Sponsored by: The Harold J. Miossi Trust

Sponsored by: The Harold J. Miossi Trust Hosted by: Coordinated by: Thank you, Planning Committee Members Lisa Allardyce, Independent Educational Counselor and Transition Specialist Betty Ayotte, College and Career Specialist, Morro Bay High School Kym Bartley, College Planning Specialist, Elite College Planning & Prep Joy Chambers, Coordinator, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo Jennifer Clayton, Guidance Counselor Specialist, Paso Robles High School Rich Crawford, Education Consultant Betty Ellison, Executive Assistant, San Luis Obispo County Office of Education Jennifer Gaviola, Director of Secondary Education and CTE, Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Angela Hollander, Scholarship Program Associate, Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County Lynn Janeway, AAUW, San Luis Obispo Dee Lacey, Scholarship Committee, Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County Erik Lewis, Principal, Templeton High School Colleen Martin, Career and College Center Specialist, San Luis Obispo High School Erin Ogren, Independent Educational Counselor, San Luis Obispo Dan Peverini, Executive Director, San Luis Obispo County Office of Education John Svinth, School Counselor, Shandon Joint Unified School District Event Photographer ~ Sheldon Smith

College Night 2016 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo Campus October 31, 2016 Exclusively Sponsored by The Harold J. Miossi Trust Hosted by Cuesta College Coordinated by the SLO County Office of Education and the Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County Free admission and parking for College Night attendees in all parking lots. Cuesta College Career and Technical Programs (Cuesta Event Tent) 5:00 pm 8:00 pm Concurrent Workshops (Buildings 6300 & 7300) 5:00 pm 8:45 pm College and University Representatives (Buildings 5100 & 5400) 5:30 pm 8 pm

Concurrent Workshops 5:00-8:45pm Humanities Forum Building 6300 Cultural and Performing Arts Center Building 7300 Auditorium Room 7305 Seats 450 Lobby Patio

5:00 pm- 8:45 pm Concurrent Workshops AT-A-GLANCE SCHEDULE See workshop descriptions on following page Rooms have limited space available, so please arrive to your desired workshops on time to ensure that seating is available. We thank you for your patience. LOCATION: TIME: 5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. 8:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. BLDG. 7300 Cultural Performing Arts Center Auditorium Room 7305 (450 seats) Creating Options in the College Search and How to Pay for It! Gary Bednorz Financial Aid Opportunities and How to Apply for: FAFSA, Pell & Cal Grants, and The Cuesta Promise (Repeated at 8pm, room 6305) Patrick Scott How to Write a College Admission Essay/Personal Statement (Repeat of 5pm presentation) Kym Bartley & Peter Van Houten Preparing 9 th & 10 th Graders for College and Life! Colleen Martin BLDG. 6300 Humanities Forum Room 6304 (120 seats) Guaranteed Admission Programs: UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (UCTAG) Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADTs) Thea Labrenz "NCAA, College Sports Recruiting 101 Julian Jenkins How to Make Your Scholarship Application Stand Out and Win! + CFSLOCO Scholarships Colleen Martin Angela Hollander Done with the Fair, Now Let s Decide Where Gary Bednorz BLDG. 6300 Humanities Forum Room 6305 (40 seats) How to Write a College Admission Essay/Personal Statement (Repeated at 7pm, room 7305) Kym Bartley & Peter Van Houten Create Persuasive Applications: Tips to Make Your UC, Common App, Coalition App Stand Out (Repeated at 7pm in room 6305) Erin Ogren Create Persuasive Applications: Tips to Make Your UC, Common App, Coalition App Stand Out (Repeat of 6pm presentation) Erin Ogren Financial Aid Opportunities and How to Apply for: FAFSA, Pell & Cal Grants, and The Cuesta Promise (Repeat of 6pm presentation) Patrick Scott BLDG. 6300 Humanities Forum Room 6307 (35 seats) Admisión Garantizada (Español) Glenda Moscoso Financial Aid Opportunities and How to Apply for: FAFSA, Pell & Cal Grants, and The Cuesta Promise (Repeated at 8pm, room 6307) (Español) Alejandra Aguirre Financiando el sueño Educativo de Estudiantes Indocumentados (Español) Alejandra Aguirre, Estella Vasquez, & Delfina Medina-Maloney Financial Aid Opportunities and How to Apply for: FAFSA, Pell & Cal Grants, and The Cuesta Promise (Repeat of 6pm presentation) (Español) Alejandra Aguirre

