{"id":1536,"date":"2017-10-02T11:03:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T15:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:36:21","slug":"umes-sponsors-college-fair-nov-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/umes-sponsors-college-fair-nov-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES sponsors College Fair Nov. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/college-fair-croppd1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1537\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday, October 2, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High school juniors and seniors can connect with representatives from colleges across the country Nov. 2 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore&#8217;s Tri-County College Fair. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The free event, which is in its 16<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;year, is from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students can get information on a wide range of options to consider, Jinawa McNeil, UMES&#8217; associate director of admissions and recruitment, said.&nbsp; Along with the traditional mix of four-year colleges and technical and community colleges, are specialty schools and branches of the military services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe university is proud to provide this valuable service to the community each year,\u201d McNeil said.&nbsp; \u201cIt provides area students with a way to meet with representatives from across the country in one location here on Delmarva-a one-stop shop for higher education.\u201d&nbsp; Prospective college students, she said, can learn about admissions requirements, priority deadlines, academic programs, scholarships and other opportunities. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration is recommended. Visit umes.edu\/openhouse. Call 410-651-8403 for group registration.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:gcstephens@umes.edu\">Gail Stephens<\/a><\/strong><em>, assistant director, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-651-7580.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, October 2, 2017 High school juniors and seniors can connect with representatives from colleges across the country Nov. 2 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore&#8217;s Tri-County College Fair. &nbsp;&nbsp; The free event, which is in its 16th&nbsp;year, is from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center.&nbsp; Students can&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/umes-sponsors-college-fair-nov-2\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">UMES sponsors College Fair Nov. 2<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}