UT-Arlington to preview campus for TCC transfer students

    by Diana De Leon

    Students who attend Winter Preview Day on the University of Texas-Arlington campus will learn everything they need to know to make an informed decision on attending the school, a campus administrator said.

    Winter Preview Day is Saturday, Feb. 15, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. throughout the UTA campus.

    "It is a great way to get to know the campus," Darrell Holloway, transfer admissions counselor and preview day director, said.

    Campus walking tours, given by undergraduate students, will last 40 minutes. Bus tours of housing also will be available.

    "For students, it is a peer-to-peer point of view," he said, "which I think makes it easy."

    Invaluable to the student will be the faculty interaction session where students can meet with representatives from the program of their choice, Holloway said.

    Representatives from departments of business, engineering, nursing, education, liberal arts and honors college have attended this function in previous sessions.

    Faculty members will conduct individual overviews of programs with students and their parents, Holloway said.

    "Parents and the student can get a little personal time," he said.

    An academic/activities fair will allow students and parents to further explore academic departments and will introduce them to campus organizations.

    Fraternities, sororities and many other organizations will be represented.

    "Everything students need to make their decision to come to UTA will be here," he said.

    The general information sessions include financial aid, scholarships, housing and freshman and transfer admissions. Representatives of these offices will conduct each separate information session.

    "You can set your own plate, make your own schedule, to get just the information you need," he said.

    A parent panel session is also scheduled with current studentsÕ parents speaking on their experiences with the university.

    The various sets of parents scheduled to speak each have children who have been through freshman and senior courses.

    "There is a good level of experience between the different parents," he said. "We are lucky to have them."

    The UTA preview day promises to take care of the freshman student, the transfer student and any in-between, Holloway said.

    "Students are students whether they are 18 years old or 60," he said. "Preview day is going to fit your need no matter where you are."