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accomplishment in the creative arts
and humanities, and the mathematical,
physical, biological, and social sciences.
Students graduating with a Master of
Arts, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies,
Master of Arts in the Social Sciences,
Master of Fine Arts, Master of Library
Science, or Master of Science in Educa-
tion degree are eligible for the awards.
Many departments provide specialized
awards for graduating students.
Veterans and Military
Service Information
Queens College is an approved training
institution for veterans, disabled veter-
ans, and children of deceased or totally
and permanently disabled veterans.
Students who believe they are eligible
for benefits can be certified to the Vet-
erans Administration by going to Jef-
ferson Hall, Room 100, at the time of
registration. Students must notify the
certifying official of all changes in their
credit load to insure their eligibility for
future benefits.
Office of Career Development and 
Internships
Jefferson Hall 201
997-4465 (Career Development)
997-2850 (Co-op Ed. & Internships) 
Fax [phone]
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am to 4:00
pm; Friday, 9:00 am to 12 noon; Evening
hours: Wed. until 7:30 pm when classes are
in session; Summer evening hours by
appointment
The Office is the students’ link between
the academic, business, and profession-
al worlds. Aside from the one-on-one
career counseling, a wealth of resource
is available to assist in choosing acade-
mic majors, career planning, and job
search. It offers the following services:
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Counseling and assessment to stu-
dents in how to choose an academic
major.
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Career counseling on how to select a
career.
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Computer-assisted counseling and 
information to explore different grad-
uate school and part-time job place-
ment for current students who wish
to develop practical work experience
while earning money.
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Internship and Co-op Education
referral and assistance.
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Workshops on career exploration for
students who are in the process of
defining their career goals.
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Job-search counseling for graduating
students who are preparing to enter
the work force.
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Summer job placement. The Center
offers summer job referrals and infor-
mation.
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Workshops on resume writing, inter-
view techniques and job-search
strategies where students are assist-
ed to develop skills to organize their
educational and work experience to
prepare for the transition from col-
lege to work.
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On-campus recruitment for graduat-
ing students through an extensive
campus interview program.
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Full-time job information for graduat-
ing students and recent alumni.
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Information on recruiting organiza-
tions, employer and career directo-
ries, current job vacancy listings, and
an array of other career resources.
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Credential Services: For a modest fee
students can maintain a file where
recommendation letters from profes-
sors can be stored, and forwarded to
graduate schools and prospective
employers to support applications.
Cooperative Education and Internships
is a supervised education program that
integrates classroom learning with
work experience that is career related,
pays wages, and earns degree credit
(Cooperative); or field experience perti-
nent to a course or topic of study that
earns degree credit (Internship). The
program provides students with an
individualized, structured, career-
exploration plan that includes:
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Career counseling
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Resume preparation
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Interviewing techniques
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Job-search strategies
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Work experience
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Professional enrichment
The program is administered by the
Office of Career Development and
Internships in cooperation with the
academic departments that sponsor
internships.
The Student Union
The Student Union is the hub of cam-
pus life. The building contains major
social, cultural, recreational, and edu-
cational facilities and services that add
greatly to the student’s enrichment,
development, and pleasure. Over 45
student organizations call the Student
Union home.
Various eating areas are available
throughout the building to suit every
need. A cafeteria offering a full range of
hot and cold meals is open for break-
fast, lunch, and dinner. The Café, a
full-service restaurant, is open for
lunch. The Snack Shoppe sells ice
cream, snacks, soda, and newspapers.
The Cellar Entertainment Lounge
opens for lunch and remains open
through the evening offering pizza,
snacks, soft drinks, and excellent enter-
tainment. A Glatt Kosher food service
area is also available.
Other services include a copy center,
game room, gift shop, an underground
parking facility, and a 24-hour ATM.
Catering facilities, meeting rooms, and
concert halls for lectures, movies, music
performances, conferences, and dinner
and dancing are also available.
The Student Union is financed
through Student Union fees and rev-
enue-producing enterprises. It is oper-
ated by the Queens College Student
Services Corporation.
Dining Hall
The Dining Hall contains cafeterias, a
faculty club and lounge, committee lun-
cheon rooms, and rooms for formal use.
FitzGerald Gymnasium
The FitzGerald Gymnasium offers
many physical education facilities. The
main gymnasium measures 225 feet by
194 feet. There are also an auxiliary
gymnasium, individual sports areas, a
swimming pool, classrooms, dance stu-
dios, and applied physiology research
laboratories. Adjacent to the gymnasi-
um are outdoor facilities, which include
18 composition tennis courts, a quarter-
mile track, ball fields, and other teach-
ing recreation facilities.
In 1991 the soccer fields, lacrosse
field, and baseball field were upgraded
as part of the construction of a parking
facility. Plans are under way for the
construction of an air-supported struc-
ture over six composition tennis courts.
Health Service Center
The Center is located in FitzGerald
Gymnasium, Room 204, 997-2760. It is
open Monday through Friday for first
aid, emergency care, consultations, and
referrals.
Campus Ministry: Hillel, Protestant,
Catholic, and Greek Orthodox
The Queens College Campus Ministers
is an association of the Hillel Center for
Jewish Life, Protestant, Catholic, and
Greek Orthodox ministries on campus.
Its purpose is to foster harmony among
religious traditions and to join in cam-
pus efforts to promote spiritual and eth-
ical growth. The campus ministers serve
as a resource for religious and ethical
information and insight for the academ-
ic and the wider Queens community.
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