April 6, 2005
College Expecting Over 700 Area High School Students During Career Fest 2005
Students to explore high demand nontraditional careers not usually considered
by genders
WHO: Over 700 local and area junior and senior high school students from
13 schools and academies in the Coastal Bend area; Del Mar College administrators,
faculty, staff and students from programs that train individuals for careers
in technical, occupational, human services, business, legal professions, health
sciences, public safety, hospitality and transportation fields
WHAT: Career Fest 2005, an informational exploration of career choices
and Del Mar College programs for high school students interested in careers
usually avoided because of gender
WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, April 7
WHERE: Coleman Center, West Campus, Old Brownsville Road to Airport Road
to Boaz Boulevard (campus map available at www.delmar.edu/maps/west.html)
VISUALS: Students and faculty performing a variety of demonstrations
from nontraditional career fields offered through Del Mar College programs.
Area high school students will see first-hand the skills and equipment necessary
to fill a variety of high demand jobs that both men and women may deem off-limits
because of their gender.
FYI: Del Mar College’s Career Planning & Placement Office, along
with representatives from several programs offered by the College, will host
Career Fest 2005 to introduce Coastal Bend high school students to nontraditional
careers. Organizers designed the event to encourage young men and women to enter
career fields they may never have considered before because of gender.
“Nontraditional” is the term used by the U.S. Department of Education,
under the Carl D. Perkins Act, to define occupations or fields of work, including
careers in computer science, technology, and other emerging high skill occupations,
for which individuals from one gender comprise less than 25 percent of the workers
employed in those fields. The College receives funding under the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Technical Act to improve targeted occupational and technical
programs and increase students’ access to them during the academic year.
Del Mar College programs currently identified as nontraditional include:
Nontraditional careers for women:
Air Conditioning Applied Technology
Auto Body Applied Technology
Building Maintenance Applied Technology
Chemical Laboratory Technology
Computer-Network Electronic Technology
Diesel Applied Technology
Drafting Technology
Electronics/Electrical Engineering Technology
Industrial Machining Applied Technology
Process Technology
Welding Applied Technology
Nontraditional careers for men:
Accounting
Administrative Secretary
Child Development/Early Childhood
Court Reporting
Dental Assisting
Dental Hygiene
Health Information Technology
Interpreter for the Deaf
Legal Professions-Paralegal Secretary
Legal Secretary
Medical Laboratory Technology
Medical Secretary
Registered Nurse Education
Vocational Nursing
CONTACT: Karen Hooten, Career Planning & Placement Office, at 698-1761
or 698-2142
-DMC-me