College Night at the Library, an opportunity for students to meet with admissions representatives from local colleges and universities, will occur from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 5, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.

This event is free of charge and is open to the public. There is no registration. This event is geared for public, private, parochial and homeschooled high school students and their parents.

College Night begins at 6 p.m. with a panel discussion that will focus on admission requirements, availability of campus tours, online applications vs. paper applications, application deadlines, popular majors, internship opportunities, types of campus housing, financial aid and scholarship opportunities, and more.

The panel discussion will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Following the Q-and-A session, admissions representatives will be available at tables for further discussion with prospective students. They represent the following institutions.

• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
• University of Mississippi, Oxford
• Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches
• Loyola University, New Orleans
• Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
• Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans
• Delgado Community College, New Orleans
• Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond
• University of Louisiana at Monroe
• University of New Orleans
• Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio

Other colleges may send representatives.

College Night at the Library is coordinated by Carol Langston, PhD. She is the owner of Langston Educational Consulting. Dr. Langston has served as a College Board essay consultant, an AP Spanish reader, and has authored a chapter in a college counseling textbook that is used to certify counselors as college counselors.

For more information regarding this presentation, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at (504) 889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.