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May 2, 1997

125 recruiters coming to interview education graduates

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- One-hundred and twenty-five recruiters from 74 school corporations and districts in 10 states will participate in Purdue University's Teacher Recruitment Day on Thursday, May 15, to interview prospective teachers.

Sponsored by the Educational Placement Office, the event will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Purdue Memorial Union Ballrooms.

More than 900 job interviews already have been scheduled for approximately 200 teaching candidates. Other job-hunters who are registered at the Educational Placement Office may sign up for interviews on the day of the event.

Recruiters from school corporations and districts from California, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas will be interviewing in all teaching fields from kindergarten through high school.

Earlier this spring, recruiters from Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois and Texas schools were on campus to interview teacher candidates.

For more information, contact Marty Folta, placement counselor in the School of Education, at (765) 494-5485.

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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