FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2005

MUW Office of Career Services to host health services fair
  
COLUMBUS, Miss. -- Mississippi University for Women students will have an opportunity to visit with prospective employers during a health services fair on Tuesday, March 15. 
       
Previously the fair was called nursing career fair and was only open to nursing students, however, this year the name was changed and the event was expanded to include students majoring in nursing, health and kinesiology, sciences and students interested in pursing a career in the health services industry.

The purpose of the fair is for students and prospective employers to discuss career opportunities and key skills employers look for in candidates seeking employment.
    
According to Theresa Green-Ervin, MUW Office of Career Services director, their office has worked extremely hard to get quality organizations and make this fair beneficial for both the students and prospective employers. 
   
To assist with this effort, a reception is being held on Monday, March 14 for graduate students in the Master of Science in Nursing Program. This reception will include organizations that will also attend the fair on Tuesday. Students and recruiters will have an opportunity to talk in an informal setting. 

Fifteen organizations from Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee will participate this year.

The organizations are Baptist Health Systems, Brookwood Medical Center, DCH Health System, Forrest General Hospital, Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center, Mississippi Department of Health, Mississippi Hospital Association, North Mississippi Medical Center, North Mississippi State Hospital, St. Dominic Hospital, United States Army, Central Mississippi Medical Center, Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The Med), Oktibbeha County Hospital and UAB Hospital. The fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Pope Banquet Room.

For more information, contact Green-Ervin or LaRonda Greene-Williams at (662) 329-7349 or email tervin@muw.edu.
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