Inaugural Black College Expo in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Hundreds of Fresno Unified students heard from colleges crossed the state Monday astatine the inaugural Black College Expo successful downtown Fresno.

"The Black College Expo is precise captious to the African American assemblage and it increases assemblage enrollment arsenic good arsenic allows our students to marque choices of schools they consciousness comfy at," FUSD Guidance and Counseling Manager, Gloria Ponce-Rodriguez said.

More than 50 colleges, including historically achromatic universities, were retired recruiting students and sharing what makes their field a bully acceptable for them, from academics to clubs.

"We conscionable truly spot the value of exposing our students to antithetic options and opportunities for them," FUSD manager of assemblage readiness and counseling Nancy Witrado said.

Fresno Unified provided students with their transcripts to show and speech astir imaginable scholarships and the admissions process.

"What's truthful large is they're accepted connected the spot, waiving exertion fees, and we're implicit a cardinal dollars successful scholarships today," laminitis and CEO of Black College Expo, Theresa Price, said.

The lawsuit showcased a assortment of workshops to hole students for assemblage from however to find wealth for schoolhouse to however to find your imagination job.

"Whatever they privation to do, it's here," Price said. "Whether they privation to beryllium an astronaut oregon a zoologist, it's successful this room. An entrepreneur, you privation to beryllium creative, it's present and the large happening is, they're giving you wealth to go."

If you missed retired connected the lawsuit this year, the Black College Expo is acceptable to instrumentality again adjacent year.

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