A warm welcome and a stunning fall day apparently made an
impression with hundreds of prospectives and their families at Monday's
admissions open house.
There were an estimated 500 visitors on campus, according
to Lilia Tiemann, coordinator of alumni admissions and event planning. More
than 100 students who attended the Multicultural Weekend before Monday's open
house.
One prospective student, after a personal tour from Prof.
Ann Anderson of mechanical engineering, wrote: “I realized that Union's
style of combining engineering with a liberal arts environment is the sort of
education that will benefit me most. I am going to apply for early decision to Union
because I liked it so much.”
One parent from Massachusetts
voiced a common theme on Monday: “There is a unique feeling about Union
which comes across initially when reading admissions materials and continues to
be present when visiting the school and most of all by knowing students who
attend Union. It seems to me that you go the extra mile
in trying to get to really find out who your applicants are. You are doing
something that feels very right.”
Said Dan Lundquist, vice
president for admissions, “Among our visitors, there seems to be a presumption
of excellence – that we are one great college in a group of great colleges –
and as they strive to differentiate one from another the 'unique feeling' things
that they pick up from students and faculty are cited time and time again as
motivating positives.”
Recently heard in Grant Hall from two prospective students
struggling with the coffee machine: “Maybe this is part of the admissions
process.”