[civsa] Groups that visit your campus

[Kim Schon]

Barb, at Bucknell University which is a 3500 student, private school we get
about 75-100 groups who come a year.  We do limit the number of students to
80 and prefer a 10 to 1 ratio for chaperones.

We ask that they come close to our regularly scheduled preview and/or tour
times which gives them a couple of options throughtout the day.  They have
to come Monday-Friday.

We no longer take elementary or middle school groups.  We sometimes take
other community groups but only if we don't have others groups coming on
the same day.  We limit our visits to two special groups per day.

As for lunch, most groups pay on their own at the dining hall.  Hope that
helps.  Have a great day.  Thanks, Kim


On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Barb Lieske <barb.lieske at valpo.edu> wrote:

> Hi all!  Can you provide us some feedback, please, on how you accommodate
> organized groups that want to visit your campus?  Our requests for high
> school and other group visits have exploded in the past two years and we're
> trying to determine what other schools are doing and how we should modify
> our own programs, if at all.
>
>
> What audiences do you accommodate? (elementary, or middle, or high
> schools, or all three; alumni; church youth groups; community groups?)  For
> instance, we recently had requests from a high school wanting to bring 150
> students to campus for a tour & info session followed by a diversity panel
> (current students) and we had requests from elementary schools wanting to
> bring 55 students for a tour and session about the importance of academics
> and we had a request from alumni classmates who want an historical tour of
> campus and we've had church youth groups who want us to tell them about
> Valpo while giving a campus tour followed by attendance at the chapel
> service.
>
> Do you limit these tours to specific days? (if yes, which days)
>
> Do you limit these tours to specific hours of the day? (which times)
>
> Do you limit the number of people per group tour? (e.g. 50 students per
> group that visits)
>
> Do you require a certain number of chaperones for the groups of students?
> If yes, what is the ratio per student?
>
> Do you feed your groups on campus/pay for the meals through your own
> budget or do you tell them to bring a sack lunch?
>
> Outside of the tour and potential lunch, what else do you provide for a
> group visit?
>
>
> Thanks in advance from your friends at Valpo!
>
>
> --
> Barbara Lieske, Director
> Admission Programs & the Valpo Admission Network
> Valparaiso University
> Duesenberg Welcome Center
> 1620 Chapel Drive
> Valparaiso, IN 46383-6493
> 888-468-2576, 219-464-6717
> barb.lieske at valpo.edu
>
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Kim Schon
Associate Director of Admissions for Visitation and Events
Office of Admissions
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA  17837
570-577-3595
Fax:  570-577-3538
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