November15,1989 Eastern Montana College
The Retort
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Veterans eligible for job assistance
News Media Services
Montana veterans are reminded of the many training and
job search assistance programs
available to them through the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Specialized counseling, testing and skills training programs
are available to all veterans through
their local Montana Job Service
office, according to Dan Antionetti, state director for the department's Veterans Employment and
Training Service (VETS) in Helena.
"We want to make sure that
no veteran who wants to work goes
without a job or the training and assistance needed to get that job,"
Antionetti said. "This is especially
true with our focus on assisting
disabled and Vietnam era veterans."
Employment-related services designed to aid veterans also
include unemployment compensation for newly-separated ex-service members while they look for
civilian employment and tax credits for private employers who hire
certain target groups of veterans.
Antionetti reminds employers and recently separated veterans
returning from tours of active duty
that veterans may be eligible for
re-employment rights. However,
application for reinstatement must
be made to the former employer
within 90 days after separation
from active duty.
Reservists and members of
the National Guard who complete
tours of active and inactive duty
for training may also have reinstatement rights, however, they
must apply within 31 days following completion of initial active
duty. Reservists and Guard members on other types of leave such as
weekend drills must report back to
their job at their first regularly
scheduled shift following comp letion of their military training.
For additional information
and program assistance contact the
veterans employment representative at your local Job Service office or Dan Antionetti, State Director, VETS, U.S. Department of
Labor, P.O. Box 1728, Helena, MT
59624,449-5431.
The dance this last weekend drew a large crowd, most came in
hopes of winning the give-away tickets to see Motley Crue and
Warrant in Denver. Free Pepsi was on hand along with free pizza
donated by Dominos
69% not just for fashion $10,000 given to library
by Jacquie 0' Reilly
The 69% buttons seen
around campus lately
are not just fashion
statements, but
they do make a
statement for
Eastern Montana College
teachers. A
total of two
hundred and
seventy-two
colleges similar to Eastern
Montana College
recently participated in a
national survey to outline and corn-
pare the budget for salaries of each.
It was determined that teachers at Eastern Montana
'sCollege, receive 69%
of the average salary for instructors at colleges.
The buttons
were an idea of
Connie Landis,
Assistant Professor of Arts
and Curriculum,
and are to be
worn by all teachers on campus to make
people aware of their salary
percentage.
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Somet i
by Joe Harrington
A S 10,000 endowment has recently
been awarded to EMC with the express
purpose that it is to be used for the purchase of books dealing with Jewish studies.
The money was given by the Lucius Litauer Foundation toRabbi Robert
Rather (an instructor in the
Philosophy department) and V
Marilynn Miller (formerly of the
EMC Foundation) after the two
wrote a grant.
The gift was given in a
lump sum this September and at that
time it was placed into a special bank
account to earn interest.
Then, starting next September, about
five hundred dollars (from accrued interest) will be available to buy texts.
Each fall a similaramountof money
will also be obtainable to get books related
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to Judaism pursuits, some of which include the Old Testament, Jewish history,
and the Jewish religion.
Ratner said that, "The books purchased will aid students in their reading
and also in their research done for papers
connected to classes that deal with Jewish studies."
With the publications
being in Eastern's library, the
community at large will also
have access to the books. So the
fruits of this endowment will
not only benefit EMC students, but also interested Billings residents as well.
Another interesting aspect of this
money, Ratner added, "is that with the
textbooks being purchased every year, the
EMC library will then become a great
resource for books in the field of Jewish
studies."
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