Long Beach City College hosted its first on-campus university transfer fair since 2019 on Nov. 1 at the A quad located at the Liberal Arts Campus.
White tents nearly took up the whole A quad as universities lined up their tables beginning on the sidewalk that starts on Carson St. all the way to the front of the A building.
The event lasted from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. It started off slow but it picked up as the day went on and more students began to arrive on campus.
Although the fair was set up for students, plenty of LBCC faculty were in attendance as well, including LBCC President Mike Munoz.
Following an empty campus after COVID-19 closed the campus for two years, the college community has missed these on-campus events.
There was even coffee and bagels provided by Corner Bakery for those in attendance.
The transfer services team put this event together so that students who plan on transferring out of LBCC can find which universities best suit their academic goals.
It also provided a great opportunity for students to come out and ask questions about the transfer process directly to university representatives in person.
“Our goal here is to connect with students who are looking for what we offer at our school which I feel is very singular and maybe not what everyone is looking for, but I know there is a sizeable amount of students who are looking for the approach we take on education,” said Harry McDonough, an admissions recruiter from Antioch University.
There were over 20 universities from across the country who showed up to the transfer fair, like New York’s Columbia University on the east coast and Northern California’s UC Davis.
Unsurprisingly, the hometown university took up the most space amongst the schools in attendance, being the only school who had a number of tables set up. While most of the other universities had a single representative, CSULB had several chosen from different departments to come out on campus.
“We’re out here today trying to show students that there are universities out there that would like to visit our school and that not everything is virtual anymore, you can actually meet people face to face now,” said Ruben Page, LBCC’s transfer coordinator during the event.
Transfer services are still available online through the LBCC website or through the transfer center in the A building for students who were unable to attend the transfer fair.