now in inthe inthe inthe the job market and we offer otTer assoc associate ate degrees in any of those areas illustration areas illustration photography animation multimedia design graphic design and electronic publishing But that's not all What wed we'd like to tell the students is the idea of convergence said Art Kanehara professor of communications You may work in newspaper but you may want to learn some other media some of the technology and things that go along with the media so you can make yourself more versatile or or employable Other interesting careers at the fair included nondestructive nondestructive nondestructive non non- destructive testing through the Aviation Maintenance Technology program I Non destructive testing is a method where we test I parts and components i iw w without destroying them sa said d Bart We use x- x rays sound waves magnetic fields and electrical fields I ISo So anything that is critical from a bridge to a space shuttle a plane or a jet we have to test it to make sure theres there's nothing wrong inside the component which I is more than you see on the I surface r. r I |