Shippensburg University to host Student Career Expo
More
than 1,500 sophomores from five Franklin County school districts will attend
Student Career Expo at Shippensburg University tomorrow (May 22) to learn more
about careers and the training needed for them. The media is invited to attend the program sponsored by The Greater
Chambersburg Chamber Foundation and the Franklin County Student Career Expo
Committee.
The Second Annual Franklin
County Student Career Expo begins at 9 a.m. for students in the Chambersburg
Area, Fannett-Metal, Shippensburg, Tuscarora and Waynesboro Area school
districts.
Shippensburg University President
Bill Ruud will welcome students at 9 a.m. in the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts
Center. The Vision Quest Step Team and Gordy Schlotter, voice of the
Chambersburg Cardinals professional football team, will make presentations
between 9:10 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., students will begin a rotation
schedule of visiting exhibitors representing businesses from the area and
attending various break-out sessions in the Anthony F. Ceddia Union
Building (CUB), John L. Grove Hall and Reisner Dining Hall.
Business
and education representatives will exhibit information about their companies
and schools, speak with students and present breakout sessions. Students will
have the opportunity to learn about careers and the search for jobs, consider
post-secondary options (including financing their education), and educational
requirements and skills that employers want. The schedule of programs and
their locations is available by clicking here.
Franklin County Career and Technology
Center Principal Sandra Traynor and Summit Health School Liaison Coordinator
Angie Austin are co-chairs of this event. More information is available on
the program, including Tuesday, by contacting Traynor at 552-4818 or Austin at
724-263-8546.
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