College Application Drive
November 6, 2015
UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
UT Tyler Announces East Texas College Fair Week ‘Apply Yourself Smith County’ Nov. 16 – 20
November 6, 2015
Media Contact: Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.539.7196 (cell)
November 6, 2015
The University of Texas at Tyler, in collaboration with the Tyler Area Partnership 4 Education, will participate in a week-long campaign aimed to help high school seniors with the college application process, Sarah Bowdin, assistant vice president for enrollment management, announced.
“Apply Yourself Smith County” will be Nov. 16 – 20 during East Texas College Fair Week. Colleges from near and far will visit with and recruit students during fairs at local colleges, convention centers and on high school campuses. As part of the campaign’s college access initiative, high school representatives across Smith County will aid its seniors with the goal of them each completing and submitting at least one college application.
“UT Tyler is proud to be a community partner in the TAP4E initiative supporting higher education in East Texas,” Bowdin said.
The Tyler Area College Fair will be 6 – 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17 in Tyler Junior College’s Gentry Gym, located inside the Ornelas Health & Physical Education Center. UT Tyler admissions representatives will be stationed in the university’s Mobile Go Center 4 – 6 p.m. that day on site to help facilitate college applications.
Tyler Independent School District and other Smith County high schools also will offer assistance with applications during the week through specific classes.
“We know that the single greatest indicator of economic prosperity and quality of life in a region is the percentage of the population with a postsecondary degree or credential,” said Donna Spann, CEO of Capstone College Advising and TAP4E Leadership Council member. “We must increase the number of high school graduates who enroll in college to ensure that all students are workforce ready and prepared for a successful future.”
TAP4E is a subcommittee of the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business Education Council.
For more information, contact Bowdin, 903.566.7057, email enroll@uttyler.edu or visit tap4e.org.
One of the 14 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,500 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.