University to host prospective
minority students
By Kurt Esposito
Assistant
Campus Editor
On Saturday, Purdue will host an information fair
for minority high school students who have been admitted to the University.
The event is called Boilermaker 2005 because that
is the year when most of the potential students attending the event
will graduate from college.
It is designed to recruit students who are already
admitted to the University by showing them the diversity of campus.
Megan Creek, assistant director of admissions,
said the event also allows the students to see all the opportunities
available to them if they attend Purdue.
Mitch Warren, associate director of admissions,
said "I think the best part is it allows a variety of options for the
parents and students, from which they can choose to address any questions
they may have."
He said all admitted students who belong to one
of the four historically underrepresented minority groups at Purdue
University: black, Asian American, Hispanic and Native American are
invited to attend the event.
Warren said the office of admissions started the
event five years ago because a majority of Purdue students are Caucasian
and the University needed an orientation program that focused on the
various ethnic groups who visit campus.
Creek said more than 50 percent of the students
who attend the event decide to attend the University.
The daylong event will feature sessions with the
individual academic schools and separate panels for parents and students.
During the panels, students and parents will have
the opportunity to ask questions to current minority students, members
of the financial aid office and members of the residence halls.
The luncheon will feature speeches by Purdue president
Martin Jischke, vice president of human relations Alysa Rollock and
a performance by the Jahari Dance Troupe.
After the luncheon, students will be invited to
take a bus tour of the campus and visit the residence halls.
Dean Ballotti, director of the Horizons program,
said students who are eligible can also attend a presentation by Horizons,
showing them what the program has to offer. The Horizons program is
designed to help any student who is a first-generation college student
or comes from a low-income family.
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