College Fair/Night Committee

Chair:  Position is currently vacant. Please contact [email protected] with inquiries.

Vice Chair:  Margaret Omwenga, FSU, Maryland

Committee Members:

• Jennifer Auchmoody, Bishop McNamara High School (MD)
• Jennifer Ewing, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (MD)
• Dominique Footes, University of the District of Columbia Community College (DC)
• Chris Gothard, James Madison University (VA)
• Chris Hill, Oak Hill Academy (VA)
• Mavis Jackson, CollegeBound Foundation (MD)
• Melissa Kupferschmid, Achieve Educational Consulting (MD)
• Dona Rehm, Lafayette College (PA)
• Amanda Stevens, St. John's College (MD)
• Hannah Wolff, Langley High School (VA)
• Luana Zimmerman, Winston Churchill High School (MD)

The College Fair and College Night Coordinating Committee serves as a liaison between the PCACAC President's Council, NACAC Staff and the chairpersons of each NACAC College Fair held in the PCACAC region. The Committee also coordinates the college night and college fair schedule within the region and is always searching for ways in which we can better serve our members, students and external constituents.  The Committee also partners with the chairs of the college night and college fairs within the region to advertise fairs that are open invitation to all institutions interested in attending. 

Members - LOGIN to access the latest seasonal College Fair Schedule.

CLICK HERE to submit your college fair for our seasonal schedule.

PCACAC Partners with

We are excited to announce that we're partnering with StriveScan once again to host virtual college fairs this September. Counselors and students (grades 9-11)  in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia are invited to attend.

COUNSELOR, PARENT & STUDENT REGISTRATION

COLLEGE REGISTRATION

• $125 for PCACAC members - REGISTER HERE
• $150 for non-PCACAC members - REGISTER HERE
• HBCU's receive a $50 reduced registration fee ($75 members / $100 non-members)

Members: You must be a current member and logged in to the member website prior to registering to receive your discount. Discounts or refunds will not be provided retroactively.

Instructions: 

• Having a second representative is optional, but can be helpful especially to respond to student questions in the chat during the presentation
• Each presenter will be added to the webinar and will receive their own unique link to join the webinar as a Panelist

• Members: Log in for your members-only discount. 

What Comes with Registration

• One 45-minute session to answer student questions via chat

• 6 minutes during the session to present about your institution

• StriveScan student data on all students who register for your session

• Up to two representatives from your institution, per session 

StriveScan’s 6x6 Virtual College Fair Format

• After college registration closes, colleges will be assigned by us to a group with up to 5 other institutions (a total of up to 6 colleges per group). Your group’s session will be 45-minutes long, allowing for each institution to present for 6 minutes.

• Throughout the entire 45 minutes, students will be able to ask questions via chat. 

• There will be multiple concurrent group sessions happening each hour. 

• Students will register through StriveScan for each group session they want to attend. 

• All 6 institutions in the group will receive the StriveScan student data for all of the students who registered for your group’s session.

• Your total time commitment is approximately one hour.

• Sessions are hosted by StriveScan via Zoom Webinars (students will not be on camera).

• Learn more about StriveScan’s 6x6 virtual college fair format

Thank you for your continued support and collaboration during these unique times! We look forward to spending time with you.

NACAC College Fairs

NACAC fairs hosted in the PCACAC region

Exhibiting at NACAC fairs

NACAC Fairs website

NACAC College Fair Chair Directory