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UA reaches out to diverse high school students
Maiko Michishita
Issue date: 10/8/07 Section: News
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The UA is encouraging high school students to explore the campus on Diversity Impact Day 2007, from Oct. 18-20.
Diversity Impact Day is sponsored by the Office of Admissions and the Multicultural Center. They provide students with free transportation, free housing, free food and free ACT testing.
"All students can come, but we target students that are going to increase the diversity on this campus," said Matt Hargis, associate director at the Office of Admissions.
Some students are from under-represented ethnic minority groups such as Black, Hispanic, Asian and American Indian. Some are from under-represented counties and some are prospective first-generation college students.
We are looking at any minority, Hargis said.
High school students can have free transportation from a various areas in Arkansas, but also Dallas, St. Louis, Kansas City, Mo., Tulsa and Memphis. The majority of students who came last year were from Arkansas, Hargis said.
Eighty students attended Diversity Impact Day last year and 32 of them enrolled this fall, Hargis said.
"[This is] a pretty good number of students that came to the event and decided that this was the college to come. We are excited about that," Hargis said.
Diversity Impact Day gives students opportunities to see what college life is about, what college students are doing and how college students use different resources that we have available, said Cedric Kenner, associate director of the Multicultural Center, who attended Diversity Impact Day last year.
Taking the free ACT test is a great tool for the students to get scholarship opportunities as well, Kenner said.
They have limited the number of students to 100, because of the limited resources to provide the free ACT and the housing.
"The students are hosted by current students on this campus, and we want to keep our reasonable, manageable number," Hargis said.
The Diversity Impact Day commitee met Sept. 24 and looked over the overall agenda. "Two main focuses are just increasing the overall number and the quality of students to come, as well," Hargis said.
"We are hoping for another good year. Another successful year," he said.
Diversity Impact Day is sponsored by the Office of Admissions and the Multicultural Center. They provide students with free transportation, free housing, free food and free ACT testing.
"All students can come, but we target students that are going to increase the diversity on this campus," said Matt Hargis, associate director at the Office of Admissions.
Some students are from under-represented ethnic minority groups such as Black, Hispanic, Asian and American Indian. Some are from under-represented counties and some are prospective first-generation college students.
We are looking at any minority, Hargis said.
High school students can have free transportation from a various areas in Arkansas, but also Dallas, St. Louis, Kansas City, Mo., Tulsa and Memphis. The majority of students who came last year were from Arkansas, Hargis said.
Eighty students attended Diversity Impact Day last year and 32 of them enrolled this fall, Hargis said.
"[This is] a pretty good number of students that came to the event and decided that this was the college to come. We are excited about that," Hargis said.
Diversity Impact Day gives students opportunities to see what college life is about, what college students are doing and how college students use different resources that we have available, said Cedric Kenner, associate director of the Multicultural Center, who attended Diversity Impact Day last year.
Taking the free ACT test is a great tool for the students to get scholarship opportunities as well, Kenner said.
They have limited the number of students to 100, because of the limited resources to provide the free ACT and the housing.
"The students are hosted by current students on this campus, and we want to keep our reasonable, manageable number," Hargis said.
The Diversity Impact Day commitee met Sept. 24 and looked over the overall agenda. "Two main focuses are just increasing the overall number and the quality of students to come, as well," Hargis said.
"We are hoping for another good year. Another successful year," he said.
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