2. Class schedule
• Community Service Announcements
• Colleges of the Day
• Lab time:
▫ Set up CoFo e-mail if you haven’t already
▫ Work on resume and e-mail to me
▫ Set up College Greenlight account
▫ Look at community service opportunities on
volunteermatch.org
▫ Begin looking for scholarships that you are eligible
for
3. Girlstart DeSTEMber Fest
• When: December 1st (this Saturday)
• What: free event for young girls to explore
science, technology, engineering, and math
• Where: Bob Bullock Texas State History
Museum
• Girlstart needs volunteers to help lead booth
activities such as snowflake chemistry, igloo
engineering, and gingerbread architecture
• Shifts: 10:30 am-3:30 pm, or take a shift from
10:30-1 or 1-3:30
4. Color Me Rad 5K
• When: December 8th (Saturday after next)
• What: 5K color run
• Color Me Rad needs volunteers to throw color
bombs on runners and also to help clean up after
the event
• Shifts: 7 am-12 pm (color bomb squad) or 11 am-
4 pm (clean up)
• Let me know by Wednesday at the latest if you
are interested in doing this!
5. UT Arlington
• Public university
• 25,419 undergrads
• Tuition + fees: $8,878
• 77% of financial need met on
average
• 23:1 student to faculty ratio
• 74% retention
• 42% graduate within 6 years
• Pop majors: health
professions, business, interdis
ciplinary studies, biology, and
engineering
7. UT Arlington
• A Best Western college
• Located roughly in the middle
of the Dallas-Fort Worth
metropolitan area
• Nationally recognized nursing
program
• Unique programs include
Southwestern Studies and
Mexican-American Studies
• Only accredited school of
architecture in the north Texas
region
• 4th largest engineering college
in Texas
8. Temple University
• Philadelphia, PA
• Public university
• 27,702 undergrads
• Tuition + fees: $23,422
• 84% of financial need met on
average
• 15:1 student to faculty ratio
• 87% retention
• 67% graduate within 6 years
• Pop majors: business,
communications, v&p arts,
education, health professions
9. Temple University
• ACT middle 50%: 21-26
• 63% admitted
• A Best Northeastern College
• #2 Lots of Race/Class
Interaction
• #8 2012 Top Entrepreneurial
Programs
• Diamond Research Scholars
program allows students to
engage in mentored research
or creative arts project during
the fall or summer
