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Pag? 8 June - August 2011 The Lance PEOPLE Class of 2011 - Taking on the World By: Alice V-Z Harrison '12 Editor It was just May 7 when the St. Andrews Class of 2011 walked across the stage to pick up diplomas. Just under four months have passed and already the class of 2011 is making their way in the world — successfiilly. In fact, the class of 2011 has been doing so well, and has been so gracious in sharing their news, that Director of Career Services Ren^e P. Jones ’85, has began a tradition of updating us in real time, via e-mail, with “Senior Success Stories.” The updates happen almost daily, thanks to advances in design and technology. “Since I took this position in the Fall of 2006, I changed the survey from a 3 page form on gold paper to a one page, double sided form with the SAPC logo at the top,” Jones said. “It is much more appealing than the previous form. In addition, Melissa Hopkins further edit ed the survey and uploaded it to our website. At that point, alums were able to fill out a survey online in approxi mately 2 minutes and click on send. Hence, I started to e-mail alumni with a link to the survey.” Jones also credits Facebook for help ing to recruit responses for the digital survey. “Now, I ask every student to be my "friend" before they graduate,” she said. “Once an alum is my friend, I can send him/her a link on his/her wall. With this effort, responses started to come in better than ever.” The statistics of success for the class of 2011 are quite remarkable, consider ing how tough todays job market. As of Sept. 2, Jones’ records show that we have: 117 members of the Class of2011 58 (50%) have full time jobs 2 (1.7%) working part-time 2 (1.7%) doing an internship 23 (20%) continuing their education 2 (1.7%) serving in the military/other corps “We have 74% of our graduates who have responded and have confirmed that they are working, in school, or in the service,” Jones said. “I have learned that other schools that are similar to us (small private schools) are getting a response of 20-35% to their surveys. Thus, when their data show that 40% of their graduates are working, it actual ly means that 40% of the 30% who actually responded to the surveys.” Jones admits that not everyone is inclined to complete the graduate sur vey, and that some people have to be encouraged repeatedly. But, as she’ll tell you, it’s worth it, not just for the col lege, but for the current students. ^^^lAvouldlikeever^|o^ Jennifer (Continued from Page 7) basically the go to penon for in£a on fun and events on campus. Now that you are actually in that position, can you tell us a little of ^lat it’s all about? As a Student Activities Coordinator, what do you do? A.] I’m still learning the ropes in OSA, but the position of Student Activities Coordinator has been described to me as being like a cruise ship director. There’s a litde bit of every thing as far as activities on campus are concerned. So far I’ve made a lot of posters, learned how to hook up the OSA sound system, and coordinated with a guest performer just to name a few things. I also serve as advisor for the Student Activities Union and GANZA Core. even in times of a challenging economy, our graduates are qualified and able to find jobs and be accepted into graduate programs of interest,” Jones said. “I truly believe that with a St. Andrews education, a person is equipped to accomplish absolutely anything he/she sets out to do.” Jones has some advice to those preparing for the future. “If you are just starting to look or have been looking, I would like to tell you to keep trying and not get discour aged. It is extremely important to keep a positive attitude. Remember that A- there are jobs out there. B-you must not focus on anything you lack i.e. experi ence. Instead focus on all the things that you can bring to an employer. C- The same uniqueness and special quali ties that brought you to St. Andrews will serve you well in the ‘real world.’ Go out there and be a proud holder of _a_Stj^ndrej^_degreej^^_^^^_____ Q.] You are working closely with the Student Activities Union. Can you give us an idea of some of the fiin we can expect, over the course of the semester? A.] Some of the activities we have scheduled for this semester include a few vendor events (Krazy Kustom Koozies & Initial This) and some returning feivorites like the Regatta, Luau, and Halloween Party. There will be a pumpkin carving contest and then a pumpkin chunking. I am really look ing forward to working with the Student Activities Union to come up with ideas for new events as well as ways to making the returning events even better. Jennifer Roberts is located in the OSA, — and she looks forward to getting to know you! **Think Globally, Act Locally”
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