Conference to assist colleges and employees in preparing students.EMPLOYMENT. ACCEPTANCE. Opportunities. Connections. The many words attendees will hear during this years 2003 fall conference for the Arkansas Association of Colleges and Employers, better known as AACE AACE Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education AACE American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists AACE American Association of Cost Engineers AACE Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering , on Dec. 4 and 5 at Hendrix College Hendrix College is listed in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives. College history Hendrix College was founded as a primary school called Central Institute in 1876 at Altus, Arkansas, by Rev. Isham L. Burrow. in Conway. The conference will assist career services professionals and employers in providing opportunities and information to college students preparing for life after graduation. Donald Asher, nationally recognized speaker out of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden on careers and higher education, will provide the anchor and keynote speech for the conference. Asher is the author of nine books and a contributing writer for San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the , San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th Century. History 19th century The beginning of the Examiner is a topic of some controversy. , National Business Employment Weekly, Managing Your Career magazine and academic journals including NACE NACE National Association of Colleges and Employers (Bethlehem, PA) NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers NACE National Association of Catering Executives NACE National Association of County Engineers Journal. He is also an online job search expert and is the featured speaker at many events including annual meetings of the National Association of Job Search Trainers and the Western Association of Colleges and Employers (WACE Wace (wās), c.1100–1174, Norman-French poet of Jersey. King Henry II made him canon of Bayeux. His Roman de Brut (1155) is a long, rhymed chronicle of British history based on the Historia of Geoffrey of Monmouth. ). His presentation for AACE will include information directed to employers and colleges on the career challenges of the new economy, how to recruit students with any major and how to help students understand that they are more than their major in order to prepare for a lifetime of career success. His presentation will be based on his soon-to-be released book, "How to Get Any Job with Any Major." This highly interactive meeting will include small group exercises and a panel of students in their first year of employment with Arkansas employers. Other components of this two-day conference will include a presentation by motivational speaker David Flake of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, breakout sessions for employers and colleges to learn about future trends and a roundtable luncheon for attendees to benchmark ideas and network with professionals from across the state. AACE is an organization that continues to see the importance and benefits of collaboration among Arkansas' colleges, universities and employers. If you are interested in participating in the conference, becoming a member of AACE or receiving more information about the agenda for the conference, please e-mail Julie Agee Gillaspy, executive secretary for AACE, at Julie.gillaspy@acxiom.com or check out the AACE Web site at http://careers.astate.edu/aace/. |
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