Just as a new school year begins with the influx of students, it seems strange but there are many people in the institution who are thinking about next year !

This past weekend was the Ontario Universities Fair - an amazing event, that has been running for many years, that seeks to provide in one venue (the Metro Convention Centre) a place for universities to advertize their programs programs to prospective undergraduate students. Each year, tens of thousands of students attend, asking questions, taking literature away and thinking about which university they will attend.

The display put on by the University of Guelph is impressive but perhaps more impressive are the numbers of faculty, staff and students who give their time voluntarily to stand in front of the display and simply talk about the University. For anyone who has not done this - I would encourage you to sign up for next year. It is, at the same time, both exhilerating to be among the sea of interested and somewhat anxious faces and utterly draining as you are asked questions about the University and the programs that we offer.

I would like to thank all of those people who gave their time for the two and a half day event and entreat those of you who have not done so before to sign for next year. Whilst some of us are dealing with the new cohort who entered in 2006, staff in Admissions is not only recruiting for 2007 but is now thinking about the recruitment fair to attract students for 2008.