Job search an adventure

27th annual fair connects students

Issue date: 2/15/08 Section: News

Senior nursing majors Brooke Greenberg and Ana Dilisio stopped at the Denver Veterans Affairs table to talk to the nursing recruiter, Deana Gallegos, about summer internships and jobs they provide for students. Camp Day was held on Wednesday at the UC for students to get information on what is available to them. Two more job fairs will be held Feb. 26 and Feb. 28.

The first of three job and internship fairs was held at the University of Northern Colorado on Wednesday when Career Services hosted its 27th Annual Camp Day.

In 1981, the University of Northern Colorado started Camp Day, a job fair where students could find summer jobs at local camps.

Now, Camp Day has become a staple at UNC, and 38 camps and businesses attended the job fair this year, according to Career Services Director Marlane K. Mowitz.

"Camp Day is what we call summer employment," Mowitz said. "It's for students who would be interested in working at summer camps. Normally they're looking for recreation majors or teachers or other types of majors."

The next two job and internship fairs will be on Feb. 26 and Feb. 28. The Feb. 26 fair will be the UNCGraduate Fair for Teachers and Educators and will be in the Butler-Hancock Gymnasium. The Feb. 28 fair will be the Spring Job and Internship Fair/Criminal Justice Fair, which will be at the UC Ballrooms.

Camp Day was also done in collaboration with Colorado State University, which held its Camp Day on Tuesday. Mowitz estimated that 500 students were expected to attend, and added that Camp Day has also become a health and human sciences job fair.

"(Students) either get the summer job with the camps, or they get an internship or a full-time professional job from the health and human sciences area, so it's really a nice opportunity for them to meet the employer," Mowitz said.

Among some of the summer camps present at the event were Camp Shady Brook in Deckers, Colo. Shady Brook hired 10 UNC alumni at last year's Camp Day.

"It's a residence camp, so we take care of kids," said Sean Sullivan, a Camp Shady Brook representative. "We actually help them do a lot more than take care of them - we help change their lives if we do it right. It's a YMCA camp, so we instill the core values - curiosity, respect, responsibility - and we take care of them throughout the summer. We just look to develop their character in whatever ways they're looking for and have fun doing it."

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