RSVP by Monday (2/11) to attend Academic Preview Day Feb 18

Monday (2/11) is the deadline to register to attend Purdue University Calumet’s Academic Preview Day for high school students and families, Monday, Feb. 18 in Alumni Hall of the Student Union & Library.

The three-hour event allows students an opportunity to explore what they might care to study in college or, if they are undecided, receive tips about how to select a major. Attendees also can learn more about Purdue Calumet, including how to apply for financial aid and search for scholarships.

Students and their families also can meet with faculty, staff and students and visit classrooms and laboratories within the following undergraduate schools: Education; Engineering, Mathematics & Science; Liberal Arts & Social Sciences; Management, Nursing and Technology.

To register to attend, as well as to arrange to visit classes and labs and take a campus tour, prospective attendees can phone 219/989-2213 or 800/HI-PURDUE, ext. 2213.

Purdue Calumet Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment Dorothy Frink said the event will provide a first hand opportunity for high school students to experience Purdue Calumet campus life. She added that 87 percent of attendees from last year’s Academic Preview Day indicated they would recommend to friends to attend the event.

More information can be obtained by visiting www.calumet.purdue.edu/academicpreview/

Purdue University Calumet’s Student Union & Library is located one-third mile north of Interstate 80/94, three blocks east of Indianapolis Boulevard, north of the traffic light on 173rd Street. Free parking is available in the lot south of the building.

News Release Date: February 7, 2008