Open House: What You Can Do
Note: Open House begins at the Tsongas Arena. Do not go to the Admissions Office. Directions to Open House.
- Explore Academic Opportunities
- Get the Fact$
- Experience Campus Life
- Attend a Workshop
- Check out the Campus
- Enjoy the Extras
- Talk With Us!
- Getting Around Campus
Explore Academic Opportunities
* Visit College booths on the main floor of the Arena. You can gather information and talk to faculty and students about majors, concentrations, and program options that interest you.
* Hear the insights of current and former students, and ask the Dean a question.
* Visit the Admissions and Financial Aid tables to learn the costs for tuition, fees, room and board for 2009-2010.
* Stop by the Student Finacial Services booth for information on payment plans.
* Pick up the latest information on scholarships.
* Check out campus work possibilities and career options at the Career Services exhibit.
* Shoot a little one-on-one, learn about the many community service opportunities, find out what it takes to be a broadcaster on WUML, see how the latest Off-Broadway Players’ production is coming along, pick up the list of Rec. Sports, enjoy a range of musical ensembles, and find out how to join everything that interests you.
* The Tsongas Arena exhibits will give you a chance to sample some of the campus’s dozens of student clubs and organizations and the many other activities that will keep you busy outside the classroom.
* There will be information sessions on academic programs and on the how-tos of applying for Financial Aid.
* Each workshop will be given twice, so you can fit in everything that interests you.
* See the classrooms, labs, libraries, dining halls, and other facilities you'll use as an undergraduate.
* Join walking tours of UML North and South.
* Check out the residence hall in which freshman most often live.
* Take a bus from the Tsongas Arena to the Tour Hub for each tour.
* Check the schedule for times of departmental tours on campus.
* Enjoy the UMass Lowell Festival Band as you arrive at the Tsongas Arena. The Boston Herald called this sound “the best pep band in Hockey East.”
* Shake hands with the UMass Lowell Riverhawk!
* The Chancellor and the Provost (the people who shape academic and operating policies for the University) will be at the Open House to meet and talk with you.
* Deans will also be available for conversation.
* Faculty, staff, students, and alumni will be available throughout the day to answer questions, share information, hear about your interests and concerns, and help you find the answers you are looking for.
* Free bus service will be provided between Open House activities at the Tsongas Arena and Tour Hubs on North, South, and East.
* We recommend you park at the Ayotte Garage next to Tsongas Arena, and use bus transportation to reach other parts of campus.
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