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JVolume15 Numberl
January 21,1992
Career planning office: understaffed but vitai
De^te repeated pleas for increased allocations from its directw, the OfHce (rf Career Planning and Placement has OOt increased its staff of advisors since 1^76.
The OCPP, whkh is funded entirely by student servKes fees, has only two advisors to counsel and assist all UTSA students through their years of college prqiaratibn for a career. . Dr. Vincent A vallone, director of the pen*, bemoans the lack of funding for more councikirs for the office. "We could certainly use additional staff to
"In 1978 when we had about 6.000 to 7,000 students there were two profes¬ sional people in the placement center. Now that we have 16,000 students diere are still two people in the placement center, and we were not over-staffed in 1978."
The OCPP is die prime source of information and services which help UTSA students and alumni find jobs in then- chosen fields. Professors in areas such as accounting, information sys¬ tems and other business fields incorpo¬ rate job search strategies into dieir course
" This is one of the worst years that I have seen in the time that I have been in placement."
"Dr. Vincent Avallone,
director or the office of
career planning and placement
present the programs diat students need, especially in these more difficult times. We should have a counselor woiking ^ecifically in Uberal arts , developing ^tacts, leads, and employers for dieir .particular needs. We don't have that.
work. Students in these fields, there¬ fore, are more likely to be aware of all that die OCPP has to offer.
Avallone agreed that most professors in the humanities and fine arts do not emphasize career tactks in dieir cur¬
riculum. "It takes a special teacher (in the humanities) to incorporate this into their course work. Mostofthem will say placement is something that is not in the province of their teaching."
The funding for die OCPP comes entirely from student service fees. ^- roUment has doubled, and the fees have been increased from $2.50 per semester credit hour in the 1977-78 school year to S 10.00 in 1991-92. Revenues from student service fees have risen over 600 percent while allocations to die OCPP have only tripled in this time.
William Stem, associate vice presi¬ dent for business affairs, heads The Stu¬ dent Services Advisory Committee (SSAC) which allocates die student ser¬ vices money. He acknowledges the dif¬ ficulties facing the OCPP but cite^mi- lar deficiencies across the campus.
The SSAC is comprised of Stem, four students who are appointed by the SRA, Emest DeWinne; UTSA business manager, and Karen Whitney; assistant vice president for student life. Both DeWinne and Whitney are ex-officio members and do not vote.
Avallone and Beverly Santos, assis¬ tant director of the OCPP, are the only counselors for die more than 1000 stu-
Dr. Vincent Avaltone, director of the Office and Career Planning and Placement explains to student James Criddle how the Job search process works.
Distribution of Student Services Fees for '91-'92
1. Inter-collegiate Attiletics, Recreational Activities & Intramurals 39%
2. Student Financial Aid 15%
3. Student Health Services 6%
4. Counseling Center 5.6%
5. Career Planning & Placement 4.6%
6. Testing Center 4%
7. Office of the Assistant VP for Student Developnnent 3%
8. Tonnas Rivera Office of Student Retention 3%
9. i_earning Assistance Center. 2.8%
10. Office of Multi-cultural Affairs 2.3%
11. Disabled Student Services 2.3%
12. Auxiliary Enterprises - Maintenance & Utilities 2.2%
13. Other 9%
dents seeing help from the (OCPP) each year. Avallone petitioned from 1978 through 1985 for funds to hire more councilors . He grew disheart¬ ened, he said, when he received a letter in 1986 which told him that he need not petition for more funds because of the recession.
Thedifficultpbmarket has sent more alumni back to the university placement office for help finding a job, says Avallone. He says it is difficult to gauge the success of his office's efforts since not all alumni respond lo requests for information. "What we count as suc¬ cesses is being able to give a student the assistance they need at whatever 'time they come into our office. Whether it's the generation of the addresses of em¬ ployers, or the identification of specific types of employers, or the referral to ernployers in some other state, if we can supply dial kind of information to the student, then we feel that wc have been successful in assisting them."
"We have been in an extremely diffi¬ cult year as far as placement is con- cemed,_ It's probably one of the worst years that I have seen in the time that 1 have been in placement."
The office recently brought a com¬
puterized jot>-Iisting system on line, and Avallone has already noticed an increase in the number of students and alumni using the system. The system currently holds approximately 120 offers for full- time employment. In addition, one ter¬
minal is dedicated to federal job listings and another group of terminals supplies UTSA students wilh information about part-lime work. By Rotyert Schermerhorn News Editor
Office offers seminars on resumes, interviewing
UTSA students, especially seniors, are invited to two upcoming job-search enhancement offerings by the Career Planning and Placement Center.
