Bucks Transfer fair a big success BY: ANDREW LAUFER Issue date: 10/6/09 Section: Campus News

Representatives from colleges
and universities across the east
coast gathered at Bucks on Sept.
30 with hopes of courting Bucks
students to their schools.
This year's transfer fair was
crowded, with over 50 stands
from the different programs.
The scene in the Gallagher
room was crowded and bustling
even before noon, as students
sampled what the different
schools had to offer.
Temple, West Chester, and
Drexel were some of the bigger
schools there to recruit new students.
Communications major
Amanda Smiley, 19, from
Northeast Philadelphia, said that
she was excited to get more information
about Temple University,
where she hopes to go in the fall.
"The representative for Temple
gave me a lot of good information
that I can use during my transferring
process."
Although Temple's stands were
the most crowded, Frankford
School of Nursing, Columbia
University, Holy Family
University, Penn State Abington,
and University of Phoenix drew
sizeable crowds as well.
Admissions manager Ivonne
Rojas came representing
Columbia University. It was her
first time at the Bucks transfer
fair, and she remarked at the high
turnout.
Rojas explained that Columbia
is targeting adult and returning
students to attend the school. "It's
an Ivy league school with a rigorous
and challenging program but a rewarding one as well," says
Rojas.
Representatives of Drexel's Saturday
Scholars Behavioral Health
Counseling program attended the
fair as well.Mary Grace Bateman,
the marketing director of Saturday
Scholars said, "We want to attract
qualified students and hopefully
invite them onto our campus."
The school is targeting students
interested in nursing and professional
health care. Last year 90
percent of Drexel's Saturday
Scholars' graduates were employed,
in graduate school, or
working with volunteer organizations.
Another school, Messiah College
located in Grantham, Pa.,
was on hand at the fair.Messiah is
a nationally ranked Christian College.
Bryanna R. Boone, Assistant
Director ofAdmissions for Transfer
Recruitment at Messiah, described
the school as a Christian
college interested in attracting students
who want a quality education
and an on-campus
experience.