Summer job fair brings recreation groups to Central Michigan University’s Bovee University Center.
By Noah Shepardson
Edited by: Dan Schultz and Alexis Kowaleski

Central Michigan University’s Bovee University Center Rotunda was buzzing with students Wednesday afternoon. Central Michigan’s Center for Leisure Services, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services Administration put on its annual summer job fair. Over 75 different representatives of the recreation, hospitality, and tourism industry set up booths enticing Central Michigan students to take an adventure this summer. Various YMCA groups, golf resorts and even theme parks were represented at this year’s summer job fair.

“The Center for Leisure Services has been putting on this event for 34 years,” said Dean Wallin, Director of the Center for Leisure Services, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services Administration. “I was really, really happy with the turnout this year and our student volunteers had a great effect on making the fair so successful.”

Over 1000 students attended the summer job fair and many of them found work.

“It sounds like a lot of fun,” Unionville, sophomore Matt Montei said. Matt signed up to work for Camp Nissokone, a YMCA group out of Metro Detroit.

“It’s great to come here and find individuals that want to help make this a great summer for the kids,” said Chad Flanagan, Camp Director at Camp Nissokone.

The summer job fair allows only businesses that cater to the recreation, hospitality and tourism industry. This aspect of the job fair draws organizations that normally do not present at job fairs because of all the other industries that present at a normal job fair. For more information on possible summer employment go to http://www.rpl.cmich.edu/cls/summerjobfair.htm.