By INGRID MALDONADO
Student Reporter
Ranger Preview, an event where future students can get an inside look at what NWOSU entails, while also receiving a $600 scholarship.
Ranger Preview is happening Saturday, and the university will be busy with high school seniors. The entire campus has been preparing for this. Clubs get together to get future students interested, departments prepare for students to take a look at what they offer, etc.
“[Ranger preview] is an opportunity for high school seniors to come and experience ranger life,” said Tylar Thompson, who is a recruitment coordinator at NWOSU.
High school students who come to Ranger Preview get opportunities to see more of the campus, majors, and all the things NWOSU has to offer.
Thompson explained students get to talk to professors about the major they’re interested in and ask them questions. This helps students see what they do like or not like about what NWOSU has to offer.
Students can see all the types of departments and majors. If a certain major interests them that can be very beneficial. Students get to tour and see more than 40 of NWOSU’s degree options.
This is the third year the recruitment department has been using their new format. Thompson explained Ranger Preview used to all be held in the Percival Fieldhouse. She said the advice they got back from staff, professors, and even parents created the format they use now.
“It’s kind of like a town fair,” Thompson said, describing the new format.
This new format has Ranger Preview start in the Percival Fieldhouse, do the welcome in there but then it splits into different areas of campus. Thompson said many students are outside, live performances are happening which gives it that town fair atmosphere.
“It’s a lot of communication, it’s a lot of networking from here to other departments,” Thompson said.
Thompson explained how she has to have communication with all the department chairs, maintenance, campus police, Chartwells, and NSA. She said with the new format all of this is made easier.
Communication is an important factor in making Ranger Preview successful.
“We do a database of over 1,200 students, where we’re sending out different mailings on events, doing high school presentations as well,” Thompson said.
Students from not just Oklahoma come to Ranger Preview. Recruitment goes to Kansas as well as the Texas panhandle. Thompson explained that since August up until next week, recruitment has visited 75 schools, helping promote the event.
“We couldn’t make it happen if it wasn’t for the faculty and staff, and our student workers,” Thompson said.
