Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XII, Issue I - Spring 2018 | Page 21

harmony to the area where it is being constructed. Peace Week festivities closed with the popular sand mandala dissolution ceremony in which the sand is swept away and cast into a body of water to represent the impermanence of all things. The ceremony symbolizes the transience of life and releasing attachment to the material world, Buddhists believe that when the sand enters the water, the kindness and compassion of the deity disseminate into the world to benefit all beings. Members of the PHSC Career and Testing Services team at the West Campus Job Fair, from left–Julia Signorini, Senior Office Assistant, Test Administrator; Eric Theodore, Coordinator of LIFE and Career Services; and Jackie Eden, Assistant Director of Career and Testing Services. In November, PHSC and CareerSource, in cooperation with Congressman Daniel Webster, hosted Paychecks for Patriots Job Fair at the PHSC North Campus in Brooksville for veterans or community members looking for a job. Students tie-dye T-shirts during the Peace Week festival. HUNDREDS SEEK EMPLOYMENT AT PHSC JOB FAIRS Pasco-Hernando State College (PHSC) and CareerSource Pasco Hernando hosted several job fairs for hundreds of job seekers. In September, along with the Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce, they hosted the Congressman Gus Bilirakis Job Fair at Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch in Wesley Chapel where local health care, manufacturing and other employers met with job candidates from the community. The West Campus in New Port Richey was host to a job and internship fair in October where local employers with open positions and future opportunities met prospects from the community and PHSC students seeking employment and internships. PHSC staffers assist job seekers at the North Campus Paychecks for Patriots Job Fair. update SPRING 2018 21