Career Services' V.I.P. Job Fair Matches Students With Opportunities

Published 04.09.2013

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A student talks with Jeff Heverly, of Breon's Inc. in Pleasant Gap, which sells and services motors, pumps, generators and air compressors.Thomas M. Whitehouse (left) and Keith D. Vandegrift, both graduating next month with degrees in residential construction technology and management, show the selfless side of "degrees that work" : both are members of the Independent Fire Co. on Clark Street in South Williamsport.Fastenal's Scott Hummel returns to campus for the yearly event.Job-seekers move up and down the rows of potential internships and other outlets for their career and community talents.Paul Kinley, an Interlink missionary and Global Aid Network representative, seeks volunteer to pack 40,000 rice-and-beans meals in six hours at a local church on May 3-4.More than three-dozen employers, recruiting for more than 300 part-time positions, nearly 40 internships and 20-plus volunteer openings were represented at Career Services' V.I.P. (Volunteer, Internship and Part-Time) Job Fair from 3-5 p.m. Tuesday in the Bush Campus Center. Among the fields represented at the Penn's Inn event were hospitality, early childhood education, nursing, retail, nonprofit and machining.