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Employers see improving job market for grads

By Victor Andrei | November 18, 2003

For the first time in two years, employers' outlook on the job market for college graduates has improved, according to a study released by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The association's Job Outlook 2004 survey found that nearly 54 percent of employers hold a "good, very good or excellent" outlook on the job market for new college graduates within their own industry. Undergraduate majors in heaviest demand include computer science, mechanical and electrical engineering, accounting, and business administration, said association Research Director Camille Luckenbaugh. Statistics on post-graduation jobs offered to University fourth years currently are unavailable and will not be compiled until the end of the fall semester, according to Ladd Flock, Director of Career Services for the College. University Career Services officials, however, say they have seen an increase in job listings for students on the HoosTrak online system.

Dominion Power proposes increase in fuel rates for 2004

By Victor Andrei | October 16, 2003

Dominion Virginia Power's proposed fuel rate increases likely will affect the University beginning in early 2004, and officials are not enthusiastic about the rate hike, according to Cheryl Gomez, director of utilities for Facilities Management. "We're not looking forward to it," Gomez said. Though she could not provide any specific figures or estimates on how the rate hike would affect the University's electric bill, Gomez said it is possible that any increases could be absorbed by the University and not passed on to students. Gomez attributed this to the fact that the demand for electricity was lower than normal this past summer.

Office of Student Affairs gives $5,000 to Arts Committee

By Victor Andrei | October 1, 2003

Student Council efforts to lobby for the creation of an "art fund" for student-run projects have met with success, netting a $5,000 grant from the University. Council's Student Arts Committee spearheaded the initiative, which aims to increase opportunities for students to advance their interests in the arts. Vice President for Student Affairs Pat Lampkin, whose office provided the funds, spoke enthusiastically about the art fund, which she said will support student arts in the community. "It's an avenue for our students to bring the arts into the student community," she said. The Student Arts Committee is the only Council committee receiving money from the Vice President for Student Affairs office at present, according to Lampkin. The Committee will manage the funds and allocate them for student art projects outside of the classroom which otherwise would remain unfunded, Student Arts Committee Chair Rebecca Menges said. Proposals for "new and emerging work" in the arts, whether in film, music, dance, drama, studio art, architecture and design, creative writing or poetry, will be presented to the Committee for approval.

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