Aug 25, 2011
The Lone Star Chapter, through WVU’s National Alumni Recruiting Network, has been active in the past several years during the fall season attending local ISD’s and private schools to promote WVU to families. We have been quite successful in steering Houston students to WVU and the students are very successful at WVU.
The dates of the college nights are regulated by the state, and most of the fairs in the Houston area happen in a two week span in October. This year, we have several conflicting fairs, so without enough volunteers, we simply will not be able to represent WVU in districts where we have participated in the past. WVU does a fantastic job with supplying training and information….and we have honestly discovered that alumni are great recruiters, and any question can be answered with a smile, and an answer along the lines of, “I am a proud WVU alum and not a paid recruiter. I don’t know the answer to that particular question, but I will be happy to give you the contact information for our admissions department, and they will be happy to answer all of your questions.” You will have plenty of information at your fingertips….and it is so energizing to talk to people about all that WVU offers students and families! It is important to have two people present, and substitute volunteers are important since plans change, people get sick, etc. Please consider volunteering-it really is fun!
Please check your calendars and let me know if you have interest or availability for the fairs that we currently have on our calendar:
Tuesday, Oct 4:
Bellaire High School, 6-8 p.m., sign in 5-5:30, light refreshments served 5-6 p.m.
Fort Bend ISD (the first of two nights), Austin High School, 6-8 p.m., sign in at 5 p.m.
Houston Catholic Schools, Strake Jesuit host school, 6:30-8:30 p.m., sign in usually begins around 5, light dinner is served
Spring Branch ISD (the first of two nights)- Spring Woods High School, 6-8 p.m., sign in and dinner served from 5-6 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 5:
CyFair ISD, Richard Berry Center, 5-8 p.m., sign in 3:30-5, hospitality room 4-7:30 ***this is a very big, very busy fair-we need three people behind our table (max allowed)
Spring Branch ISD (the second of the two nights) – Spring Woods High School, 6-8 p.m., sign in and dinner served from 5-6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 6:
Fort Bend ISD (the second of the two nights) – Ridge Point High School, 6-8 p.m., sign in at 5 p.m.d
Tuesday, Oct 11:
Conroe ISD – Lone Star Convention Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m. sign in is usually around 5, light dinner served
Wednesday, Oct 12:
Katy ISD –Leonard Merrill Center, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., sign in is usually early, ***this is a very big, very busy fair-we need three people behind our table (max allowed-although last year they allowed us to have 4!)
Thursday AFTERNOON, Oct 13:
*Concordia Lutheran High School – this is an afternoon fair…1:15 – 3 p.m.
Thursday, Oct 13:
Klein ISD – Champion Forest Baptist Church, 6-9 p.m., sign in usually begins around 5:30 p.m.
Thursday MORNING, Oct 14:
Houston Christian High School – 8-9:30 a.m., this is a 7:30 a.m. sign in time, breakfast provided
Nov 30
Clear Creek ISD – Clear Falls HS, 7-9 p.m., sign in usually around 5:30
& Sometime in late November or the first week of December will be Pearland/Friendswood ISDs
And, if any of you live in Humble and know the date of the college night, please let us know. They host a wonderful fair, but I haven’t received any information from them this year!
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Let’s Go Mountaineers!
Nancy DiPaolo coordinates the WVU Lone Star Chapter’s High School Recruiting efforts.