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CollegeWeekLive Announces the Addition of MIT, Miami University, University of Texas - El Paso, University of Vermont, Colorado College and Emerson College to its Growing Roster of Colleges and Universities Participating in this Inaugural Event
A College Fair for the Internet Generation
What: CollegeWeekLive, the only two-day virtual college fair
connecting thousands of high school students with colleges
in a live, interactive environment offers students and their
parents, the ability to experience the college admissions
process live never before. This unique medium provides the
best opportunity to review more colleges in more regions in
less time and at no cost.
Date: November 13th - 14th, 2007
Where: To register for CollegeWeekLive please visit
www.collegeweeklive.com. To register through Facebook, please
visit http://apps.facebook.com/collegeweeklive/index.php
Highlights of CollegeWeekLive include:
- Live streaming video keynote presentations from college admission experts, admissions officers, and students including:
- Howard Greene (Author of the Greene College Guides and hosts of the PBS Series Ten Steps to College)
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Penny Hastings (Author of How to Win A Sports Scholarship)
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Elizabeth Wissner-Gross (Author of What Colleges Don't Tell You and What High Schools Don't Tell You)
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Katherine Cohen (CEO and Founder of IvyWise)
- Real-time, interactive Q&A sessions with college admissions officials
- Live interactive student panel discussions from schools across North America.
- Virtual booths for colleges, featuring electronic brochures, videos, webinars, pod casts and real-time IM and video chat between admissions counselors and students/parents
- Networking capabilities to connect students with other students and service providers
- A resource center for students and parents
- Scheduled school-specific presentations by admissions officials
A host of colleges and universities across North America have already registered to participate and new schools are signing up every day. The full list of participating colleges and universities include: Air Force Academy, American University, Assumption College, Babson College, Bentley College, Central Connecticut State University, Central Michigan University, Colby-Sawyer College, Colorado College, Curry College, Drexel University, Kennesaw State University, Liberty University, Marshall University, McGill University, Middle Tennessee State, Nichols College, Northeastern University, Old Dominion University, Oregon State University, Purchase College, SUNY, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst (RPI), Sacramento State University, Smith College, Southern New Hampshire University, Suffolk University, Temple University, Towson University, Tufts University, UMass - Boston , UMass - Lowell , UNC-Wilmington, University at Buffalo, University of Arizona, University of Arkansas, University of California - Irvine, University of California - Riverside, University of Connecticut, University of Hartford, University of Memphis, University of Mississippi - Ole Miss, University of Texas - Austin, and University of Virginia. For an up to the minute listing of featured colleges and to view the event agenda, please visit: http://www.collegeweeklive.com.
Press Contact:
Mariana Pinner
PerkettPR
P: 617.262.8282
E: platformq@perkettpr.com
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