On the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 17 a Kirkwood Community College recreation hall will be transformed into a “higher education shopping mall.” Prospective students and their parents can compare many college choices in one location on that Wednesday morning. That’s the date of the annual Eastern Iowa College Fair at Kirkwood.
Representatives of nearly 100 higher education institutions will talk with interested area residents in the Wednesday morning session in Kirkwood’s new Michael J. Gould Kirkwood Recreation Center. Public and private colleges and universities from Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin as well as every corner of Iowa will be represented.
The annual college fair is one of the best opportunities to gather a lot of information in one location, according to Kirkwood Dean of Admissions Doug Bannon.
“Our participating colleges run the gamut from state universities and private colleges to business schools and military academies. We’ll have colleges from all around the Midwest represented in the fair. It’s pretty rare for area high schoolers to get 90-plus colleges represented under one roof,” Bannon said.
Bannon also emphasized that the college fair is an opportunity to narrow a list of possible college campuses to visit and get information on a variety of colleges at one time.
The 2008 Eastern Iowa College Fair is scheduled for 9 to 11 a.m. The Sept. 17 event is free and open to all interested persons. More information on the college fair is available from the Kirkwood Admissions office, 319-398-5517.