Greater Norristown PAL and
PACAC’s
Pennsylvania Regional College Fair
College Fair sign outside of GNPAL
The Greater Norristown Regional College Fair will be held at Greater Norristown PAL on Thursday, February 16, 2017. The evening portion is from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public.
During the day, 8th grade student in the Norristown Area School District will have the opportunity to meet college representatives and discuss educational goals with an eye to what they need to do during their next four years in high school to be ready for college when they graduate.
Who should attend?
The evening component will be from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. The intimate atmosphere provides a great opportunity for high school underclassmen as well as seniors to speak with college representatives about what their schools offer. Current college students who may be looking to transfer schools or nontraditional adult students are also encouraged to attend.
In addition to the over 75 college representatives who have indicated that they will be attending, a financial aid representative will be available to discuss the financial aid process with parents and students.
Spanish translators will also be available that evening.
College Fair videos
View a segment of Comcast Newsmakers in which Carolyn White, Director of Admissions and Recruitment at Raritanval Valley Community College in New Jersey, discusses the college fair. To view the segment, click on 2016 Regional College Fair.
Carolyn also taped an interview with NASD-TV which is available on YouTube by clicking on GNPAL College Fair.
Participants have the opportunity speak with college representatives at the GNPAL college fair.
Participating Colleges and Universities
The 78 colleges and universities that have signed up to attend the Regional College Fair as of February 9, 2017 are listed below. The colleges are from 12 states and three countries outside the U.S.
To download this list (PDF), click on Colleges registered for College Fair 2-14-17. The list has changed substantially since the end of January.
Albright College, Reading, PA
Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Alvernia University, Reading, PA
American College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Bloomsburg University of PA, Bloomsburg, PA
Bryn Athyn College, Bryn Athyn, PA
Cabrini College, Radnor, PA
Cairn University, Langhorne, PA
Campbell University, Great Meadows, NJ
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
Cheyney University, Cheyney, PA
Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA
DeSales University, Center Valley, PA
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Dusquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg, PA
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
Elmira College, Elmira, NY
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ
Gannon University, Erie, PA
Goldey-Beacom College, Wilmington, DE
Gwynedd Mercy University, Gwynedd Valley, PA
Harrisburg University, Harrisburg, PA
Hartwick College, Oneota, NY
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA
Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA
Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA
Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA
Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Neumann University, Aston, PA
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
Point Park University, Pittsburg PA
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
The American University of Rome, Rome, Italy
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
The Jean Madeline Aveda Institute, Philadelphia, PA
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
University of New England, Biddeford, ME
University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
University of Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Wesley College, Dover, DE
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Westminster College. New Wilmington, PA
Widener University, Chester, PA
Wilkes University. Wilkes-Barre, PA
Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
Directions to GNPAL
Greater Norristown PAL is located at 340 Harding Boulevard, Norristown. To get directions to the Greater Norristown PAL Center, click on directions. There is parking in the lot behind the GNPAL building as well as on the street parking.
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