Beginning in April, the MCC-Penn Valley Career Center will be offering career services to students of Penn Valley’s new Health Science Institute (HSI).
“I’ll go over to the HSI building once a week,” said Melanie Bowman, Student Employment Services Coordinator. “I’ll be making classroom presentations on interviewing tips, resume writing, filling out applications more effectively, and directing [students] to job listings.”
While the Career Center at the main Penn Valley campus will continue to provide career services to students at the Institute, this new program is an addition to these services, “to offer more convenient services—location-wise—to the students in the new Health Sciences Institute building,” Bowman said.
The staff doesn’t foresee any changes in the career services available to students at the central Penn Valley location, which is about two blocks away, according to Sandy McIllnay, Director at the Institute.
Bowman will have a desk in the Health Resource Center where students can meet with her.
Ultimately, Bowman hopes that the project will “continue to offer our services in the same way we always have for our students—just at the HSI once a week or so to make them more convenient to the students in that building.”
FAST FACTS
- The Health Science Institute opened for students this spring.
- The 190,000 sq. ft. facility includes Radiology, EMT, Dentistry, Occupational Therapy, and Nursing.
- Each unit contains real life scenarios (surgical room, patient apartment, convenience store, ob).
- The virtual hospital includes dummies that students use for real world practice.
April 21, 2010
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