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Brahmas STOMP its way to UCLA
Students get first hand experience of campus life with Student Transfer Outreach and Mentor Program
JOSE HERRERA Staff jherrera.roundupnews@gmail.com
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More than 1,000 Southern California community college students, including 24 Brahmas, gathered Friday April 29 at the 17th Student Transfer Outreach and Mentor Program (STOMP) to learn more about the opportunities UC campuses offer.
The Transfer Center provided a free bus to take students to UCLA where the STOMP Conference was held in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Prospective students and admitted transfer students were received by UCLA faculty, and encouraged to participate in all it offered.
Karina Salcido, communication major and UCLA leadership representative was one of the tour guides. “This is our 17th annual, and a lot of things we take from surveys that people have responded [help decide the events for today],” Salcido said. “We use that information from previous conferences, and use that to keep tailoring it to future conferences.”
The featured workshops included Admissions Presentations, UC Panel, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) Panels, Resources for Parenting Students, Tours, Summer
National College Fair
Pasadena Convention Center was jam-packed with students and college representatives
DONNA ROBLES Staff drobles.roundupnews@gmail.com
Colleges and universities filled the Pasadena Convention Center on April 28 for the annual National College Fair to discuss topics pertinent to incoming students, such as common mistakes they make on financial aid forms.
About 375 schools from across the United States and some international universities were invited to participate in the annual fair. The National College Fair is funded by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC).
Claudia Carroll, counselor at Santa Monica College and a co-chair of the committee, was pleased with the number of students who attended the fair.
“The National College Fair is designed to provide students an opportunity to be exposed to colleges. It is one of the biggest college fairs,” Carroll said.
