Nearly 50 public and private colleges and universities will be on hand to share information and recruit prospective students on Nov. 7 during an in-person regional college fair at San Lorenzo High School.
Among those represented will be many University of California and California State University campuses, including UC Berkeley, Cal State East Bay and Chabot College.
“We’ll have really small schools to well-known schools and everybody in between,” said Theresa Vidaurri, East Bay regional director for the Early Academic Outreach Program/Destination College Advising Corps (EAOP/DCAC), based at the Berkeley Center for Educational Partnerships.
The event, called Southern Alameda County College Night, will be held from 5-7 p.m. in the school’s gym at 50 E. Lewelling Blvd. in San Lorenzo. It is being presented by Early Academic Outreach Program/Destination College Advising Corps (EAOP/DCAC), based at the Berkeley Center for Educational Partnerships.
Upcoming high school graduates are the primary audience, but all high school students and even middle school students are welcome, Vidaurri said. Students from the San Lorenzo Unified School District will feel especially at home because their high school counselors will be helping check-in participants as they arrive.
Likely attendees are invited to RSVP by visiting tinyurl.com/eaopalameda23. But those who do complete the online form will receive the latest information about which colleges and universities will be represented.
Vidaurri said the participating schools consider the San Lorenzo community to be an excellent place to recruit students.
“They know we have really strong college-bound students in the San Lorenzo neighborhood and in the district,” she said, “so they want to recruit those students.”
Vidaurri encouraged participating students and families to come to the event with a handful of specific questions in mind about steps to enrollment and other aspects of college, as well as possible academic majors and areas of interest.
“Those types of questions are really going to help them connect with college representatives and learn more,” she said.