Expo to connect major universities, future grad students
More than 50 institutions of higher education will converge on the Purdue campus Sept. 25-26 during the Big Ten+ Graduate School Exposition.
The event, which will be in the Purdue Memorial Union's North and South Ballrooms, is a cooperative effort to provide students with information about graduate education and will feature several activities.
Students interested in pursuing graduate study in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and related disciplines will have a chance to talk to faculty and students from various institutions. Workshops on funding graduate study, applying to graduate school, and careers in related fields also will be presented. A dessert reception with recruiters from some of the nation’s top institutions also will occur.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for students to obtain comprehensive information about graduate education and research opportunities at a variety of graduate institutions," said Janet Beagle, associate director of graduate recruitment services at Purdue. "By attending the Expo, students can talk to professors, current graduate students, and staff about graduate school and what steps are necessary to set them on the path they choose."
Purdue students have two options for attending the Expo. They may attend Monday's graduate school fair for free with their Purdue ID, or they may participate in all Expo events, including workshops, meals and roundtable discussions, and pay the regular registration fee of $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Purdue students may visit the special Purdue student registration site www.gradschool.purdue.edu/gradexpo/purduestudents for details. More information about the event is also available online at www.purdue.edu/gradexpo.
Other institutions that will join Purdue representatives include Columbia University, Cornell University, Duke University, George Washington University, Harvard University, Indiana University, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, The Ohio State University, Princeton University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Texas A&M University, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University and Yale University. Each institution will have one or more representatives at the Graduate School Fair portion of the Expo.
