Hey guys. 

This blog is running a little late. I apologize for that, I just got over the flu and had a pretty tough week last week.  But anyway, I wanted to tell you guys about the event I had the opportunity to take part in this past week.  I was a representative for the College of Mount St. Joseph on a nation wide virtual college fair.  It was pretty cool. 

The whole event took place on the website www.collegeweeklive.com and I participated at two days of the event.  The first day, I was set up to receive instant message from students visiting our virtual booth and answer any questions they might have.  But unfortunately, the website had a few technical difficulties and I wasn’t able to interact with anybody.

The following day I was supposed to be live on webcam and answer questions sent in by instant message from students.  After the first day’s troubles, I was a little worried I wouldn’t be able to accomplish that, but the staff at College Week Live was on top of things and assured me everything would run smoothly.  And it did! At around 6pm on Wednesday, I went live on the webcam and had an hour to interact with students visiting the site from all over.  They had some interesting questions and it was pretty fun.  The only bad thing was I was running a 102 fever during the event, but I was loaded up on Tylenol and I think I handled it okay.

I’m not sure if the event is happening again soon, but if I get some info on it, I’ll be sure to post in on here. I think it was a very valuable experience for me and any prospective students visiting the site.  It was also nice to share some insight about the school I attend and hopefully help make the tough decision of choosing a college a little easier.

> Eric M.