MURFREESBORO — All
students in the region who are interested in pursuing careers in policing,
corrections, security or the courts can
learn more from working professionals without going to a career fair.
MTSU and Nashville State Community College will host the
2014 Middle Tennessee Criminal Justice Networking and Information Exchange from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 11, on Nashville State’s southeast campus, located
at 5248 Hickory Hollow Parkway in south Nashville.
No resumes will be exchanged, and no interviews will be
scheduled. Dr. Carter F. Smith, a professor in MTSU’s Department of Criminal
Justice Administration, called it “a non-job fair.”
Smith, who is helping organize the event, said, “We want the
students to bring handshakes instead of resumes and spend some time getting to
know the professionals attending. I hope to get the attending students to be as
comfortable talking with each of the guest professionals as they are with their
professors.”
Agencies scheduled to send representatives to the event
include the police departments of the Tennessee towns of Brentwood,
Clarksville, Mt. Juliet, Smyrna and Springfield; the Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation; the Tennessee Highway Patrol; the Federal Bureau of
Investigation; the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
and the law firm of Bone McAllester Norton.
“A bonus for the professionals is that this event should be
quite the networking opportunity for them, as well,” Smith said.
Business casual attire is advised. There will be a check-in
procedure for students in classes awarding attendance benefits.
This event is free and open to the public. For more
information, contact Smith at carterfsmith@gmail.com
or carter.smith@mtsu.edu; Mitzie
Forrest-Thompson at coming_home2004@yahoo.com;
or Christene Lambert at christenelambert@gmail.com.
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