TJC sets free `adult student workshop' for March 19

Information about starting college for the first time - or returning after a long absence - will be provided by Tyler Junior College Support Services during a free Adult Student Workshop.

The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 19, in Apache Rooms 3 and 4 of the Rogers Student Center, located at the corner of Baxter Avenue and Lake Street on the TJC campus.

Adult Student Workshops are open to anyone 21 years or older who is interested in returning to college.

They are designed for those individuals with a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED), who may be the first in their family to attend college, and who may lack financial resources for tuition, fees, books and childcare while attending college.

This might include single parents, displaced homemakers, recently laid-off workers or other adults who need retraining for a new career.

The college admissions process, registration procedures, testing requirements, financial aid and other services available to students will be discussed, as will promising career fields for future students.

Workshop speakers will include representatives from the offices of admissions, testing, financial aid, support services and distance learning, as well as the counselors from each TJC academic school: Allied Health & Nursing, Applied Studies, Continuing Studies and University Studies.

Reservations are recommended.

To register for the workshop, call the TJC Support Services office at 903-510-2395 or email Dr. Vickie Geisel at vgei@tjc.edu.

Long-distance callers may reach the TJC switchboard tollfree during regular business hours by dialing 800-687-5680, ext. 2395.