UW Gazette, March 6, 1996
     
     High school students will have a chance Tuesday to
preview campus life, academic programs and services at UW.
     The 24rd annual Campus Day is expected to attract
several thousand students, along with friends and family
members, said Steve Little, director of the secondary school
liaison office. Last year about 3,900 students, friends and
parents attended Campus Day.
     "We hope that their experience on Campus Day will
increase their interest in attending Waterloo," Little says
in a publicity release. "Our main objectives are to provide
information for our visitors and answer their questions, as
well as to acquaint them with some of the people involved
with our programs and services."
     They'll get to tour academic departments, gawk at the
Student Life Centre and try out the cafeterias - while their
parents get briefings about financial aid, campus housing
and security issues.
     The annual Campus Day is an information-packed event
for university-bound students. Most activities begin around
9 a.m. and continue until about 4:00, involving faculty,
staff and students from nearly every department and student
service area across the campus.
     Information sessions will cover such topics as co-
operative education, health and safety, counselling,
residence life, inter-university sports and campus
recreation programs, financial aid and student life.
     The concourse of South Campus Hall will be the focal
point for the day's events. Walking tours will start at the
SCH concourse, where there'll be information booths and
displays.
     UW's six faculties will hold special activities and
tours:
     Applied health sciences activities are based at
Matthews Hall; arts at Hagey Hall of the Humanities;
engineering at Carl Pollock Hall; environmental Studies at
the Environment Studies 1 building; mathematics at the
     Math and Computer building; and Science at Biology 1.
     The independent studies program and the four church
colleges are also involved in the big day, offering tours
and special visitor events.
     Organizers warn each Campus Day that parking will be
at a premium - staff, faculty and students are urged to car-
pool or take the bus if they can - and that food outlets
will be crowded on Tuesday.