From our friends at Black College Wire:
Wake Up! You Need That Sleep!
By Lydia West , Black College Wire
Between class, work, parties and school activities, many students find it difficult to take the time to re-energize body and brain with the real food for the soul, sleep. This condition can become particularly aggravated at this time of year, heading into a home stretch of preparing finals, scrambling for summer jobs and internship, trying to focus on study through spring fever, bringing extracurricular activities and for some, suffering through senior-itis.
But for young people, failure to get in at least eight hours can result in dizziness, loss of energy and insomnia — all symptoms of sleep deprivation, says the author, a student at Albany State University who writes for the Student Voice.
Her research offers more good tips for getting re-energized from the National Sleep Foundation and others. Don't crash during finals. Check it out at BCWire.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
Weekend Maintenance on Black Collegian Job Bank
The job bank portion of THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Online will be undergoing maintenance this weekend, starting tonight. During this period there may brief outages.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Annual Summer Gigs Feature @ IMDiversity
Feature of Interest at our sister-site, IMDiversity.com:
IMDiversity has updated its special seasonal section dedicated to providing job outlook information and featured opportunities for recent graduates and other entry-level jobseekers. The feature also includes featured internships and other summer opportunities.
The one-month feature is the perfect thing for student procrastinators who have not yet nailed down an internship or summer job (you know who you are -- but we're sure you have a good reason for getting started late), or for those about to graduate still looking for their first job.
As we've advised many times in the past, if you don't have a job by graduation, you must not let it get you down. Now is the time to breathe, reassess your strategies, zero in on what needs work (your resume? your interview presentation skills?), and get back to work. There are still opportunities out there starting this summer. Visit the Summer Gigs 2007 section now.
IMDiversity has updated its special seasonal section dedicated to providing job outlook information and featured opportunities for recent graduates and other entry-level jobseekers. The feature also includes featured internships and other summer opportunities.
The one-month feature is the perfect thing for student procrastinators who have not yet nailed down an internship or summer job (you know who you are -- but we're sure you have a good reason for getting started late), or for those about to graduate still looking for their first job.
As we've advised many times in the past, if you don't have a job by graduation, you must not let it get you down. Now is the time to breathe, reassess your strategies, zero in on what needs work (your resume? your interview presentation skills?), and get back to work. There are still opportunities out there starting this summer. Visit the Summer Gigs 2007 section now.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Al "The Inspiration" Duncan joins THE BLACK COLLEGIAN blog team
THE BLACK COLLEGIAN staff has been working to expand its blogs section this winter, and is pleased now to formally welcome our new new columnist and blog team member Al "The Inspiration" Duncan.
Mr. Duncan is a widely traveled public speaker, TV personality, workshop leader, and author of numerous motivational publications. His State of Mind multimedia program, described at http://www.alduncan.net/, incorporates E-Books, E-Zines, and audio content to provide motivational and self-empowerment aid to diverse audiences everywhere.
Working with TBC's blog team, Duncan will blog to Elevate U, with a focus on providing information and engaging in discussions helpful to college students and recent grads pursuing their self-development and career-development goals.
We are pleased to welcome him, and have posted excerpts of his recent feature, "Six Ways to Turn Setbacks into Comebacks," from last fall's edition of THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine, at Elevate U.
Mr. Duncan is a widely traveled public speaker, TV personality, workshop leader, and author of numerous motivational publications. His State of Mind multimedia program, described at http://www.alduncan.net/, incorporates E-Books, E-Zines, and audio content to provide motivational and self-empowerment aid to diverse audiences everywhere.
Working with TBC's blog team, Duncan will blog to Elevate U, with a focus on providing information and engaging in discussions helpful to college students and recent grads pursuing their self-development and career-development goals.
We are pleased to welcome him, and have posted excerpts of his recent feature, "Six Ways to Turn Setbacks into Comebacks," from last fall's edition of THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine, at Elevate U.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Added: Alphas in Iraq
Newly posted, extended feature by Kathy Taylor Dejoie, Editor of the IMDiversity.com African American Village, with LTC Ivery Taylor:
In an extended feature from our February edition THE BLACK COLLEGIAN, Alphas in Iraq features the stories of several soldiers currently stationed in Iraq. Bound as members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, these men have found friendship and a vital support network to sustain them in the harsh warzone conditions. THE BLACK COLLEGIAN feature published excerpts from a number of the brothers describing in their own words what life is like and what the war means to them.
These soldiers of the 13th Sustainment Command provide logistical support to many thousands of troops, and their stories convey movingly how even the simplest things -- from Sunday dinners to music nights -- help them stay focused on their mission amidst intense pressure and longings for home and family.
Through the course of preparing the story, Dejoie wrote, she "gained a new level of respect and admiration for, not only these proud members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, but for all our soldiers serving in Iraq. Communicating with these men, some of whom are not much older than my own sons, shifted my view of them from 'soldiers on a mission' to sons, brothers, nephews, dads and cousins."
Hear them in their own words at Alphas in Iraq, and in the extended online-only feature at the African-American Village.
In an extended feature from our February edition THE BLACK COLLEGIAN, Alphas in Iraq features the stories of several soldiers currently stationed in Iraq. Bound as members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, these men have found friendship and a vital support network to sustain them in the harsh warzone conditions. THE BLACK COLLEGIAN feature published excerpts from a number of the brothers describing in their own words what life is like and what the war means to them.
These soldiers of the 13th Sustainment Command provide logistical support to many thousands of troops, and their stories convey movingly how even the simplest things -- from Sunday dinners to music nights -- help them stay focused on their mission amidst intense pressure and longings for home and family.
Through the course of preparing the story, Dejoie wrote, she "gained a new level of respect and admiration for, not only these proud members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, but for all our soldiers serving in Iraq. Communicating with these men, some of whom are not much older than my own sons, shifted my view of them from 'soldiers on a mission' to sons, brothers, nephews, dads and cousins."
Hear them in their own words at Alphas in Iraq, and in the extended online-only feature at the African-American Village.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Women's History Month 2007
Not to be forgotten, a reminder that March is WHM:
From the Professional Women's Village @ Blogspot, by our sister-site, IMDiversity.com:
http://womensvillage.blogspot.com/2007/03/womens-history-month.html
From the Professional Women's Village @ Blogspot, by our sister-site, IMDiversity.com:
http://womensvillage.blogspot.com/2007/03/womens-history-month.html
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