College Access Fair for African-American/Black and Hispanic/Latinx Students and Families
We’ve added new resources to help you.
Check below for short Quick Glance at … videos that you, your students and their families can watch to learn about what makes these colleges and universities special.
Scroll down this page a bit farther and you'll find links to recordings of all the workshops that took place during last November’s College Access Fair. And, you'll find contact information - emails and/or websites – for the colleges and universities and for the college advisement and youth support organizations that were at the Fair.
Also, each year we produce a free resource to help students and families navigate their college search. The college guide, Your College Search–Proof Positive, includes campus profiles and information on financial aid. It is free to high schools, libraries, community-based organizations, and other groups that help students with their college search. Click here to order copies of Your College Search–Proof Positive.
NEW! Upcoming Virtual College Fairs and Events (added April 2021):
- NACAC 2021 Spring Virtual College Fair and NYSACAC 2021 Spring Virtual College Fair
- NYS HESC Upcoming And On-demand Virtual Events
Check out the “Quick Glance at….” Videos from these colleges (added Mar.2021):
- Quick Glance at Alfred University
- Quick Glance at The College of Mount Saint Vincent
- Quick Glance at Hamilton College
- Quick Glance at Ithaca College
- Quick Glance at Le Moyne College
- Quick Glance at Marymount Manhattan College
- Quick Glance at The New School
- Quick Glance at New York School of Interior Design
- Quick Glance at Pace University
- Quick Glance at PrattMWP
- Quick Glance at Rochester Institute of Technology
- Quick Glance at St. Francis College
- Quick Glance at St. John Fisher College
- Quick Glance at St. John's University
- Quick Glance at St. Joseph's College
- Quick Glance at Syracuse University
We also added the links below to more helpful resources (added Feb.2021):
- Federal Student Aid At A Glance
- College Preparation Checklist
- Direct PLUS Loan Basics for Parents
- Federal Student Loans Basics for Students
- Do You Need Money for College?
- Federal Student Grant Programs
- Federal Student Loan Programs
- Federal Student Aid: Find the Information You Need
- Financial Aid and Undocumented Students
- Information for International Students
How to Pay For College
Learn about financial aid and how it can help you pay for college, as well as how and when to apply. There will also be a discussion of scholarships and other aid for African-American and Hispanic/Latinx students.
Vanessa Barrios, Associate Director of Financial Aid, St. Joseph's College
Click here to watch a recording of this workshop.
Cómo Pagar la Universidad
Durante esta sesión aprenderás qué es asistencia financiera y cómo te puede ayudar a pagar tu universidad, además de cómo y cuándo solicitarla. También habrá una discusión sobre becas y demás ayuda para estudiantes afroamericanos e hispanos/latinos.
Luis Guamán, Vice President for Enrollment Management, Helene Fuld College of Nursing
Fany Y. Stubbs, M.S., Interim Director, Financial Aid
​Gloria M. Suarez, Enrollment Management Specialist
Click here to watch a recording of this workshop.
Prep for College Success
In this workshop for students, learn: how to prepare for college; how to select a college that fits you best; important tips on how to be successful once you are in college; and resources and suggestions on where to turn to for help with the college application process and after entering college.
Quinton Lampkin, Founder, Scholar Navigator, LLC
Click here to watch a recording of this workshop.
Preparing for the College Process (for parents)
This workshop for parents/guardians will provide an overview of parents/guardians’ roles in the college process during college selection and admission and financial aid application submissions; how to prepare financially and emotionally for your child’s college education; and will highlight programs and services available to guide families through the process.
Norma P. Feriz-Gordon, MSEd, Proud College and Career Planning Team Member, College Bridge for All School Engagement Lead, Office of Postsecondary Readiness, NYC Department of Education
Click here to watch a recording of this workshop.
New York State Dream Act with UnLocal
College should be made accessible for everyone, regardless of immigration status. This workshop will go over the New York State Dream Act, which provides financial funding for college for students who are non-citizens, including undocumented. Join Diana as she dives into the application process for the New York State Dream Act.
Diana Castillo, Community Outreach Fellow at UnLocal
Click here to watch a recording of this workshop.
Higher Education Opportunity Program
The Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) provides financial aid and support to college students at private colleges across New York. Eligible students may be academically or financially underprepared for college, but show potential to succeed in college with the right support system. In this panel discussion, directors of HEOP programs at Alfred University, Bard College, Cornell University, St. Lawrence University, Skidmore College, and Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology talk about the program, why students should apply, and what they can expect to get from it.
Click here to watch the panel discussion
- Adelphi University: visit their website
- Alfred University: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Bard College: visit their website
- Barnard College: visit their website
- Boricua College: email an admissions representative (option 1), email an admissions representative (option 2) | visit their website
- Canisius College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Cazenovia College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Clarkson University: visit their website | email HEOP representative, visit HEOP website
- Colgate University: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- College of Mount Saint Vincent: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- The College of Saint Rose: visit their website
- Columbia University: visit their website
- Concordia College New York: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- The Cooper Union: visit their website
- Cornell University–HEOP: visit their website
- Daemen College: visit their website | visit their graduate study website
- Dominica College: visit their website
- Elmira College: visit their website
- Excelsior College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Fordham University: visit their website
- Hamilton College: visit their website
- Hartwick College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Hilbert College: visit their website
- Hofstra University: visit their website
- Iona College: visit their website
- Ithaca College: visit their website
- Keuka College: visit their website
- The King's College: visit their website
- Le Moyne College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Manhattan College: visit their website, visit their transfer website
- Manhattanville College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Maria College: visit their website
- Marist College: visit their website
- Marymount Manhattan College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Medaille College: visit their website
- Mercy College: email an admissions representative | visit their website, visit their admissions website
- Metropolitan College of New York: visit their website
- Molloy College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Mount Saint Mary College: visit their website, visit their HEOP website
- Nazareth College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- The New School: visit their website
- New York Institute of Technology: visit their website
- New York Law School: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- New York School of Interior Design: visit their website
- New York University: visit their website
- Niagara University: visit their website
- Pace University: email an admissions representative | visit their website, visit their graduate study website
- Paul Smith's College: email an admissions representative | visit their website, visit their graduate study website
- Pratt Institute: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- RPI: visit their website
- Rochester Institute of Technology: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Russell Sage College: visit their website
- Sarah Lawrence College: visit their website
- Siena College: email an admissions representative | visit their website, visit their graduate study website
- Skidmore College: visit their website
- St. Bonaventure University–HEOP: visit their website
- St. Francis College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- St. John Fisher College: visit their website
- St. John's University: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn: visit their website
- St. Joseph's College-Long Island: visit their website
- St. Lawrence University: visit their website
- St. Thomas Aquinas College: visit their website
- Syracuse University: visit their website
- Trocaire College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Union College: visit their website
- University of Rochester: visit their website
- Utica College: visit their website
- Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology: visit their website
- Villa Maria College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- Webb Institute: visit their website
- Wells College: email an admissions representative | visit their website
- College Advising Corps: email a representative | visit their website
- National Hispanic Institute: visit their website
- New Settlement Apartments' College Access Center: visit their website
- NYS Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC): visit their website
- NYC Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (RBERN): visit their website
- SHPE - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers: email a representative | visit their website