Lamar University will invite high schoolers from across the state for Cardinal View, Oct. 25. This year’s theme is “See Your Future.”
“Our fall Cardinal View is our biggest recruitment event of the year for prospective students, because it’s the biggest open house we have,” Karen Sandoval Lopez, assistant director of the Welcome Center, said. “Every college is represented.
“Every year it just grows and grows. More students are hearing about us and we’re recruiting more students.”
While Cardinal View is aimed at prospective students, current students are invited to get involved.
“A big thing right now is our table registration,” Sandoval Lopez said. “A lot of the students can obviously table the event, but I think they don’t realize what they can do with different organizations. Whether it’s their student orgs or pre-professional orgs, they’re all welcome to come and show our prospective students what they have to offer.”
Organizations who table the event will have the chance to win one of three $1,000 prizes. The funds can be used in any way the organization chooses.
Student organization tables will be located in the Setzer Student Center, and should be fully set up on Oct. 24.
“We would love everybody to be out there, but we only have a certain amount of space,” Sandoval Lopez said. “We don’t want them to wait until the last minute, so that’s why my main thing is just to register.
“We want them to come out and just show their spirit, show what their organization represents, show why they joined. Just be excited, and get ready to hopefully welcome new students in.”
Sandoval Lopez said it’s important for prospective students to hear from current students, not just from staff and faculty.
“I think it’s really important for them to be involved because they’re welcoming in the next generation of students,” she said. “I believe it’s the college life, and it’s better for them to see it from a student’s point of view.”
Sandoval Lopez said that while students might visit year-round, they don’t stay for longer than an hour and half and are not able to meet their professors or departments. Cardinal View allows them to meet everyone.
“Students can come and meet (people) who could be their advisor, who could be their professor,” Sandoval Lopez said. “Students get to see different departments. It could help them make a decision, or if they have questions, they can ask them right then and there.”
Student organizations can register to host a table on LUHub. Registration deadline is Oct. 10.
For more, email visit@lamar.edu.