EMPLOYMENT | Career Fair In today’s job market, a room filled with multiple employers interested in your talents
and skills seems like a fantasy, but UIS is making the dream come true at the
11th annual Springfield Collegiate Career Fair. The fair is the most
high-profile event to be held at UIS for students seeking employment. The event
attracts close to 100 area employers in addition to national government
agencies. The goal is to provide access to information about various
organizations, hiring trends and more. Business casual attire is required.
Participants should bring a copy of their resume. UIS is also offering “A Last Chance Resume Critique” and “Recession Proof Job Search Techniques” workshop to prepare students for the Career Fair.
Last Chance Resume Critique
Thursday Feb 13
Career Development Center, UIS
9am-4pm
Recession Proof Job Search techniques
Wednesday Feb 18
Career Development Center, UIS
5-6pm
Springfield Collegiate Career Fair
Thursday Feb 19
Public Affairs Center, UIS
217-206-6508
11am-3pm
Free
EVENT | Candlelight parade Bring campaign signs and bells to march in the Lincoln’s Birthday Candlelight Parade. The Springfield Jaycees organized the evening
parade as a simple and old -fashioned way for residents to be a part of the
Lincoln Bicentennial festivities. Reminiscent of the torchlight parades of the 19th century, the event includes
local high school bands, Scout troops and color guards. Participants are encouraged to dress in period costumes and bring lanterns,
candles or flashlights. The march will begin at the Lincoln Home National
Historic Site and end at the Old State Capitol.
Lincoln’s Birthday Candlelight Parade
Thursday Feb 12
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
413 S. Eighth St.
217-971-1652
5:30pm
Free
CULTURE | Unexpected neighbors Jamieson and Elizabeth Jenkins were two African-Americans who helped change
history. The couple lived in Springfield and worked for the Underground
Railroad organization assisting slaves on their way to freedom. This year their story is being told at a dramatization titled “The Abolitionist Church and Lincoln’s Friends.” Robert and Patricia Davis will read monologues that tell the story of the two
free blacks who were neighbors and friends with Abraham Lincoln. Jamieson
Jenkins drove the president-elect to the Great Western Railway Depot for his
departure to Washington, D.C. in 1861. The Jenkins were also members of Second
Presbyterian Church, an abolitionist congregation in a time when church
organizations were defined by their beliefs about slavery. The event includes
the choir singing hymns used in 1850s Presbyterian services.
Abolitionist’s Church
and Lincoln’s Friends
Sunday, Feb 15th
Westminster Presbyterian Church
533 S. Walnut
217-522-4415
4pm
Free
BAND SPOTLIGHT | Lost Boys The Lost Boys found themselves taking a short, well-deserved break from live
shows in December and January, but they’re back with a pile of new songs, both covers and originals, rockin’ harder than ever. The local quartet formed around the turn of the century and
unlike most of the other cover bands in town, are the proud owners of two CDs
of all original material. Between the self-penned tunes and a continuous
re-supplying of cover tunes from popular artists such as Poison, Motley Crue,
Guns and Roses, Van Halen and other staples of the 80s radio rock scene, the
Lost Boys create a wild atmosphere of party rock that achieves the band’s self-set goal of intending to “move you, shake you and leave you wanting more.”
Lost Boys
Saturday Feb. 14
Caddyshack
2765 S. 6th St.
8pm-12am
www.myspace.com/lostboysnation
This article appears in Feb 5-11, 2009.
