BOLIVAR, MO – Southwest Baptist University’s Career Services will host a Graduate School and Internship Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, March 5, in McClelland Dining Facility located on SBU’s main campus in Bolivar. Students and community members are invited to participate in the free event.

The fair will provide opportunities for individuals to talk with graduate schools about education opportunities.

Schools attending include: SBU’s Master of Education, Master of Business Administration, and Doctorate of Physical Therapy programs; Evangel University; Fontbonne University; Logan College of Chiropractic; Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Southern Nazarene University; and University of Missouri Kansas City. SBU and St. John’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences will also be in attendance to discuss their undergraduate programs.

For those looking for internship or employment opportunities, more than 15 businesses will be present. Those attending include American National Property and Casualty Companies (ANPAC), Associated Electric Cooperative, Auto-Owners Insurance, Burrell Behavioral Health, Cerner, Duck Creek Technologies, Freeman Health System, Jack Henry and Associates, Key Rehabilitation, Lives Under Construction (LUC) Boys Ranch, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Mother’s Refuge, Nebraska Book Company, Social Security Administration, Springfield Public Schools, and Wells Fargo.

Door prizes will be given away from the following donors: Breadeaúx Pizza, Coca-Cola, Electric Beach, IHOP, Java Station, Kansas City Chiefs, Kum & Go, Mid-Missouri Bank, Pizza Hut, Silver Dollar City, Super Lube, and The Medicine Shoppe.

For more information on attending the fair, contact Shelly Francka, Program Operations Director, MBA, at (417) 328-2000 or tfrancka@sbuniv.edu.

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