ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, March 9, 1997 TAG: 9703100006
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-16 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Wythe college offers Internet job search
WYTHEVILLE - An Internet job search service is being made available free to the public at Wytheville Community College, through a national database.
The computers for use by job-seekers are at the Academic Resource Center in Fincastle Hall, where help in accessing America's Job Bank is available to those not familiar with the Internet.
Most jobs listed are full-time and in the private sector. About 5 percent are government jobs. The openings are from all over the country and range from professional and technical to blue-collar positions, from management to clerical and sales jobs.
The network links 1,800 state Employment Service offices, providing the largest pool of active job opportunities anywhere. It contains information on some 250,000 jobs.
There is no charge to employers listing jobs or those seeking employment. The service is provided through America's Job Bank and each state's Employment Service programs, funded through unemployment insurance paid by employers.
The Academic Resource Center in Fincastle Hall Room 123 is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Further information is available by calling Bobby Horton, career development counselor, at 223-4754.
Gifted Advisory group to meet Tuesday
CHRISTIANSBURG - The Gifted Advisory Committee for Montgomery County Public Schools will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the School Board Office's resource room at 200 Junkin Street in Christiansburg. The meeting is open to the public.
Tech, RU students working in Ivanhoe
IVANHOE - The Ivanhoe community, which lies on the Wythe-Carroll county border, is once again drawing college students to this part of Virginia for community service projects throughout this month.
The students from Virginia Tech, Radford University and other schools across the country are devoting their spring breaks to yard work, trash cleanup, construction and other jobs.
The Tech students were joined last week by others from Boston College, College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., Marquette University in Milwaukee and Loyola College from Baltimore.
This week will bring students from Radford, the College of William & Mary and Longwood College. Several other colleges from Iowa to New York will also send students to work in Ivanhoe.
The students are hosted by the Ivanhoe Civic League, which is extending an open invitation to the public to meet students during any week at evening dinners hosted by the league. There will also be nightly entertainment including local history discussions, quilting demonstrations, local bluegrass bands, and a farewell party each Friday night.
The students come to Ivanhoe through the Volunteers for Communities Program, which is based in Ivanhoe and is a division of the Virginia Water Projects of Roanoke.
Further information is available by calling the league office at 699-1383.
Dublin native wins poetry mention
EMORY - Whitney Earles of Dublin, a student at Emory & Henry College, received an honorable mention in poetry for his "Autumn's Ghosts" in the fall issue of the school's literary magazine, "The Ampersand."
J.C. Hamilton of Radford, its editor, said the magazine had more than 70 submissions. Only 31 were accepted for publication.
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