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SATURDAY MAY 19,2018 ■I ——Ml—1.——1— SPDC survey indicates rise in success after graduation Data from nine months after the class of 2017 graduated shows where they are now CLASS OF 2017 SUCCESS Alex Roat Video Production Manager | @elonnewsnetwork Data released from the Student Professional Development Center (SPDC) indicates that the class of 2017 was one of the most successful classes in Elon University’s history. The First Des- FIRST tination survey. DESTINATION SURVEY The First Destination months after graduation. conducted by the SPDC, issued nine months after graduation, was Survey is a completed by 95 questionnaire percent of Elon’s compiled by class of 2017. the SPDC, The SPDC issued nine keeps track of graduate job of fers and graduate school acceptances on a rolling basis, and graduates are also surveyed on graduation day, and several more times throughout their first few months after graduat ing. The data for this report is com piled from these results. About 96 percent of graduates are either employed, completing post-graduate internships and fel lowships, attending graduate school or working for a service organiza tion. 84 percent of the class was em ployed nine months after graduating. Roughly 24 percent of the class o£ 2017 were accepted into gradu- SOURCE: STATISTICS COURTESY OFlttffi MEGHAN KIMBERUNGlDfs^ da ate programs around the country, 93 percent of graduates said their jobs were related to their career objectives and only 2 percent of the class is still on the job market. About 66 percent of those sur veyed said they acquired jobs from internships completed during their time at Elon, with companies such as CBS Corporation, the Co ca-Cola Company, Duke Energy and the U.S. Department of State. Top organizations hiring Elon graduates include major economic corporations, from Bank of Amer ica and Goldman Sachs, to top media organizations, such as CNN and ABC News, as well as service organizations such as Teach for America and the Peace Corps. The average salary for the class of 2017 is $42,992, about $1,875 more than the class of 2016. The majority of the class THE CAREER SKILLS THAT [STUDENTS] CAN LEARN WHILE AT ELON WILL CARRY INTO THE EUTURE AS THEIR CAREER JOURNEY UNFOLDS, TOM BRINKLEY SPDC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR has stayed in North Carolina post-graduation, with about 277 graduates remaining, with 17 percent in the Triangle and Triad regions. Following North Caroli na, New York and Massachusetts host the second and third largest groups of graduates, respectively. Tom Brinkley, executive di rector of the SPDC, believes the class of 2018 will show similar success. “The overall job market across the nation continues to be strong, and unemployment is at a 17 year low,” he said. More than the past 6 years, post-graduate success rates have increased, rising from 61 percent for the class of 2012, to 84 percent in 2017, while post-graduates se curing jobs in the desired fields have remained steady over the past two years. AVERAGE SAURY $42,992 The average salary for the classof 2017 is $42,992, about $1,875 more than the class of 2016. The First Destination sura began in 2012, with the develop ment of the SPDC on campui with the mission of following students four-year plan througt to post-graduation. “Our purpose is to help prepare students for life after Elon, whelli- er they choose to enter the wort' place or attend graduate school’ Brinkley said. “The career skills that they can learn while at EIm will carry into the future as career journey unfolds.” Reduce, reuse, recycle plastic bottles into caps and gowns Seniors don sustainable graduation robes made from plastic bottles Nina Fleck Copy Chief | @elontiewsnetwork It’s no secret that Barnes & Noble College at Elon University sees an influx of students toward the end of the year not only to return rental books, but also to grab their caps and gowns in time for graduation. A less er-known fact is that for the past seven years, Elon’s caps and gowns have been made entirely of recycled plastic bottles. Oak Hall Cap & Gown supplies Green Weaver gowns, which uses 23 plastic bottles on average to produce one gown. “Recycled plastic bottles are processed to remove impurities such as labels and caps. The bot tles are then chopped into frag ments called ‘flakes,’” Oak Hall’s website says. “Flakes are melted and then solidified into uniform pellets called chips.’ Chips are melted again and extruded into continuous lament yarn.” After that, the post-con sumer plastic yarn is wo ven, dyed and fixed into commencement-ready form. The bookstore distributes the WHO MAKES THE GOWNS? Oak Hall Cap & Gown supplies GreenWeaver gowns, which use 23 plastic bottles on average to produce one gown. Senior Ryan Corning gets a cemposite phete taken in his new cap and gown that is made out RECYCLING PROCESS 1. Recycled plastic bottles are processed to remove impurities such as labels and caps 2. The bottles are chopped into fragments called ‘flakes’ 3. Flakes are melted and then solidified into uniform pellets called ‘chips’ 4- Chips are melted again and extruded into continuous lament yarn 5. Post-consumer plastic yam is woven, dyed and fixed into commencement-ready form caps and gowns at no upfront cost to the student, thanks to the university. “Not everybody walks, so it changes year-to-year how much we actually hand out,” said Gar iy Mayer, the store manager of Barnes & Noble College at Elon. But according to the 2018 Spring Registrar’s Report, ap proximately 2,000 undergradu ates will be graduating on May 19. In other words, upward of 50,000 plastic bottles were recy cled to create enough caps and gowns for Elon’s graduating class this year. To put this figure in perspec tive, 1 million plastic bottles are JESSICA RAPFOGELI ELON NEWS NETWORK Of recycled materials. CAP AND GOWN RECYCUBLES SDK plastic bottles were recycled to create enough caps and gowns for Elon s graduating class of 2,000 this year. 91% of plastic waste isn’t recycled purchased globally each minute, Sandra Laville and Matthew Tay lor wrote in The Guardian last June, and 91 percent of plastic waste isn’t recycled, Laura Parker reported to National Geographic last July. ° But as it happens, these plastic caps and gowns can be further recycled. Mayer says recycling the caps and gowns is an option, but not many students have done so di rectly after graduation because of accessibdity and the physical na ture of having graduation under he oaks. She speculates that stu dents might not remember the at- tire IS recyclable after graduating. “I think the thought is that one more thing in the way durinf graduation,” Mayer said in K gards to having recycling bins w the caps and gowns right afet the ceremony. “It’s something I® working on for when we gradual! in Schar Center. Then there’s deli- nite outlets whereas here, (un®' the oaks], everybody scatters. ... That’s definitely somethiuf I’d like to do because otherwise, what do you need them for? In addition to Elon, appr® imately 350 schools around tu country use GreenWeaver gow* including neighboring schoo Duke University and the Un‘*e ' sity of North Carolina at C ap Hill. ,a “Elon University GreenWeaver in 2011 und * one of the first in the cc® 'L said Mike Merritt, the Oak representative for this area- And according to Oak ’ more than 4 million stude “ have worn the GreenWeaver tire for their graduations.
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