The Office of Undergraduate Student Success will host its fifth annual Undergraduate Student Success Fair on Sept. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Carl DeSantis Building atrium.
Sheila Fabius, the office’s director, said the fair is an opportunity for students to reconnect with campus offices they may have learned about during orientation.
“Now that they’re settled and they’ve picked out their schedules,” Fabius said, “they can now decide on how they can use the resources and meet staff face-to-face.”
Jake Shilts, assistant director of the Office of Undergraduate Student Success, said that the connections students make with staff during the fair can help students in the future.
“If they do have challenges or questions, they know exactly who they can call,” Shilts said. “For instance, if they have a question about a resume, they know that they can speak to someone from the Office of Career Development. It’s not just going to a website. They’re meeting someone.”
At the fair, students will receive a passport that gets stamped at each table they visit. If they get eight or more stamps, they will receive a $5 food voucher.
Alejandra Parra, associate director of the Office of International Affairs, has been tabling at the fair with her office since 2011 and will do so again this year. She said the event is an opportunity for the office to show international and domestic students their services and there’s always a happy atmosphere.
“I see a lot of hope in our students,” Parra said. “They come to our tables and they want to learn more; they want to do more. I think the people manning the tables have a very positive energy and lots of useful information for the students.”
Fabius said students should be open-minded about resources at the fair.
“If you’ve thought of doing something like travel study, go speak to those people,” Fabius said. “Just be prepared to talk. Have some questions about resources ready and just have a good time.”
Parra said students who attend the fair should take in as much information as they can.
“This is information they’re going to need throughout their college career,” Parra said. “They should be very attentive to everything they see and hear.”
Shilts said students will walk away from the fair knowing something they didn’t know about NSU.
“It’s a really fun, interactive day for students to come and interact with their peers and the staff,” Shilts said.
For more information about the fair, contact Shilts at jshilts@nova.edu or 954-262-8535. RSVPing is not required.