Concurrent Workshops 5:00-5:45pm Choose one of the following workshops Creating Options in the College Search & How to Pay for It! (CPAC Auditorium, Room 7305) Gary K. Bednorz, Student Recruitment Specialist, University of New Mexico What do I need to know in order to decide where to go? With thousands of college options available, even deciding what to ask can be a challenging task. What are GREAT questions for the reps? This presentation will assist in asking the right questions, finding the perfect college and how to pay for it!! Guaranteed Admission Programs: UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (UCTAG), Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADTs) (Humanities Forum, Room 6304) Thea Labrenz, Transfer Services & Counselor, Cuesta College This workshop explains the guaranteed admission programs designed specifically for community college transfer students applying to the UC and CSU systems. Come and find out how students can choose courses at Cuesta that prepare them for junior level standing at the CSU and UC, while also preparing to qualify for a guaranteed admission. How to Write a College Admission Essay/Personal Statement (Humanities Bldg, Room 6305) (repeated at 7pm, room 7305) Kym Bartley, Elite College Planning & Prep, & Peter Van Houten This workshop will provide students with a thorough understanding of admissions officers' expectations for the personal statement, inspire the students to think deeply about themselves (the key to the personal statement), and assist the students with choosing the personal incident which will be the driving force behind their statements. Admisión Garantizada (Español) (Humanities Bldg, Room 6307) Glenda Moscoso, Counselor, Cuesta College Este taller explicará los programas de admisión garantizada específicamente para estudiantes del colegio comunitario que aspiran a aplicar a una UC o CSU. Vengan a aprender como sus estudiantes pueden escoger cursos que los preparán para transferirse a una Universidad de California o a una Universidad Estatal de California y a la vez obtener una admisión garantizada. 6:00-6:45pm Choose one of the following workshops Financial Aid Opportunities and How to Apply for: FAFSA, Pell & Cal Grants, and the Cuesta Promise (CPAC Auditorium, Room 7305) (Repeated at 8pm, room 6305) Patrick Scott, Financial Aid, Cuesta College NCAA, College Sports Recruiting 101 (Humanities Forum, Room 6304) Julian Jenkins, Motivational Speaker, NCSA Athletic Recruiting Network, Team MVP & Second Team All-PAC 10 honoree at Stanford Drafted in the 5th round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Played for Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos Create Persuasive Applications: Tips to Make Your UC, Common App, Coalition App Stand Out (Humanities Bldg, Room 6305) (Repeated at 7pm, room 6305) Erin Ogren, Central Coast College Consultants Having helped students gain access to a wide variety of colleges from the Ivy League schools, to many hidden gems, Erin will provide advice on how to best complete these most widely used applications in order to gain entrance to your "best fit" schools. Financial Aid Opportunities and How to Apply for: FAFSA, Pell & Cal Grants, and the Cuesta Promise (Español) (Humanities Bldg, Room 6307) (Repeated at 8pm, room 6307) Alejandra Aguirre, Financial Aid, Cuesta College 7:00-7:45pm Choose one of the following workshops How to Write a College Admission Essay/Personal Statement (CPAC Auditorium, Room 7305) REPEAT of 5pm presentation Kym Bartley, Elite College Planning & Prep, & Peter Van Houten How to Make Your Scholarship Application Stand Out and Win! + CFSLOCO Scholarships (Humanities Forum, Room 6304) Colleen Martin, College & Career Center Specialist, San Luis Obispo High School Angela Hollander, Scholarship Program Associate, Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County Step by step instructions to create an exceptional scholarship application and what to do after you apply/how to apply for CFSLOCO scholarships using our online provider- Smarter Select. Create Persuasive Applications: Tips to Make Your UC, Common App, Coalition App Stand Out (Humanities Bldg, Room 6305) -- REPEAT of 6pm presentation Erin Ogren, Central Coast College Consultants Financiando el sueño Educativo de Estudiantes Indocumentados (Español) (Humanities Bldg, Room 6307) Alejandra Aguirre, Financial Aid, Cuesta College; Estella Vasquez, Counselor, Cal Poly SLO ; & Delfina Medina-Maloney, Financial Aid Counselor, Cal Poly SLO Presentaremos información para padres y estudiantes sobre las leyes de California que les dan acceso a becas para estudiantes indocumentados que se gradúan de la Preparatoria en California y su proceso de seguir con la inscripción al colegio. (Information will be presented for parents and students about the laws that California has that give access to grants for undocumented students who graduate from a California high school and their admissions process to college.) 8:00-8:45pm Choose one of the following Final Workshops Preparing 9th & 10th Graders for College and Life! (CPAC Auditorium, Room 7305) Colleen Martin, College & Career Center Specialist, San Luis Obispo High School Tips on course selections, extracurricular activities, resume building, testing requirements, life skills, and more. How to launch a confident and prepared graduate. Done with the Fair, Now Let s Decide Where (Humanities Forum, Room 6304) Gary Bednorz, Student Recruitment Specialist, University of New Mexico With thousands of options available, deciding where to attend college can be a challenging task. This presentation will pave the road to the perfect college choice and may even help families figure out how to pay for it! Financial Aid Opportunities and How to Apply for: FAFSA, Pell & Cal Grants, and the Cuesta Promise (Humanities Bldg, Room 6305) - REPEAT of 6pm presentation Patrick Scott, Financial Aid, Cuesta College Financial Aid Opportunities and How to Apply for: FAFSA, Pell & Cal Grants, and the Cuesta Promise (Español) (Humanities Bldg, Room 6307) REPEAT of 6pm presentation Alejandra Aguirre, Financial Aid, Cuesta College

