East Carolinian

Issue date: 10/21/08 Section: Features

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For the 11th year, the graduate school at ECU will host the Graduate and Professional School Fair on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 12 p.m. until 3 p.m. in the Great Rooms of Mendenhall Student Center.

E-mails were sent inviting upperclassmen and honors students at ECU to attend the fair.

"In the past we've had 300 to 400 people attend," said Belinda Patterson, assistant dean of the ECU Graduate School. "College representatives always comment that they're impressed with our students."

More than 20 colleges and universities have been invited to attend the fair, and while many attending are North Carolina schools, several schools from Virginia and South Carolina will be present as well.

The fair will give students, faculty, staff and alumni a chance to talk with admissions representatives face-to-face and learn about admissions requirements, graduate programs and funding opportunities.

ECU sophomore english education major Monica Garner plans to attend the fair Thursday.

"I want to go to graduate school because going into education I have to have a graduate degree to make any money," said Garner.

Garner also added that it is essential to pursue higher education not only for herself but for her future students as well.

All colleges and schools at ECU will be represented at the fair.

Most students who usually attend the fair include juniors and seniors, but according to Patterson, it is important for sophomores to get an early start on looking at graduate school as well.

"Some graduate programs require undergraduate prerequisites which help students prepare for their particular graduate program," Patterson said.

Each school will have an exhibit where students can pick up information at their leisure.

"This [the fair] allows students to freely visit colleges of their choices," Patterson said.

The graduate school at ECU typically begins planning the event in early July, and according to Patterson, the number of people who attend gradually increases each year.

The ECU Graduate and Professional School Fair is free and open to the public.

For more information, call the ECU Graduate School at 328-5792 or visit ecu.edu/gradschool.com.

The ECU Graduate School's offices are located in Ragsdale Hall on East Fifth Street.



This writer can be contacted at features@theeastcarolinian.com.

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