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CAREER ASSISTANCE
The Offices of Alumni Affairs and Career Services are pleased to announce a partnership to assist alumni currently in the job search process.
Whether you are a recent graduate, seeking a career change after many years, or feeling the pinch of these difficult economic times; Career Services has extended resources to alumni that can assist with every aspect of the job search process. After perfecting your resume and brushing up on your interview skills, XU’s new on-line job bank and web-based recruiting system, Gold Rush Express, can aid you in landing the perfect job.
All Xavier University alumni are eligible to use the services listed below; simply follow the instructions provided.
Check out NACE's resources. You will find helpful information on every aspect of the job search from writing your resume through interviewing.
Visit Gold Rush Express [username: your email address; password: xavier (all lowercase letters)]
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YOUNG PHYSICIAN MAKES HIS MARK
There is no question that Dr. Derek Robinson ’98 is an advocate for an accessible, transparent and efficient heath care system.
But at a time when it seems that all of America is embroiled in the heated debate about the future of health care, Robinson is not actively involved in the discussion. Instead he is immersed in the day-to-day delivery of health care services. Someone has to mind the store.
Just four years removed from residency, Robinson was recently named chief medical officer for Region V of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It’s a responsibility as huge as the title indicates. more PELLI VISIT BRINGS DREXEL
CHAPEL CLOSER TO REALITY
It would be an understatement to suggest that building a free-standing religious chapel on campus has been an elusive dream for most of Xavier's history.
A chapel was actually included in (then) Mother Katharine Drexel’s original blueprint plans for the Xavier campus in the late 1920’s and it has been mentioned as an upcoming project in nearly every university strategic plan for the past 80+ years. However those plans were always deferred in order to address other essential campus needs such as new classrooms and laboratories, faculty and staff offices, living residences and other student oriented service facilities.
But that dream is finally about to become reality. Last week the long-awaited project officially moved off the university’s “to do” list and onto its “get it done" list when world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli visited the XU campus to unveil his design for the new St. Katharine Drexel Chapel before senior university staff. more
HOMECOMING 2009 IS ALMOST HERE
Jot down these dates on your calendar - Nov. 19-22 - that's when Xavier University of Louisiana alumni will make the journey back to campus for Alumni Homecoming 2009.
A usual this year’s celebration will honor the 16 five-year anniversary Classes of 1929, 1934, 1939, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004, but all alums are encouraged to participate in the festivities.
Among this year’s highlights are the annual Alumni Banquet, Alumni Mixer and the 2nd annual Dr. Norman C. Francis Endowed Scholarship Benefit Concert featuring Xavier’s own Wanda Rouzan ’69 with special performances by Irvin Mayfield and DJ Captain Charles. These and all other reunion events will be held on campus. download the brochure
FALL ENROLLMENT REACHES NEW POST-KATRINA HIGH
Post-Hurricane Katrina enrollment at Xavier has hit a new high this fall, thanks to a solid freshman class that exceeded projected levels and a welcome influx of new transfer students.
The addition of 767 new freshmen and 146 transfers has pushed the university’s current overall enrollment to 3,345 students, four percent higher than last fall’s 3,204. Enrollment has grown steadily the past four years after Katrina had knocked down the student population to around three-quarters of its best pre-storm figures. more
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY ACCREDITATION REAFFIRMED
The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) announced on Friday, July 10, 2009, that it has reaffirmed the accreditation of the College of Pharmacy at Xavier University of Louisiana. more
OTHER LINKS
The Current Issue of the
This Month at Xavier (TMAX) newsletter
The Spring '09 issue of
XU Gold magazine in PDF file form.
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