A session on job search techniques and resume writing will be offered on rhursday, Jan. 30 in die Science Buikl¬ ing, room 2.01.02 at 12:30 and2:36p.m.
Chi Friday, Jan. 31, a session on how lo pr^are for a job interview will be presented al 2:00 p.m., SB 2.01.02.
The job search techniques session will explore effective ways of job pros¬ pecting, and the resume writing segment will offer ideas on how to express work experiences and skills to attract a poten¬ tial employer.
The job interviewing segment is not
designed as a coaching session, but rather as a discussion in a mock job interview format. The imKk interview is a profes¬ sional presentation by two executives from Nationwide Insurance Companies who will portray and discuss the various elements of a job interview.
"A job interview is a listening expe¬ rience," says Bill Crum, a nation-wide business agency superintendent who will play the role of a student being inter¬ viewed. "The mock interview will ex¬ pose students to the interview culture. It will help formulate answers to questktns that a hiring manager will ask. We'll discuss how to put a person's inventory of experiences in the bestpossible hght," Crum says.
UTSA mourns the loss of three student athletes
The recent deadis of duee UTSA golfers has had a sobering effect on the studenis and die campus.
"They were golfers, but diey were also students flrst whkh makes it espe¬ ciaUy hard because it hits so close to home. People die every day but they were just like us. It makes you realize somediing Uke that can happen to any¬ one." said Chjffles Jones, a UTSA jun¬ ior. Many studentsechoJones'feelings. • "It'sjust so hard to believe that coukl happen to anyone, let alone diree young :f|ien in die prime of their lives. It's <niel," said Mike Payne. _.. Division of social and pohtical sci- .ences secretary Leticia Sanchez said, ^You could tell the accident was on Everyone's mind when school started •Ihe next Monday. When something diis ttngk; happens you can't help but be iaffected in some way."
The diree golf team members were •killed Friday. Jan. 10 in a two-car head- ion collision on Hwy 21 between Bastn^
and Caldwell near Austin.
Senkir Lance Mullins and junkirs E>erek SteinbruckandMark Bnichmiller were returning from the duee day Crown Cotony Collegiate Opener Golf Tourna¬ ment in Lufkin when, accmtling to the San Antonk) Light, a pickup truck trav¬ eling eastbound on Hwy 21 swerved into die westbound lane striking head- on with the 1991 Acura driven by Bruchmiller. Also Killed in die accident were the driver and passenger of the truck, klentified as Brett Greer, 25. and Kennedi Greer, 18.
Mullins, who was married six weeks ago, was a District VI All-Conference golferatUTSAandthe 1989Texas state JuniorCollege Champton at Odessa Jun¬ ior College. Mullins made first-team All-Conference and All-Tournament leamsbyflnishingfifdiatdie 1991 Trans America Conference Championships in Daytona Beach, llorida. The 21 year old John Jay gnK* uate leaves behind his wife. Nerekla Mullins; parents. Gene
and Bertha Mullins, and a brodier, Stuart Mullins.
Steinbnick,ajuniorsociology major, was a two-year letter man at UTSA who along with MuUins was being counted on to lead the golf team this season. He had four top-flve flnishes last year and earned first-team All-Conference and All-Tournament with a third place fin¬ ish at t"^*" Trans America Champion¬ ships. He !.> the son of Rudy and Linda Steinbruck of Uvalde.
Bruchmiller, a junior business major, was a former standout playerat Churchill High School. He played with diem from 1984-88. He finished in the lop fifteen at die 1990 San Anionio City Amateur Tournament. He was a Junior Club ChampkHi at die Oak HillsCounuy Club in 1987.
"We're all shocked about what has hap¬ pened," said Head Coach Joel Williamson. "Lance, Derek and Mark were all terrific individuals who loved to play golf. They will all be deeply missed
Lance Mullins
here at UTSA."
Adiletic Director Bobby Thompson said, "Any time an athletic department loses a member, or members of its fam¬ ily, die results are obviously devastating and shocking for all involved. Our prayers and deepest sympathy go out to
Derek Steinbruck
the families and friends of Lance, Derek and Mark."
This is the third accident in two years whk:h in total have taken the lives of five UTSA student athletes. In 1989. golfer Gary Schone was killed in a traffic acci¬ dent while on a visit to West Texas. In
Mark Bruchmiller
October of 1990, basketball player Mike Mason was struck by a car and killed on Northeast Loop 410.
By James Sanches Staff Writer