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SENIOR SEND-OFF Wednesday, May 29,1996 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. EMU Ballroom It's a Senior Celebration! The UO Alumni Association invites you to this final bash featuring musical guest FIVE FINGERS OF FUNK You'll get a grad pack full of cool stuff, ^ a free beverage, and a chance to win Duck football season tickets and other" great prizes! Admission is FREE! 1996 Greek Award Winners Outstanding Greek Women of the Year (Shirley Wilson Award) Kaira Bsgate. Gamma Phi Beta, Kirsten Wall. Delta Delta Delta Outstanding Greek Men of the Year (Sorenson Award) Krik 1 eklcm. Beta Theta Pi, Doug Baker. Beta Theta Pi Outstanding Volunteer Service Kaira legate. Gamma Pi Beta and hnk I .eklem. Beta Theta Pi %> /* (kw< *omrm t Annum Ammnt, KMwrwr Matw*. ft thru ft» hmmmt < m*t**r ft hu ft* Utah M*npa*. Oiiihm ft* &rt> V«r»i*k* l 4* M<it (Mu Oita (Mu t 4wM IWih. (Mm ft* Hm h«n» *umm. Kappa Aiftu TWu h Jt.'i i, — .-»*> f- - -- ... - ctrcmic# rvwrfu. 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Sally Wagner, said some positions require a master's of business administration, such as human reeourc* manager and a member of the financ e group. Other positions, such as those that involve engineering, will be more likely to be awarded to a person with s master s degree. The human resources manag er at Hyundai Semiconductors of America. |im Mantle, said some positions usually require a grad ual* degree if someone wants to be a prod uct or process engineer at Hyundai in Eugene, they typi cally need a master's of business administration wilh an under graduate degree in engineering Beth Swank, a career coun selor at the University Career Center, said a master's of bust mm administration may not give graduates a better fob at first, but advancement could come more quickly than the person who only has an undergraduate degree Another area V»h«n» a graduate •tagra* tan Wp is to the adaocea. Swank said For example, chant letfjf majors who want to oversee maaarch projects instead of mere ty participating in them usually need graduate degrees However, experience can be tha kay to working at Hyundai and many other companies Someone with two to four years experience could land the job and help the company because the company would pay thousand* Um to him them. Mart tie of Hyundai said Cameron also said experience can ba more important than a dflgrwn Someone with experience could land the fob instead of the person with the graduate degree At Weyerhauser. for example, experience that doesn't even relate to the position can help land the Job, Wagner said. "One of the things that distin guishes an applicant is to have had any kind of job. Some peo ple who worked at K mart or Pi* xa Hut draw on their experience in areas such as customer ser vice." she said. A combination of work and school is a good option for peo pie who want to work al Funk A Associates. Cameron said. "(art a couple of years expert «na» and then go to grad school," he said. "Work experience enhances any kind of school experience “ All students need to decide what their career goals are. he said Otherwise, graduate school might be a waste of time “If people are using grad school to put off finding a job. the dngnte may not be for them," Wagner said. Students need to research the job market and graduate schools to see if it makes sense to go straight to school, the said Many graduate programs require work exoerience for mlmiiom'n Jobs: Graduates can find interesting, challenging work ■ Continued from Pag* 1 •» g«**l with computers can go to work for companies like Microsoft or Intel or enroll in computer programming school*. Statistics Is another area math majors can go into. Thomas said Poaaibla careers include working an statistical studies or setting insurance rates and premiums. Still other jobs available for math majors are mathematical modeling and scheduling, work ing in aero-science labs, working for the Lane Transit District and designing graphics calculators. Thomas said. With a degree in anihtopokgy a graduate can get a job with the Bureau of Land Management. U.S. Forest Service or various public services, said Mel Aikens. anthropology department head “Anthropology provides a good liberal education that gives a dif ferent perspective than any oth er degree." Aikens said. Having a multi-cultural back ground in this modern soc iety u good bacause the realms we study provide for a bask educa tlon and understanding in this world. Aikens said. With a degree in fine and applied «m. there am three eat egurun that people generally (all into. Mid Kenneth O'Connell, professor and head of fine and applied art* department One third of the siudent* with an art» debtee go to graduate school or get a second degree, O'Connell Mid. Another third go to work for a company and the final third atari their own com pany. Some fine art* student* start at the huge no Saturday Market, he said. There is a whole spectrum of the arts student* go into, suc h a* graphic design, drawing, paint ing, photography, the art supply market, multi media and design ing web ute*. Some people work for computer game com pan to* tike Microsoft or Adobe. Finally, with a degree in art hiiiory. a ponton could work in an art gallery or museum, aaid Sherwin Simmon* from the department of art history Researching, merchandising « architecture or art conservation are also possibilities for art his tory major*