Schools listed in italic are out-of-state. ROOM A Arizona State University* Azusa Pacific University CSU Bakersfield University of California, Berkeley* Biola University Brown University* Butte College California Baptist University Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo CSU Channel Islands CSU Chico Colorado Mesa University* Colorado State University* Concordia University Irvine Cuesta College University of California, Davis* Dominican University of California Holy Names University Drexel University* CSU East Bay Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University CSU Fresno Fort Lewis College Harvard University* High Point University Humboldt State University Marymount California University Massachusetts College of Pharmacy University of California, Merced Missouri University of Science and Technology* Cuesta Photo Booth! Entrance Room A W Room B Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts San Francisco Art Institute Cuesta Event Tent Financial Aid & Extended Opportunities Programs & Services (EOPS), Reps from Career & Technical Academic Programs: Business, Engineering & Technology, Human Development, Nursing & Allied Health Cuesta College Staff

*School is featured in the 2017 Princeton Review s Best 381 Colleges. ROOM B National University Marist College* Northern Arizona University Notre Dame de Namur University Oregon State University Point Loma Nazarene University Portland State University* Purdue University* CSU Sacramento Saint Mary s College of California* Saint Mary s College, Notre Dame University of California, San Diego* University of California, Santa Barbara* Seton Hall University* Sierra Nevada College Sonoma State University* Southern Oregon University Stanford University* CSU Stanislaus* Syracuse University* United States Air Force Academy* United States Air Force ROTC University of Alabama* University of Arkansas* University of Montana* University of New Mexico* University of Oklahoma* University of San Francisco* University of Southern California* University of Tennessee* University of the Pacific* University of Wyoming* Vanderbilt University* Vanguard University Westmont College Resource Table (Room 5404) College Board : SAT, SAT II, AP Classes, ACT Lisa Allardyce, Choice Educational Services Resource Table (CPAC Lobby) Completing the Common Application, Western Undergraduate Exchange, (WUE), Obtaining Merit Money, Performing Arts Student Information Erin Ogren, Central Coast College Consultants