K-State Graduate and Professional School Fair Oct. 31

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Source: Kerri Day Keller, 785-532-1691, kdkeller@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, 785-532-6415, ebarcomb@k-state.edu

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

K-STATE GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FAIR OCT. 31

MANHATTAN -- A new event will give students from across the state a glimpse of Kansas State University's graduate and professional programs, and other institutions will get to meet the high-caliber undergraduate students K-State develops.

The Graduate and Professional School Fair will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, in the K-State Student Union Ballroom. The event is free, and no registration is required for students.

The first-ever fair is a chance for college students in the region to explore the master's, doctorate and professional programs K-State has to offer by visiting with representatives from the university's graduate-level programs in hotel, restaurant, institutional management and dietetics; counseling and educational psychology; business administration; and kinesiology, geography and other arts and sciences disciplines.

The fair also is bringing representatives from schools from across the region and nation to meet K-State's undergraduate and master's-level students. K-State students can visit with representatives from other Kansas Regents institutions like Wichita State, the University of Kansas, Pittsburg State University and Fort Hays State University, as well as public universities from Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Oklahoma. Private institutions also will be represented, including Avila University, St. Luke's College, Creighton University and Rockhurst University. Programs represented include allied health care, nursing, medicine, law, biological sciences, business, biochemistry and other graduate school disciplines.

"We're really pleased with the response for this first year, having almost 50 different programs that are interested in promoting themselves at K-State," said Kerri Day Keller, director of K-State's career and employment services. She said recent statistics show that about 20 percent of all K-State undergraduate students go on to graduate or professional school, and those who continue their education account for as much as 30 percent of students in K-State's College of Arts and Sciences.
"That was one of the driving forces for instituting the fair," Keller said. "We wanted to find ways to serve the students in the College of Arts and Sciences in particular who are more likely to go on to graduate or professional schools."
The fair also will offer visitors information about graduate school testing. The day before the fair, Monday, Oct. 30, K-State students can participate in mock interviews for graduate and professional programs. More information about the fair is available online at http://www.k-state.edu/ces/