The right career may be lurking with liaisons
■A new program could lean
on unsure students deciding
their professional futures
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
For students majoring in fields
such as architecture or education,
future job options may seem obvi
ous. But for students majoring in
various fields offered by the College
of Arts and Sciences, career objec
tives may not be so clear.
Three new career liaison positions
have been created to help arts and sci
ences students answer a simple ques
tion: What can I do with my major?
The positions have been filled by
University graduates Liz White, Jen
nifer Sowins and Jessica Best. Each li
aison has a separate focus modeled af
ter the three subject divisions within
the College of Arts and Sciences: sci
ence, social science and humanities.
The liaisons help students to ex
plore future career paths within their
majors.
“The College of Arts and Sciences
has one of the biggest student popu
lations, but it was one of the most
underutilized,” Best said.
According to Sowins, the new po
sitions are a response to student in
put regarding counseling within the
College of Arts and Sciences.
To ensure that arts and sciences
students receive resources similar
to other majors, the College of Arts
and Sciences faculty and the Career
Center came together to coordinate
this year’s new positions.
“It’s a very innovative program,”
said Clarice Wilsey, assistant direc
tor of the Career Center. In addition
tq,answering students’ major or ca
reer questions, she said, the liaisons
also provide a place where students
can go for resume questions, to get
help with career development or to
get referral information.
“One of mv main focuses is to
raise the awareness of how many
opportunities and different things
you can do with a social science de
gree.” Sowins said. “I want to help
students find a career that matches
their interests, values and skills.”
In addition to meeting with stu
dents at the Career Center during
drop-in hours Monday through Fri
day, the liaisons also have offices in
various buildings across campus in
order to be more accessible to stu
dents.
Students can make individual ap
pointments with a specific liaisons
or stop by the center from 11 a.m. to
noon, and 1:30 to 4 p.m.
“When I was a student, it would
have been nice to have this outreach,”
Best said. “We want to help students
realize we are concerned about the is
sues that they are concerned with.”
Since the program is so new, one
Tom Patterson Emerald
University graduate Jen Sowins (left) offers job resource infomation to new students.
or the tasks the liaisons are currently
undergoing is letting people know
that the resource exists.
“So far, we are trying to get the
word out to faculty and within dif
ferent departments,” Sowins said.
“We have also been in contact with
peer advisor groups. ”
The liaisons will have an infor
mation table in the EMU from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to answer
any questions about the program.
Write-in mayoral candidate big on local kids and community
■ Michael Glownia ot Eugene
may give incumbent Jim
Torrey a run for his money as
a write-in this election year
By Bennett Lacy
for the Emerald
Though the ballot may indicate
otherwise, voters have more than
one option this Tuesday when they
cast their vote for Eugene mayor.
On Saturday, Michael Glownia
shared his vision of a stronger com
munity with about 50 people at the
Saturday Market downtown.
Glownia, who ran an unsuccessful
primary campaign in May, has
stepped it up in November with a
stronger campaign against incum
bent Jim Torrey.
“I believe I can offer Eugene a real
solution where we can let our chil
dren play and we can be happy,”
Glownia told the audience with his
own children by his side.
Glownia’s decision to run for
mayor did not involve years of plan
ning. It wasn’t until last summer
when he decided to run.
Because Glownia had not garnered
enough votes in the May primary to
appear on the ballot, his only option
to run was as a write-in candidate.
Glownia said he was inspired af
ter losing his job to run for mayor
and decided he wanted to make an
impact in the community.
“[Being laid off] set off a fire in
side of me not to rely on a corpora
tion that can, in a day, take it all
away,” Glownia said.
Although Glownia does not have
as much political and financial am
munition as Mayor Torrey, he does
have a strong support base.
Kyle Schweighauser, a Glownia
campaign supporter and close
friend, was on hand Saturday show
CC In order for a society to
be sustainable, we need to
use resources fairly and
efficiently to meet basic
human needs.
Michael Glownia
candidate for mayor
ing his support.
“Michael really cares about
young people and what they have to
say,” Schweighauser said. “A lot of
change comes from the youth.”
Schweighauser said the cam
paign is informal but serious about
getting underrepresented voices
heard.
“We laughed and thought about it
for awhile and then decided it was
time we had a voice,”
Schweighauser said.
If Glownia wins, he has a lot of is
sues he will address. The most visi
ble issues in his campaign are pro
tecting the environment and
strengthening the community.
“We need to work on reaching true
sustainability,” Glownia said. “In or
der for a society to be sustainable, we
need lo use resources fairly and effi
ciently to meet basic human needs.”
Glownia also mentioned the need
to maintain priorities when dealing
with jobs versus the environment.
“We currently have a mayor sup
porting Hyundai, who is taking
away our wetlands,” Glownia said.
“We are sacrificing our future and
environment for jobs.”
Mayor Torrey said Friday that al
though his success in the election is
a virtual lock, he is not taking his
opponent lightly.
“I am always concerned,” Torrey'
said. “People can vote for whomev
er they want to, and until I have at
least one more vote than my oppo
nent, I will always be concerned.”
With the big day coming quickly
Tuesday, Glownia has high hopes
for himself as Eugene’s potential
new mayor.
“We have had enough of business
as usual,” Glownia said. “Wecanbe
a model for cities throughout the na
tion to look at us and say ‘this is how
it’s done’.”
THERE’S ALWAYS A REASON TO PICK UP THE ODE
Laura Smit Emerald
Mayoral write-in candidate Michael Glownia talks to voter Claudia Lapp at the Eugene
Saturday Market during the ballot drop-off party Glownia hosted this weekend.
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