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The Clarion | Oct. 19.2012
Job fair trip
was big hit
By Rachel Coates
Contributor
In this economy and all the promises of
“getting America back to work,” a job fair took
place Tuesday, Oct. 16 at UNC-Asheville with
quite a few companies offering opportunities
for internships, summer jobs and graduate
school.
Four students attended the event with high
expectations for finding summer employment,
internships and possible graduate programs.
All of the stations had something to give away,
whether it was pens/pencils, shirts, mugs, bags
or facial products.
For some students it was difficult to find
employment or a graduate school offering a
major pertinent to the one they are currently
completing here at Brevard College.
One of our students was interviewed by
ABC news. The reporter asked why we were
here, what we thought about our options for
jobs, and do we feel confident about finding
a job after graduation.
It was exciting for this student to be
interviewed. “I’ve worked with reporters
before, but I never had the opportunity to be
interviewed on TV,” she said.
The job fair had a great turnout, mostly of
UNCA students, but for the group that went
from Brevard College it was a success as
well.
On the ride back to the college, one of the
van’s tires made a popping sound, as if it had
worn thin and burst. The van made it to exit
37 on 1-26 until the driver decided it wasn’t
safe, and pulled off the interstate.
The students waited off the exit until another
van from the college came to pick them up.
It took the van about an hour to get to the
students and driver and they made it back to
the school safe and sound.
Rain or shine: we paddle
An update on this semester's immersion group tasks
By Olivia Fawcett
staff Writer
This week the Immersion team had its rock
climbing session.
On Monday, we had Ground School with
Ryan Donovan, which means we “climbed”
the extremely technical Mount Ross Hall, and
from there we learned how to make anchors
for climbing. Unfortunately, due to health
problems, I could not participate in the anchor
building out in the field. However, from what
the other members of the Immersion team are
saying, it was really fun. They spent Tuesday
and Wednesday setting anchors for rock
climbing. It looked like a lot of fun! And even
though I could not actually go out onto the rock
and actually build the anchor, I learned how
to make an anchor and how to tell if the knots
are tied correctly.
On Wednesday, the group went to the South-
side of Looking Glass and built the anchors
for Clyde Carter’s WLEE 101 course. Clyde’s
entire 101 course made it back in one piece,
which means that the anchors were built
correctly. So that is definitely a good sign.
On Thursday October 18, the Immersion
team took the Brevard College leadership
team on a sea kayaking trip on Cascade Lake.
It was a great opportunity for us to train to
become outdoor leaders, as well as get to meet
and know members of our Brevard College
Faculty. Despite the rain and cold weather,
we braved the elements and paddled out on
the lake. Lawton Jeffords even agreed to
demonstrate the wet exit to the faculty team,
and I can definitely say that the water was
cold. After demonstrating the wet exits, we
gave the faculty the chance to perform the
wet exits if they wanted to. After a moment of
silence, we had no volunteers. Luckily, shortly
after a quick paddling lesson, Scott Sheffield
volunteered to perform a combat roll and
flipped his kayak over, if this was intentional
or unintentional, I cannot say. This was a great
time for the Immersion team to show off their
skills by preforming a T rescue. After the
rescue, we paddled from Cascade Lake up to
Hooker Falls. Despite the cold weather, the
trip was a blast! We got to really experience
how to be outdoor leaders and what it would
be it would be like to lead a group.
The group is working hard to get the 21
day trip put together, and today is the last day
of planning we have before we head out on
October 30! To say that we are excited would
be an understatement.
(left to right) Susan Cothern, Deb Hall, Chad Holt, Debbie Bowman D’Anna, Scott Sheffield,
and President David Joyce head out on the water next to this semester's WLEE immersion
students.