Ouachita to host Tiger Day for prospective students Oct. 19
October 12, 2012 - Ryleigh Salmon
Ouachita Baptist University’s Office of Admissions Counseling will host a Tiger Day
Friday, Oct. 19, as an opportunity for prospective students to get an inside look
around campus and student life.
“Going beyond the typical tour around campus, Tiger Day provides the student an opportunity
to meet with deans, sit in on a class and tour multiple residence halls,” explained
Kayla Statton, an OBU admissions counselor.
“Students can get a real picture of our class sizes and professor interaction with
our students while attending a class, while their parents can listen to OBU administrators
answer questions,” added Ashlee Giles, also an admissions counselor. “Some parents
are brand new to the college search process, so it can be extremely helpful to them
to hear the answers to questions they might not have thought to ask.”
Along with attending a class and the parent panel, meeting with deans and touring
campus, students and their parents will also attend an opening program and closing
session. Tiger Day registration starts at 12:30 p.m. in the lobby of Hickingbotham
Hall and the event concludes at 4:15 p.m.
“I think that part of the reason Tiger Days are so successful is that students are
able to stay on campus for a longer amount of time than they would if they came for
a private tour,” Statton noted. “Typically students are on campus for around two hours
for a personal visit, but students who come to Tiger Day are kept busy for more than
four hours. They are better able to really soak it in and see everything they want
to see.”
“We are always excited to have prospective students and their families on campus,”
Giles said, “as it is one step closer for them to begin their OBU experience!”
For more information about Tiger Day or other ways to visit Ouachita, see www.obu.edu/admissions or contact Lori Motl, Ouachita’s director of admissions counseling, at [email protected] or (870) 245-4264.
By Ryleigh Salmon
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