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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN UDK
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
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Majors recognized for emerging job opportunities
JAMIE KOZIAL
Geology is no. 5 on Forbes "15 Most Valuable Majors." Bryce Cornejo, a geology major from Wichita, took Geology 360 in the summer. Geology classes, like Geology 360, take students to Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming so students can observe rocks, structures and mapping of geological features that are millions of years old.
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The majors listed below are chosen from Forbes" "15 Most Valuable Majors." As you're looking through this list, you will notice most of them are engineering majors. Wendy Shoemaker, the Senior Associate Director at the University's Career Center, said if you have technical skills, you would most likely find a job right out of college.
out of college. "They are such difficult skills to acquire and a small group of people have those skills," Shoemaker said."The demand for these people is so high right now," Shoemaker said.
1. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, people majoring in biomedical engineering work in biology and medicine, studying to improve the standard of care for patients. They'll work in hospitals or research facilities designing or testing new products. By 2022, biomedical engineering jobs are projected to increase 27 percent. The University has many different facilities and centers for bioengineering majors and graduate students to conduct research, including the Bioengineering Research Center, The University of Kansas Cancer Center and Hoglund Brain Imaging Center.
Peter Muehlbach, a junior from Prairie Village is majoring in chemical engineering with a pre medical concentration and a math minor.
"I've known I've wanted to be an engineer major since high school," Muehlbach said. "After college, I plan to go to med school if I'm accepted."
2. BIOCHEMISTRY
The University's Undergraduate Biology Program website says that biochemistry is the study of "all the chemical processes of organisms." In simpler terms, it explains how every essential part of life lives and works. At the University of Kansas, to major in biochemistry there are a few prerequisites you must complete. Once the biochemistry degree is achieved, there are many different jobs available in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, agricultural and biotechnology industries and even more opening up. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the entry level of education needed to get a job in biochemistry is a doctoral or professional degree. From 2012 to 2022, jobs are supposed to grow by 19 percent.
3. PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
3. PETROLEUM ENGINEERS Simply put, petroleum engineers study how to
drill oil and gas from wells. Bobby Archer, a junior from Fort Collins, Colo., chose to major in petroleum engineering.
petroleum engineer. "I want to work outside and have the opportunity to get my hands dirty," Archer said.
He said when college is over, his ideal job would be working off-shore as a drilling engineer and overseeing how the drilling process is going. He knew that job opportunities in oil drilling are always needed (The Bureau of Labor Statistics said jobs should increase by 26 percent from 2012 to 2022.) With the availability of jobs and working outside doing something he likes, petroleum engineering seemed to be a good fit for Archer.
4. CIVIL ENGINEERING
According to the University's School of Engineering website, civil engineers study to design structures that we use everyday, such as bridges, tunnels, roads, dams, and so on. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, civil engineering jobs should increase 20 percent from 2012 to 2022. Recently the University's GeoTech group was chosen to compete at the national GeoWall competition in Atlanta, Feb. 23 to 26. Graduate students and civil engineering undergraduate students made up the GeoTech team. GeoWall competitions involve teams making a wall out of poster board and later the wall's strength is tested.
5. GEOLOGY
Geology is the study of the earth, what it's made of and how everything works together. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 38,200 geology-related jobs were available in 2012. The University's Geology Department has different categories of geology majors, including environmental geology, earth and space science, engineering geology and environmental geology. It also uses different research facilities, including the Natural History Museum, Kansas Geological Survey and the Paleontological Institute.
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arretes and tobacco products from our store shelves, positioning us for a growing role in the health care delivery system," said Larry Merlo, president and CEO, in video statement released on cvs.com.
CVS estimated that it would lose about $2 billion dollars in sales from customers that enter the store to buy cigarettes and tobacco products.
Ashley Hrabe, a junior from Salina, is the founder of Breathe Easy At KU (BEAK), an organization that "promotes a healthy environment for all through a tobacco-free KU." The organization has administration and faculty support and is currently trying to gain student support for its initiative through student petitions. Its goal is to make the University a tobacco-free campus by July 1, 2015.
pus so that would include anything from cigarettes to chewing tobacco, 'Hrabe said.
Hrabe said that the program began with a slow start but is now picking up speed and recently received a grant from the Kansas Health Foundation to help pursue the organization's efforts. Hrabe hopes that CVS no longer selling any tobacco products will start a trend in the tobacco industry. She also feels that CVS's program will helpher own efforts on campus.
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"I feel like they are definitely going to be a strong influence on [tobacco use] not only at KU but also in the Lawrence community," Hrabe said. Carlos Calderon, a freshman from Leavenworth, has been smoking for the past year and a half. Calderon said on average he smokes about every three
retries and tobacco products.
"It's really good that CVS is getting rid of cigarettes because it's saving lives," Calderon said.
"I smoke but I don't advocate for it. It's horrible and if I could take it back and not have started smoking I totally would and I recommend nobody start."
rettes and tobacco products.
Although Calderon thinks that CVS no longer selling cigarettes and tobacco products is a step in the right direction, he thinks that it will be difficult to wipe out all cigarettes and tobacco product sales.
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"The FDA can try all they want, but smokers will still have their way."
CVS pharmacy will stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products nationwide, beginning Oct. 1,2014.The company stands to lose an estimated $2 billion dollars in sales.
Facts from American Lung Association
1. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals.
2. About 8.6 million people in the U.S. have at least one serious illness caused by smoking
3. Among current smokers, chronic lung disease accounts for 73 percent of smoking-related conditions.
4. Men who smoke die 13.2 years earlier than men who do not smoke.
5. Women who smoke die 14.5 years earlier than women who do not smoke.
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6. Smoking causes about 90 percent of lung cancer related deaths.
SPORTS 12
SUDOKU 5
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