COLLEGE/VOCATIONAL FAIR DRAWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM AREA

Students and parents wishing to obtain information about educational or military options after high school should plan to attend the Regional College/Vocational School Fair today at the Show Me Center.

The fair is organized annually by high school counselors from throughout the region. Approximately 65 colleges, vocational schools and military services are expected to participate in the day-long event.

Jackson High School counselor Sarah Nussbaum said the event offers a better means of distributing information than the numerous college fairs hosted by individual schools.

"What we've done is develop this regional concept so we can reach a lot more students from surrounding areas," she said. "Previously, each school was hosting its own college fair and the universities and technical schools weren't able to attend them all. This way we effectively reach many more students."

Nussbaum said more than 1,000 students are expected to attend the event. Representatives from various universities and other organizations will be on hand to answer questions about services they provide and to distribute applications and financial aid information, she said.

There will be two sessions of the offered during the event, which is free of charge. Area schools will bring high school seniors to an afternoon session held from noon to 2:30 p.m. Interested parents may accompany their students in grades nine through 12 to an evening session scheduled from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Representatives from the following institutions are scheduled to participate:

-- Arkansas State University

-- U.S. Air Force/Air Force Academy

-- U.S. Army

-- Belmont University

-- Bethel College (Tenn.)

-- Cape Girardeau Area Vo-Tech

-- Central Methodist College

-- Central Missouri State University

-- College of the Ozarks

-- Columbia College

-- Cottey College

-- Crowley's College

-- Culver-Stockton College

-- Deaconess College of Nursing

-- Drury College

-- Elmhurst College

-- Fontbonne College

-- Freed-Hardeman College

-- Hannibal-LaGrange College

-- Institute20of Electronic Technology

-- Jefferson College

-- Jewish Hospital College of Nursing

-- Lambuth College (Tenn.)

-- Lincoln University

-- Linn State Technical College

-- Lyon College

-- U.S. Marines

-- Maryville University

-- Mercantile Bank

-- Metro Business College

-- Miliken University

-- Mineral Area College

-- Missouri Baptist College

-- Missouri National Guard

-- Missouri Technical School

-- Missouri Valley College

-- Murray State University

-- U.S. Navy

-- Oakland City University

-- Paducah Technical Institute

-- Quincy University

-- Rockhurst College

-- St. Louis College of Pharmacy

-- St. Louis University

-- Sanford-Brown College

-- Shawnee Community College (Ill.)

-- Southeast Missouri State University

-- Southern Illinois University -- Carbondale

-- Southern Illinois University -- Edwardsville

-- Southwest Baptist University

-- Southwest Missouri State University

-- Stage One -- The Hair School

-- Three Rivers Community College

-- Truman State University

-- Union Planters Bank

-- Union University (Tenn.)

-- University of Mississippi

-- University of Missouri -- Columbia

-- University of Missouri -- Kansas City

-- University of Missouri -- Rolla

-- University of Missouri -- St. Louis

-- Webster University

-- Westminster College

-- William Jewell College

-- William Woods College

-- Williams Baptist College