Suny Orange announces its spring admissions events

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — SUNY Orange admissions counselors and staff will host the college’s public outreach program with a series of events planned throughout the spring and summer, including seven appearances at the Galleria at Crystal Run in Middletown, information nights at both the Middletown campus and the Newburgh Extension Center, and an admissions open house in May. SUNY Orange offers more than 30 academic majors, boasts one of the finest student transfer success rates in the SUNY system and provides diverse educational opportunities to help students meet their goals. On Sunday, Feb. 4, when the college resumes its information booth schedule at the Galleria at Crystal Run, SUNY Orange admissions representatives will be available in the mall’s lower level center court from noon to 4 p.m., to answer prospective students’ questions regarding SUNY Orange’s many programs and services. Additional information booths are scheduled monthly, including: March 11, April 1, May 6, June 3, July 1 and Aug. 5. The spring open house, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 15, in the George F. Shepard Student Center in Middletown, is designed to help prospective students map their educational future, whether they will be first-time college students or former students looking to return to the classroom. In addition, faculty and staff will be on hand to discuss the college’s many academic programs, as well as transfer and career possibilities students enjoy following graduation from SUNY Orange. Financial aid and scholarship information will also be available. Students from the SUNY Orange Ambassadors will provide guided tours of campus and refreshments will be served in the Shepard Center. Students at SUNY Orange also enjoy many extra-curricular endeavors, and athletics, and student activities representatives will have information regarding many of the sports programs, clubs and organizations at the college. A health professions’ information night will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 12 at the Shepard Center (snow date is March 13). Students who are interested in enrolling in one of the college’s nine health professions programs are invited to attend, to learn about application deadlines, academic requirements and post-graduate employment opportunities. General information nights will be at the Newburgh Extension Center, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Monday, April 2, and at the Middletown Campus from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, July 9. For more information on any of the college’s spring/summer admissions events, contact the admissions office at 845-341-4030.