The fairs are free to attend and I would encourage you to go online and register so that you can get your very own bar code. College counselors will have contact cards that you would fill out to request more information; yet after filling out several of these, it gets tiring. Thanks though to lovely technology, you have the opportunity of signing up ahead of time online and receive a bar code that you would print out and bring to the fair. Now College Counselors just need to scan your bar code and will get all of the information you would have filled on the card instantly!  It is beneficial for you because you will have more time to talk with the College Counselors!

The Locations, Dates and Times of all four NACAC National College Fair Circuits are as follows:

Boise: Boise Centre on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 from 9:30am-2:30pm and 6:00pm-8:00pm.

Seattle: Washington State Convention Center (Hall 4 E) on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 9:00am-12:00pm and Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 12:00pm-4:00pm.

Portland: Oregon Convention Center (Hall D) on Sunday, November 6, 2011 from 1:00pm-5:00pm and Monday, November 7, 2011 from 9:00am-12:00pm.

Spokane: Spokane Convention Center (Hall A) on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 from 9:00am-12:00pm and 6:00pm-8:00pm.

I hope you all have a great time at your local NACAC National College Fair and be sure to visit Oregon State University!

BM

From the OSU Alumni Association:

Saturday May 22 is a day for Beavers to get together and get busy helping. Alumni, students and friends of OSU will work together in more than a dozen cities during the annual OSUAA day of service.

Beaver alumni will be helping out in 13 cities around the U.S. including Boise (painting at the Boys & Girls Club), Honolulu (removal of invasive species at Sand Island), New York City, San Francisco (park clean up at Golden Gate Park), Seattle (wetland restoration in Magnuson Park) and Portland (painting park benches in the Park Blocks). So if you see them out in their ‘Powered By Orange’ shirts, honk, wave or say, “Thanks”.

-bv

I can’t believe it’s already that time of year. Our students have arrived for Connect Week! On my drive in to work this morning I was greeted by an ENORMOUS line of students waiting for tickets to this Thursday’s USC game stretching from Gill Coliseum on 26th Ave. to the Indoor Practice Facility on 30th Ave.

A representation on Google Maps (almost a half mile!):

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Here’s a picture (Courtesy of osubeavers.com)

…And this doesn’t even BEGIN to capture the length of this line. Consider that where these students are is a full city block from the ticket office. OSU Athletics officials said all 6,000 student tickets are expected to be distributed by the end of the day. I know that the first couple days of college are supposed to involve standing in some lines, but this is ridiculous!

Seriously though, standing in the Monday morning line for football tickets is one of many great traditions here on campus. Beaver Football wouldn’t be the same without it!

In other news, I am about to hit the road for fall recruitment. I am going to try and bring you a first person view of what it’s like on the road for an Admissions Representative. Expect to see my first dispatch from the NACAC Conference in Seattle. More on that to come!

To the newest (and returning) Beavers: Welcome and GO BEAVS!

-jm