Hartnell College to Connect Students and Parents with Colleges on October 28

SALINAS, Calif. ‒ Hartnell College will hold its 35th annual Transfer Day & College Night events online via Zoom on Wednesday, Oct. 28, with representatives from more than 40 universities on hand to provide information to current and future college students. The morning session, called Transfer Day, runs from 9 a.m. to noon and is intended for current Hartnell students preparing to transfer to a four-year university to complete their bachelor’s degree. From 6-8 p.m. is evening session, called College Night and intended for high school students planning to start college soon, as well as their parents. Participants will be able to use an array of specific Zoom links to connect live online with representatives from participating universities or seek information from Hartnell representatives on admissions, financial aid, student support programs and more. The virtual program will offer everything that the in-person sessions have in past years. Students and parents are encouraged to ask questions regarding transfer, housing, financial aid, scholarships and admission requirements. Information and registration links for all of the programs can be accessed through Hartnell website at Hartnell.edu, and the links for each college will be available on the college’s Transfer Day/College Night webpage. Other useful links, such as a virtual campus tour, academic majors and admissions information, also are provided for each university. Participants in College Night include seven universities in the University of California system and 14 universities in the California State University system, including Cal State Monterey Bay, Fresno State and San Jose State. Twenty-four private universities, most within California, are also taking part. The application deadline for both the UC and CSU system is Nov. 30. In addition to the Zoom links to individual college representatives, Fresno State is offering separate workshops at 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on degree programs in education, agriculture, nursing and business. San Jose State will offer its full SJSU Spartan Showcase program via Zoom links on the Transfer Day webpage. “What I like about our format is that we have the links on the website, so students are able to still do their own research on the universities because they’ll have immediate links to virtual campus tours and other resources for each institution,” said Mercedes Del Real, coordinator of the Hartnell Transfer & Career Center, which is presenting the morning and evening programs. “The benefit of participating the day of is that they’ll have a live person during those hours from that institution answering their questions directly. But even if they log in later, they’re still going to be able to access some resources. They’ll have a contact person and an email address that the contact at the university for additional information.”