Students can attend the Graduate Open House on Feb. 19 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Maltz Psychology Building, room 2057, to learn about graduate programs.
At the open house, students can meet with faculty and staff from different graduate programs in the College of Psychology and the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences during breakout sessions. They can also ask questions at a panel, learn more about financial aid and get information about applying to different programs.
Paula Boros, graduate student in the marriage and family therapy program and graduate assistant in marketing and recruitment, is helping organize the event.
“You’re going to get a faculty perspective on the different programs, and, sometimes, you’ll get a student’s perspective,” she explained. “For people who aren’t really sure what they want to do, because graduate school is a big step, the open house gives them the opportunity to get to know all the different programs. It’s a warm welcome to NSU, and it helps them to find out how to further their careers in different ways.”
Boros said that it’s important for students considering graduate programs to meet with faculty and staff from the programs, instead of just learning about the programs online.
“My personal experience is that personal interaction makes all the difference,” she said. “You can read material online about graduate programs, but personal interaction presents a program in a different way.”
Ivelisse Abreu, graduate assistant in the marketing and recruitment department, is also organizing the open house and attended an open house before she decided to join the Mental Health Counseling and Applied Behavior Analysis programs at NSU. The event helped to affirm her decisions about her education.
“It’s a great opportunity for prospective students to see the university, meet with professors, network and explore more of a certain field before applying to it,” she said.
Abreu recommended that students who are considering a graduate program at NSU attend the open house.
“Learn as much as you can about the career that you want beforehand,” she said. “You’re going to be investing a lot of time and money in this career, and you want to be sure that you’re using your resources wisely.”
Boros hopes that students will walk away from the open house with a better understanding of the programs that NSU offers.
“I, personally, love it here at NSU,” she said. “It’s so friendly and open. It’s one of the better schools in South Florida, and the education that students get here will really benefit them and pay off in the long run.”
Abreu said that the open house is not a very serious setting.
“We want students to relax, ask questions and get to know their potential classmates, who might be sitting right next to them,” she said.
Students can register for the open house online at nova.edu/changelives.
Credit: Printed with permission from C. Perez.
