University Daily Kansan / Wednesday. September 25, 1991
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Venture takes a look at KU students
First-time presence at job fair includes conference featuring company's CEO
By Mauricio Rios Kansan staff writer
Like KU students who are hunting for new jobs, new companies to the job fair are looking for graduating Jay-hawks.
Venture Stores Inc. is one of those companies.
For the first time, Venture, a retailing company, has come to the University of Kansas to recruit new employees.
Kerry Sims, director for recruitment and placement, said Venture was interested in KU students because it was a Midwest-based organization
"KU has a big presence in the Midwest," he said. "The Midwest is where we started. A continued growth through the Midwest is the goal."
Venture has stores in Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky and Missouri, he said.
"This is the first time we are fully present," he said, referring to their participation in the career fair at the campus, 200 W. Turnpike Access Road.
Sims said that Venture hired about 15 new executive trainees from six universities each year.
Student response was positive, Sims said.
Joe Reitz. associate dean of business, said that stores such as the Gap and Payless Shoes, also were interested in hiring KU students.
But Venture is making a special effort, as its chairman and chief executive officer will speak to students today, he said.
"Any company sending its CEO
ant want to make a statement.
he said.
Reitz said that stores in Lawrence tended to do well. It could be a city where Venture may want to open a new store, he said.
"We will find out if Lawrence will be
the next place tomorrow," he said.
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*Students seem to be well-prepared," he said.
Bill Webb, personnel administrator for Amerada Hess Co., said that the company always had good reports from the University of Kansas.
Other new companies in the job fair were Raytheon Co., Kraft Foodservice, North Supply, Thorn Internationals and Amerada Hess Corporation.
"The proof will be if we hire somebody," Webb said. The company hires eight to 16 students every year from a selection of eight schools.
City, Wal-Mart will share street repair costs
By Heather Anderson Kansan staff writer
The Lawrence City Commission adopted a resolution last night ending a three-month debate about who would pay for street repairs at the site of the future Wal-Mart store.
The commission voted 4-0 to authorize the city manager to sign a contract for certain street improvements at 33rd and Iowa streets.
The vote was passed with no comment from the commissioners or the general public. Commissioner John Nalbandian was not at the meeting.
The contract will authorize the Lawrence firm Landplan Engineering to design a left-turn lane for southbound traffic and a traffic signal at 33rd and Iowa streets.
A frontage road also will be constructed at the northeast portion of the intersection.
Commission ends months of debate on road improvements at 33rd and Iowa
streets.
The resolution stated that the cost of the road construction could not exceed $31,000.
the decision ended a debate between Wal-Mart and the city about
who would pay the bill for the street improvements.
Wal-Mart previously had planned to make street improvements that would cost the store about $800,000.
The store plans to pay for improvements at 33rd Street and a new section of road at Oudshiad Road that will lead to the rear of the store.
At an earlier meeting, the commission decided that the city would have to pay for the traffic signal at the intersection.
There was debate, however, about who would pay for other improvements to the roads.
Then the new Wal-Mart store will replace the existing store at 27th and Iowa Streets. Plans for the site include a 131,000-square-foot store and a 986-space parking lot.
Walmart is relocating
Melissa Unterberg / KANSAN
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