Several announcements, including a Graduate School Fair today, Oct. 4; a new publication of interest at the career center; AFL-CIO job recruitment; A Day in the Life Of . . .; Anthropology Faculty introduce themselves!; Get your photo taken; Submit a name for this newsletter.

Calling all USC Undergraduate Students!!

What are your post-graduate plans? Beginning work in your career is one

option, but have you considered applying to graduate school? Or maybe

you have questions and would like more information. The Graduate

Student Association invites you to explore your diverse opportunities

at the Graduate School Fair on Thursday, October 4, 2001, from 11:00 am

to 2:00 pm in the Russell House Ballroom. Representatives from a

variety of graduate schools across the northeast and southeast will be

available to provide information about their degree programs.

for drawings for a variety of prizes.

Please be sure to share this information with your friends and

professors!

Check the Graduate Student Association's website

(http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/gsa/index.html) for more details. You

may also call 777-2477 or email gsa@gwm.sc.edu

We hope to see you there!

Participating Schools

Appalachian State University Boone NC

Armstrong Atlantic State University Savannah GA

Campbell University, School of Law Buies Creek NC

Clark Atlanta University Atlanta GA

Clemson University Clemson SC

Columbia College Columbia SC

Cumberland School of Law - Samford University Birmingham AL

East Tennessee State University Johnson City TN

Georgia Southern University Statesboro GA

High Point University High Point NC

Medical College of Georgia Augusta GA

Mercer University School of Law Macon GA

MUSC Charleston SC

MUSC: Graduate Studies Charleston SC

Radford University Radford VA

Shenandoah University Winchester VA

Southern College of Optometry Memphis TN

University of Charleston, SC Charleston SC

University of Georgia Athens GA

USC - Chemistry/ Biochemistry Columbia SC

USC - College of Library and Info. Science Columbia SC

USC - College of Nursing Columbia SC

USC - College of Social Work Columbia SC

USC - Communication Sciences and Disorders Columbia SC

USC - Higher Education and Student Affairs Program Columbia SC

USC - Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Program Columbia SC

USC - Liberal Arts Columbia SC

USC - Liberal Arts/Women's Studies Program Columbia SC

USC - School of Law Columbia SC

USC - School of Medicine Columbia SC

USC - School of Medicine Graduate Programs Columbia SC

USC - The Darla Moore School of Business Columbia SC

Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA

Wake Forest University School of Law Winston-Salem NC

Western Carolina University Cullowhee NC

Widener University School of Law Wilmington DE

Winthrop Univeristy Rock Hill SC

Date: September 26, 2001

Submitted by: Emily Ley-Shiley, GA, Graduate Student Association

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We just obtained a very nice 80 page publication titled "Graduate Training in Museum Studies" produced by the American Association of Museums . It will be available in the Career Center Library - 6th floor of the H. William Close Bldg.

Vicki M. Hamby

Career Center - Program Manager

Liaison to the College of Liberal Arts & the Honors College

University of South Carolina

H. William Close (BA) Bldg. - 6th Floor

Columbia, SC 29208

Phone (803) 777-3966

Fax (803) 777-7556

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute offers paid fieldwork internship and apprenticeship programs for graduating students interested in doing social justice work, as well as paid summer internship programs for undergraduates.

The Organizing Institute provides hands on field training, assisting workers in gaining union representation. We have a 90% job placement rate and trained union organizers are in high demand. The job requires developing leadership, educating people about their rights, explaining the union organizing process, and running a campaign for union recognition.

Field training consists of an orientation and apprenticeship, working under a lead organizer, taking real responsibility in an organizing campaign. Apprenticeships pay $410 a week, plus housing, transportation, and health insurance.

The Organizing Institute has over a 90% job placement rate for individuals who have gone through the program. The demand is so great that we can not keep up with the demand from local unions for trained organizers. Starting salaries average $25,00-$30,000, with health insurance and other job related expenses included.

For students who are not ready to enter the workforce, we offer our Union Summer program. Union Summer is a 4 week paid internship program that combines field training with an educational background history of the labor movement. It is an exciting introduction to the life of a union organizer.

I can be reached at any time during the semester at (888)444-5141, voicemail only. Again, I will be on your campus for one week. I look forward to hearing from you.

Tameka A. Taylor

Southern Recruiter

AFL-CIO Organizing Institute

This is a new column we would like to promote. We don’t actually have a guest columnist for this month, but we do have a link to Woody Crenshaw’s daily journal web page. Woody, one of our majors (archaeology), just left in September to study for a year on the University of Malta on the Island of Malta, in the Mediterranean. To view his web page:

http://malta.blogspot.com

To communicate with Woody:

Woody@searchmalta.com

We would like to expand this part of the newsletter to hear from others who are traveling, who are in the Peace Corps, out in the job world, attending graduate school, or doing something interesting. We’d like to hear about your past summer experiences, or things you do over Break. Please send submissions to: Gail Wagner, gail.wagner@sc.edu

This is one departmental colloquium you will not want to miss. On Thursday, October 11, from 3:30-4:30 pm or so, the faculty in the Department of Anthropology will each give themselves a brief introduction and talk about their current research. There will be slides. This is a chance for you to meet the faculty in an informal setting.