The Register, 1996-10-16

              stricter live wallace proudly points to distinguished past partici pants in upward bound such as barbara harmon schamberger a former rhodes scholar who is now secretary of education and the arts and john quinones a correspon dent for abc-tv's prime time wallace spends her free time reading and listening to jazz rhythm and blues and classical music she has participated and held positions in a number of other professional and personal capacities including recently re ceiving a certificate of participa tion in the emerging leaders in stitute during the regional confer ence for trio personnel serving as archives committee chairper son and scholarship committee chairperson for the n.c council of educational opportunity pro grams membership in the south ern association of educational opportunity program personnel and assistant church clerk and president of the pastor's aid com mittee at trinity a.m.e zion church book gets advanced at local high school which is why hayes says he is not concerned now about the polls the same persistence that got the turtle to the ark will get us to the governor's mansion he said hunt says his lead in the poll shows voters are satisfied with his third term people think north carolina is on the right track and they don't want to turn back he said the latest poll shows gov jim hunt with a 26-point lead in his bid for a fourth term but his republican opponent cannon textile heir robin hayes is not ready to throw in the towel just yet in a survey of 815 registered voters conducted by mason-dixon political media research for several north carolina news organizations hunt was leading hayes 58 percent to 32 percent hayes however was virtually un known statewide last year when announced he would challenge charlotte mayor richard vinroot for the republican gubernatorial nominations hayes defeated vinroot by attacking vinroot's shaking stands on abortion taxes and gun control the route to wallace's own success began in her hometown of greensboro where she graduated from smith high school she attained a b.s de gree in home economics from a&t and an m.s in home economics from north caro the secret to achieving the kind of success that harmon-schamberger and quinones have achieved pcs here to assist future leaders students prepare for season of interviews by tracey clay staffwriter teachers said advanced students should be mature enough to read controver sial material that is designed to be thought provoking teachers and students at grimsley high school have won their fight to keep a sexually explicit book on the required reading list for advance students a district-wide review committee for guilford county schools voted tuesday to keep the old gringe as required reading while allowing students to read alternative works if they are uncomfortable with the material duke professor releases book about coastal hazards tion however because of technical difficulties with this the office is still accepting a signed con sent form and a resume for temporary registra students interested in interviewing with company representatives must register with the office of career services this year the registra tion is being done on-line edwards also pointed out that students possessing the ability to sell themselves have an advantage over other students she empha sized the fact that employers like aggressive people who are willing to go after what they want instead of waiting for it to be handed or offered to them they must find ways to either overcome it or work around it students must also sign up for a time slot to interview with the company of their choice spaces are limited to 11 companies interviewing 12 students each per day interviews are granted on a first-come first-served basis hint do your research he is releasing a new book and video about coastal hazards targeted at people who are dumb enough to build on an island pilkey has preached for years that development should be limited on the coast line because barrier islands are unstable erosion and damage from hurricane fran proves his warning about the dangers of building on the coast were correct duke geology professor orrin pilkey said unwed mothers dropping and the rest of the story but it was the fourth consecutive decline in the teen birth rate which has dropped 8 percent since 1991 the cdc report states that one decline after 16 years of increases is far from proof of lasting turnaround fewer babies were born to unwed mothers last year the first decline in nearly two decades-one fueled by a drop in the teenage birth rate the centers for disease control and prevention reported recently little or no knowledge of the company students also are encouraged to research the companies they plan to interview with prior to the interview one of the major complaints of last year's interviewers was that students had pertinent information includes what the company specializes in its target market the types of positions available and the qualifications for the positions they seek to fill company representatives are very im pressed when a student can walk into an inter view and tell the interviewer his expectations of the company and what made him decide that he wanted to work for that company edwards said the office of career services publishes a recruiting bulletin listing the names of the com panies approximately every 15 days the bulle tins are available in each academic major depart ment and in most classrooms and a copy is al ways available in the office of career services at murphy hall room 101 if a student knows that they are par ticularly proficient in an area which might ap peal to the company's interests such as knowl edge of the internet they should present this information to the interviewer edwards said if on the other hand they know that they have a particular weakness like shyness overcoming interview anxiety is a mat ter of preparation says joyce edwards associa tion director for career services students should know the employer and their own strengths and weaknesses before they enter an interview the companies that interviewed on campus oct 1 8 included arthur andersen glaxo wellcome rockwell automation united technologies wachovia carolina power and light deloitte and touche everready hughes network systems los alamos national labo ratory the u.s air force ford motor company intel target stores cytec industries johnson controls mcgladrey and pullen llp nortel rwd technologies bb&t bellcore chrysler coopers and lybrand northrop grumman union camp ibm motorola and olde dis count stockbrokers additional information such as pre ferred grade point averages terms of employ ment and potential dates of employment may also be included your palms start sweating your throat tightens and you feel little sweat droplets run ning down your arm no you don't have the flu it's interview time october 1 signaled the start of recruiting season at a&t each year companies from around the country come to interview students for summer intern co-op and permanent positions the of fice of career services publishes a list of which companies will be interviewing the degrees or majors they are looking for and the dates when they will be on campus wallace assists aggies prepare for future through upward bound program by melody chalmers staffwriter wallace said is really no se cret at all recent survey shows governor with big lead associated press courses popular participants four steps to success lina central in durham wallace joined upward bound as program coordinator in 1976 became a program counse lor in 1979 and took over as di rector of a&t's program in 1992 writing the proposal that secured funding for a&t's program she said is her greatest accomplish ment endless qualifications take advantage of opportunities seek help when needed reach further than you can achieve and take your studies seriously she said if students follow these four steps they will be well on their way to academic suc cess upward bound is a year-round federally-funded academic support program that helps young people and adults prepare for higher education it offers tutoring and remedial and advanced academic assis tance in college preparatory of beverly wallace's many interests and distinctions one takes precedence her role as director of the upward bound program at north caro lina a&t wallace's hope is that upward bound will con tinue to provide services to students and remain on top of developments in society espe cially technological ad vances to accomplish this she said we will have to be more selective of students en tering the program by re vamping our admissions guidelines to make them