Organizers of SIUC’s in-house open house expect better student turnout this semester because of a location change.

Last semester was the first time we held this, and the student turnout was not what we had hoped for, said Yvonne Williams, associate director of the Center for Basic Skills and chief academic adviser. The new student open house has gotten a great response in the past at the Rec Center so we thought we would give it a try.

Williams said the open house gives continuing students an opportunity to talk with advisers from different colleges, as well as their own, about what options are available. She said students considering changing their major should attend the open house to talk to the advisers of the department in which they are interested.

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Twelve academic units will be represented at the open house:MEDPREP, pre-major advisement, and the colleges of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Science, Agriculture, Applied Sciences and Art, Business and Administration, Education, Engineering and Liberal Arts.

Williams said organizers have been advertising actively for the open house. She said fliers have been posted across campus and in the Student and Recreation centers. There have also been advertisements for the open house on residence hall television.

We are in the middle of registering students for the next semester so it is sometimes hard for students to talk with an adviser from another department, Williams said. This open house will give them that opportunity.

Factoid:The open house is from 4 until 6 p.m. in the Recreation Center.