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NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, Mass., July 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CollegeWeekLive, the leading channel where students and colleges meet online, today announced CollegeWeekLive BACK TO SCHOOL powered by Intel®, a free online event specifically for incoming college freshmen and high school seniors. On Thursday, August 9, 2012 between 2 and 10 PM Eastern, students and their parents can login to www.CollegeWeekLive.com and watch live presentations on topics such as survival strategies for dorm move-in day and how-to choose a computer and other tech tools for the academic year ahead.
CollegeWeekLive BACK TO SCHOOL powered by Intel also enables students to chat live online with admissions representatives from 212 participating colleges. Attendees are encouraged to watch live presentations and ask questions to presenters, admissions representatives, and current college students to help them choose the right college match and prepare for the coming academic year. Video presentations, led by leading college experience experts, include:
- How to Write a Winning Application Essay
- Study Smarter Not Harder
- Top 10 Secrets of Picking a Major
- The Complete Guide to Personal Finance: For Teenagers
- Back to School for Grownups
- Thinking Your Way to Great SAT/ACT scores
In addition, Intel will be presenting two invaluable sessions during the event. At 2 PM EDT, Shormila Sarkar, Intel Americas, Campaign Manager, will share advice about "Time Management for College." At 6 PM EDT, Nicole Nash, Intel Americas, Social Marketing Strategist, will be talking about "How to Succeed in College."
More than 10,000 students are expected to attend the online event August 9, and students and family members can visit CollegeWeekLive now to register for free.
Participating colleges include:
| Adelphi University | Park University |
| Alderson-Broaddus College | Paul Smith's College |
| Alliant International University | Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny |
| Armstrong Atlantic State University | Pensacola State College |
| Bay Path College | Pepperdine University |
| Bentley University | Philadelphia University |
| Berkeley College | Post University |
| Berry College | Presbyterian College |
| Binghamton University | Quinnipiac University |
| Booth University College | Regis College |
| Boston University | Roger Williams University |
| Bowling Green State University | Rutgers University |
| Broward College | Saint John's University, NY |
| Bryan University | Saint Joseph's College (Brooklyn) |
| California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Saint Louis University |
| Carleton University | Saint Thomas Aquinas College |
| Castleton State College | Santa Fe College |
| Central Christian College of the Bible | Schenectady County Community College |
| Central Connecticut State University | Stony Brook University |
| Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science | Suffolk University |
| Clayton State University | SUNY, Alfred State College |
| College of Saint Rose | SUNY, College at Brockport |
| College of St Joseph in Vermont | SUNY, College at Cortland |
| Colorado State University, Global Campus | SUNY, College at New Paltz |
| Colorado Technical University - Online - CTU | SUNY, College at Old Westbury |
| Columbia College | SUNY, College at Oneonta |
| Concordia University - Wisconsin | SUNY, Purchase College |
| CUNY, Hunter College | Susquehanna University |
| D'Youville College | Syracuse University |
| Daemen College | Temple School of Pharmacy |
| Dakota College at Bottineau | Texas Tech University |
| Design Institute of San Diego | The American College of Greece |
| Dixie State College | The American University in Cairo |
| Drake University | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| East Georgia College | United States Air Force Academy |
| East Tennessee State University | United States Merchant Marine Academy |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Universidad Central Del Este |
| Edison State College | University of Akron |
| Elizabethtown College | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa |
| Emory University | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Erie Community College | University of Alberta |
| Fisher College | University of Bridgeport |
| Florida A&M University | University of Bristol |
| Florida Atlantic University | University of British Columbia |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | University of California, Berkeley |
| Florida Institute of Technology | University of California, Davis |
| Florida International University | University of California, Irvine |
| Fontbonne University | University of California, Riverside |
| Franklin and Marshall College | University of California, San Diego |
| Friends University | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Georgia College and State University | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Georgia Southern University | University of Chicago |
| Georgia Southwestern State University | University of Colorado, Denver |
| Georgia State University | University of Denver |
| Grand View University | University of East Anglia |
| Great Lakes Maritime Academy | University of Florida |
| Grove City College | University of Gloucestershire |
| Heidelberg University | University of Idaho |
| Henderson State University | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Hofstra University | University of Louisville |
| Holy Names University | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | University of Melbourne |
| Indiana State University | University of Memphis |
| Indiana Tech | University of New England |
| Jefferson College of Health Sciences | University of New Haven |
| John Cabot University | University of North Carolina School of The Arts |
| Johnson State College | University of North Florida |
| Johnson State College | University of North Texas |
| Keiser University | University of Northern Colorado |
| Kent State University | University of Oregon |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | University of Pittsburgh Johnstown |
| King's College London | University of Queensland |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | University of Saint Francis |
| LaFayette College | University of San Diego |
| Lawrence Technological University | University of Southern Maine |
| Lees-McRae College | University of Tampa |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University | University of Technology, Sydney |
| Lesley University | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| LIM College | University of Texas, Pan American |
| Lincoln College | University of Texas, Tyler |
| LIU Brooklyn | University of the Sciences In Philadelphia |
| LIU Global | University of Tulsa |
| Manhattan College | University of Vermont |
| Manhattanville College | University of Warwick |
| Mercy College | University of Washington, Seattle |
| Marshall University | University of West Georgia |
| Meredith College | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
| Miami Dade College | University of Wisconsin, Platteville |
| Michigan Technological University | University of Wisconsin, Stout |
| Middle Georgia College | University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
| Mississippi State University | Upper Iowa University |
| Mitchell College | Utah Valley University |
| Moravian College | Villanova University |
| Morrisville State College | Virginia Military Institute |
| Mount Ida College | Wartburg College |
| Mount St. Mary's University | Washington State University |
| Naropa University | West Virginia University |
| Nazareth College | Western Michigan University |
| New England Culinary Institute | Western Oregon University |
| North Carolina A&T State University | Western State College of Colorado |
| North Carolina State University | Western Washington University |
| Norwich University | William Paterson University |
| Oklahoma State University | William Peace University |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Pace University | Yale University |
| Palmer College of Chiropractic | Youngstown State University |
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