Mane Event set for October 16

A&M-Commerce's fall 2010 Mane Event Preview Day will be held Saturday, Oct. 16. The biannual event is designed to attract prospective students by providing information on academics, financial aid and other student affairs, as well as opening the campus to tours.

Mane Event overseer and Dean of Enrollment Management and Retention Stephanie Holley hopes the event will inspire prospective to pursue an education at A&M-Commerce.

"We will kick off with a welcoming session and continental breakfast," Holley said. "During the morning, surrounding the welcome, we will hold sessions on admissions, financial aid and scholarships, the university college, and residential living and learning."

Holley said the day will begin with a general public information session to orient attendees for the rest of the scheduled events.

"There will also be a Hispanic outreach program at that time," she said, "and then we have the academic information session, so that's an opportunity where they choose two academic departments or presentations that they'd like to hear."

According to Holley, there will be 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. information sessions followed by lunch, an information fair, a live band performance and scholarships drawings.

Holley said at least 900 potential students have registered for the Mane Event, with two weeks of registration remaining, which brings the attendance goal of the Department of Enrollment Management and Retention close to a reality.

"We have a goal of 10,000 students in 2010, and 11,000 in 2011," Holley said. "We are charted for growth and prepared for growth."

Holley thinks the Mane Event is beneficial to the university community as a whole.

"Mane Event is an exciting time for us because it is a great opportunity to share with the outside world all of the wonderful things we have to offer at A&M Commerce," she said. "It allows us to put our best foot forward and show people what we are made of. "