High school stu­dents have the oppor­tu­nity to get a sneak peek at col­lege life at Education Exploration.

Amanda Kettlewell, a senior sec­ondary edu­ca­tion major, who is help­ing coor­di­nate the event, said they invite many local high school stu­dents to come check out the reg­is­tered stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions and see what else is avail­able on campus.

She said the pur­pose of the event is to get high school stu­dents to under­stand they can go to col­lege. The event was also held last year; Kettlewell said it was very successful.

Education Exploration will allow vis­it­ing high school stu­dents to learn about col­lege life and allow them to find out what kinds of oppor­tu­ni­ties col­lege has to offer. She hopes a lot of peo­ple will par­tic­i­pate this year like they did last year.

“It’s a chance for stu­dents to ask ques­tions and get a per­spec­tive on things they may not have real­ized and see what it’s like to be in school,” said Kettlewell.

Kettlewell said there were quite a few stu­dents who attended the event last year and she is hop­ing for a good turnout this year. She said there were about five or six dif­fer­ent high schools that attended.

The event is going to be held at Wink Arena where booths will be set up by var­i­ous RSOs on cam­pus. Students will be able to go to each booth and ask ques­tions about Ferris, RSOs, on-campus and gen­eral ques­tions about col­lege life.

Activities include scav­enger booths, where stu­dents are sent on a scav­enger hunt to each RSO booth and a raf­fle will be included as well. The booths are set up for stu­dents to ask ques­tions about the RSOs and other aspects of Ferris and cam­pus life.

Education Exploration is set for Friday, April 15. The event will start at 8 a.m. and will last until 3 p.m. depend­ing on local schools’ time schedules.

Kettlewell said they try to get as many RSOs involved as pos­si­ble in this event as it is a good chance for stu­dents to find out not only what Ferris has to offer, but also what true ben­e­fits col­lege has to offer.

Kettlewell said if any other RSOs are inter­ested, they are more than wel­come to attend.

“It’s a great oppor­tu­nity for them to reach out to poten­tial future stu­dents,” said Kettlewell. Another pur­pose is to show high school stu­dents what is out there after high school and every­thing col­lege has to offer.

Christina Cook, who is also help­ing coor­di­nate Education Exploration, could not be reached for com­ment as of press time.

The Association of Future Educators and Kappa Delta Pi will be putting on Education Exploration. n

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