[civsa] admitted student events

[Nancy Martinsen]

Hello Dee,

I have an opportunity to clear out my emails, I saved yours because I
wanted to respond, sorry, it took me so long!

Cal State East Bay hosts Preview Day for prospective students in the Fall
and Welcome Day for admitted students in the Spring.  Preview Day is an
open house format pick and choose what you want to learn more about, the
goal is to encourage students to apply.  Welcome Day is more of a program
to follow with a detailed what's next theme, the goal is to encourage
students to submit their intent to register forms.

Our Welcome Days are held in April and we also host two smaller regional
events in southern California, one in Los Angeles and the other in Orange
County or Riverside.  25% of our applications come from southern California.


The event on campus is a huge deal, we go all out for it.  We have a
Welcome, where we invite the university president to speak at and then our
schedule consists of 3 workshops for students to choose from.  The
workshops are admission next steps, financial aid, student life, student
housing, majors, athletics, study abroad, veterans, various other
departments on campus are invited to present and campus tours.  It is very
lively, there's a DJ lots of balloons, student clubs perform as
entertainment, bubble and popcorn machines, majors, departments and student
clubs participate in a showcase tabling; it feels like you're at a fair.
Admitted students are offered a free lunch and the student's guests need to
pay for lunch.  Registration opens up at 8am and the last campus tour of
the day leaves at 12:30pm.  For the most part our guests tend to leave at
noon.

The regional ones are much calmer.  They are commonly held at a hotel
conference room.  There is a Welcome, and we invite someone from financial
aid, housing, and athletics to join in and present.  We also fly three
students who are from southern California down and have a student panel for
them to share their experience and answer any questions.  Refreshments are
served at these events, typically cookies/ brownies and juice.

Cal State East Bay is known for our raffle prizes.  We give away shirts and
different campus swag.  Our bookstore has blessed us 4 $250 scholarships to
the bookstore, which is a great way to buy books, new East Bay gear, or
help purchase apple products that we sell at our bookstore.  We give two
away at Welcome Day and one at each regional event down south.

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 3:03 PM, <dhlambert at utdallas.edu> wrote:

>  Good afternoon CIVSA, ****
>
> I hope your December is going well! ****
>
> ** **
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> We are starting to consider the necessity of admitted student events for
> the spring semester. For those of you who already host these types of
> events, how is your event structured:****
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> ** **
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> **1.      **On-campus or regional event?****
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> **2.      **Mix and mingle, guest speaker or mix of both?****
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> **3.      **Full meal or refreshments?****
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> **4.      **Do you provide handouts, gifts, certificates of recognition?**
> **
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> **5.      **If its on-campus, is it a day of sessions, more of a One-Stop
> Shop (i.e. register for housing, financial aid workshops, etc.)?****
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> ** **
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> What are some best practices you would recommend for an admitted student
> event? If you have an itinerary you wouldn’t mind sharing, I’d appreciate
> it!****
>
> Thanks, ****
>
> Dee****
>
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> _____________________________________****
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>                       Dee Lambert, M.A. ****
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>                        Associate Director****
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>                   UT Dallas Visitor Center****
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Nancy Martinsen

Welcome Center Coordinator
California State University East Bay

25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard

Hayward, CA 94542

(510) 885-4676 Office
(510) 885-4494 Fax
Schedule a campus tour and see our upcoming admission events!
www.csueastbay.edu/visit
Check out the resources for High School and Community College Counselors!
www.csueastbay.edu/counselors
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