Media Advisory: HESC Announces Spring 2008 College Tour

ALBANY, NY (03/18/2008)(readMedia)-- HESC Announces Spring 2008 College Tour

Who: NYS Higher Education Services Corp. (HESC)

What: Representatives from HESC, the state agency that helps people pay for college, will be present at college fairs throughout the state this spring, explaining college financial aid options to students.

Why: To present critically important information about how families and students can prepare for, learn about, and pay for college. HESC offers vast resources to help New York State families with every aspect of going to college.

Spring 2008 Schedule of College Fairs

April 1 - 2 NACAC College Fair Buffalo Convention Center Buffalo, NY

April 4 - 5 NACAC College Fair Riverside Convention Center Rochester, NY

April 6 - 7 NACAC College Fair OnCenter Syracuse, NY

April 12 Latino College Expo Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY

April 13 NACAC College Fair Jacob Javits Convention Center New York, NY

April 27 Chinese American College Fair Chinese Community Center Chinatown, NY

May 5 South Westchester Middle School College Fair @ 10:00 am; South Westchester High School College Fair @ 6:30 pm White Plains County Center White Plains, NY

May 6 Nassau Counselors’ College Fair Hofstra University Uniondale, L.I.

May 7 Capital District Counseling Association College Fair Hudson Valley Community College Troy, NY

May 13 Suffolk Counselors’ College Fair Huntington Hilton Hotel Melville, L.I.

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