By Ashley Springer
Utah State University’s
Grad Fair and Major Fair will combine for the first time on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Taggart Student
Center.
Last year the fairs were planned separately but happened, coincidently, on the same day.
Last year the fairs were planned separately but happened, coincidently, on the same day.
“Last year
it happened by accident and we got a lot of favorable responses,” said Diana
Maughan, who is in charge of Grad Fair and is the recruiting coordinator for Career
Services. "We thought we would try it again.”
“We’re hopeful that it
will be a good combination this year,” said Niki Weight, an academic adviser in
the Exploratory Advising Center and one of the organizers of the Major Fair, “but that’s why we partnered — to see if it is a good partnership.”
Organizers are hopeful the
combination of the two fairs will prove useful to students.
Maughan said the combination will allow students the opportunity to attend the Major Fair and then the Grad Fair to see if there is a graduate program to fit with what they want to do educationally.
“A lot of students may
know what they want to go to graduate school for but not know what major to go
for, or they might know what their major is but not know about graduate school
options,” Weight said. “We’re hopeful it’s a better fit to allow students to
explore the whole facet of higher education.”
The main goal of the Grad
Fair is to assist students in furthering their education and “giving them
opportunities to explore and meet with graduate programs that they may be
interested in going into,” Maughan said.
According to Major Fair organizers, the goal of the fair is to provide students the opportunity to speak with representatives from departments for majors, minors and other programs to learn about the options at the university.
The Major Fair will also be featuring a new system — card readers — to count the number of students who attend.
The Major Fair will also be featuring a new system — card readers — to count the number of students who attend.
The card readers allow
students to swipe their cards as they enter the fair, giving organizers a count of students in attendance. According to Weight, organizers used to have paper evaluations for students to fill out but not everyone would.
The card readers will
also allow fair organizers to use the information to send follow-up surveys to
students who attended in order to collect suggestions concerning the fair and
to see if those students would like any further information.
The Major Fair will be
taking place in the international lounge in the TSC with the Grad Fair down the
hall in the TSC ballroom.
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