"Every time a business promotes itself, it uses graphic design in some form," Southwestern Community College advertising and graphic design student Hether Pierce tells Mace Gibson during SCC/Rotary Club Career Fair Nov. 9. The event gives students who are interested in a particular career the opportunity to talk to professionals already working in that field. Pierce, who is a graphic designer and photographer in Highlands, told Gibson of the high success rate of SCC advertising and graphic design students who find positions following graduation- or, like her, even before. The son of Jay and Gail Gibson of Sylva, Gibson is a 9th grader and New Century Scholar at Smoky Mountain High School.

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During the Southwestern Community College/Rotary Club Career Fair Sera Short, right, talks with Swain County New Century Scholars high school coordinator Susan Burkhart, left, about career options. So far the Swain High 11th grader, daughter of Rukh and Curtis Maharaj, is leaning towards a health career, most likely nursing. Sponsored by the Rotary Club, the event gives New Century Scholars who are interested in a particular career the opportunity to talk to professionals already working in that field.

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