Maywood’s yearly annual education fair, hosted by none other than the students of the Master’sProgram in Higher Education from California State University Fullerton, was ultimately an outstanding event to bring the whole community together at MACES. The annual event gives students the opportunity to explore educational workshops, a resource fair, meet representatives from various colleges and universities, fun activities to participate in, and a scholarship ceremony to congratulate its recipients.
Maywood’s Education Fair was first founded and created by Jessica Barco 14 years ago. “Who was a student at Cal State Fullerton working on her Master’s degree,” said Mr. Marquez,“One of her final projects was to put something together for the community and decided to focus on college going culture and people from our community going to college. “Marquez also explained how Barco’s project from 14 years ago, was a huge success as it led to Cal State Fullerton deciding to continue the tradition of having its education fair at Maywood.
Representatives from colleges and universities that attended this event were;UCLA, UCI, UC Merced, Cal State Fullerton,Whittier College, Compton College, Cal Poly Pomona and many more, giving students helpful information to further expand their educational growth and other needs students wanted to know more about.
Students may sometimes find going to college stressful as they are beginning to endure a new chapter into their life and deciding whether or not it’s the right path for them.
“I was really looking forward to all the resources available. For example, all the colleges that were going to be there to provide information about applications and financial aid,” Maria Rojas, a senior, said. Rojas had also explained that she encourages everyone to go to an education fair regardless of what grade they are in, since there are many resources to help a student even if they are unsure of what they want to do after high school.
In regard to what an education fair benefits students, Anna Olson, an admission counselor from University of California Irvine, said,“The main thing is that it’s giving students exposure to what’s out there in the world, there are so many different kinds of higher education institutions, and there are so many different resources that exist for students and this is kind of a one-stop shop of getting to meet everyone all in one place instead of having to do your own research and find us online.”