Lamar University will host the spring Cardinal View recruitment event, Feb. 28. This year’s theme is “Picture Yourself.”
The event is hosted by the Welcome Center and takes place across campus, including the Setzer Student Center and the Sheila Umphrey Recreational Sports Center.
What started as an open house has grown to a campus-wide event to recruit high school students. The event also helps students who have been already accepted to LU with advice on registration, financial aid, scholarship and services.
“They can come in and make an advising appointment, check their FAFSA, and we will also be having CVS doing meningitis shots,” Karen Sandoval Lopez, assistant director of the Welcome Center, said.
Cardinal View is for anyone that is interested in attending Lamar,” James Lucia, Welcome Center event specialist, said. “It doesn’t have to be for straight-out-of-high-school students.”
The event will also include tables for different departments and student organizations. Awards will be given for the best tables.
“So, we have most creative, most spirited, best overall, most energetic, most interactive, and Quad favorite,” Sandoval Lopez said. “Students that sign up and participate, they’re up for these trophies, and whoever wins also gets $1,000 to the organization.”
Sandoval Lopez said LU President Jaime Taylor suggested the awards to encourage student organization involvement.
The goal is to continue to grow Cardinal View, Morgan Kay, Welcome Center recruitment specialist, said.
“There have been more students that have signed up, and the students come with their parents — sometimes they can tell younger siblings,” she said.
For more information, visit lamar.edu/admissions/cardinal-view.