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Inside Iowa State
October 9, 1998

Graduate/professional school day fair is Oct. 21

The annual Iowa State Graduate and Professional School Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the Memorial Union Great Hall. More than 80 representatives from universities and colleges nationwide, including ISU's Graduate College, will be available to discuss their programs, including admission requirements, costs, student- faculty ratios, job prospects for graduates and student life.

A series of 50-minute seminars on preparing for graduate work will be offered Tuesday, Oct. 20, in the Memorial Union Gallery. Following is a summary of seminar topics:

• 11 a.m., Choosing and applying to graduate and professional school.

• 12:10 p.m., Taking graduate and professional admission tests, Janet Croyle, ISU Student Counseling Service, and Gwen Woodward, ISU Academic Success Center.

• 1:10 p.m., Financing graduate education, Roberta Johnson, ISU Student Financial Aid, and John Mayfield, ISU Graduate College.

• 2:10 p.m., Opportunities for underrepresented groups (descriptions of universities' efforts to increase enrollments of minority students).

• 3:10 p.m., Using the Web for graduate and professional school exploration, Beverly Madden, ISU Career Services.

Pre-registration for the seminars or fair is not required; all events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Beverly Madden, 4-9490, or visit the event Web site at www.iastate.edu/~career_info/gpd98.html.

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