Over 1,000 prospective fall 2008 undergraduates and their families flocked to Sacramento State for an annual four-hour event that was created for people to learn about the campus and what it has to offer.

Associate Director Barbara Sloan described Preview Day as an event “designed to promote Sac State to students during the initial filing period.”

Held in the University Union Ballrooms from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., students – those who recently graduated from high school, or transferred from community colleges or other universities – were given opportunities to take campus and residence hall tours throughout the event.

Department representatives were available for the Academic Programs and Student Affairs Fair, allowing students to ask questions or share any concerns they had.

Panels discussing student life, housing and residential life also took place.

Kelsi Franzen, senior at Woodcreek High School in Roseville, said Preview Day was very effective.

“I was able to get a lot of information about the school, and the people here are so friendly,” she said.

Another student, Chelsea Brack, senior at River City High School in Sacramento, agreed.

“Everyone’s really nice here and I have gotten a lot of information, but I just wish that it was a little later in the day,” she said.

Student Ambassador Kathryn Spuur, a junior psychology major, said Preview Day makes a difference.

“Students can get a lot of information about the university and also have a lot of one-on-one interaction with students that are (currently enrolled),” she said. “If (the staff) does (its) job, (Preview Day) should get students to come to Sac State.”

Vambi Franzen said that as a mother, her only disappointment was that the department representatives for the Academic Programs and Student Affairs Fair left before they were scheduled to leave.

“I would have liked to talk to any of (the representatives,) but by the time (my daughter and I) had a chance to, they already left,” she said.

Don Novicio, junior from Stellar Charter School of Technology in Redding, said he came to Preview Day to learn about programs at Sac State. By the time Novicio arrived, the event was almost over, so he could not gather as much information as students who arrived earlier in the day could.

“I wish it lasted longer, so I could have talked to more (staff and faculty) about the programs,” he said.

Orientation Coordinator Caitlin Clark, junior mathematics major, said she hoped Preview Day swayed students to choose Sac State as the university they attend in the future.

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