Thirty-one Poughkeepsie High School students toured Dominican University in Orangeburg, NY, last month.

Led by Kelly Semexant, college readiness and workforce education counselor; Nashon Anderson and Stacey Lee, the 26 10th grade English Honors students and five seniors who applied to Dominican attended an admissions presentation and question and answer session afterward. The college is located just outside New York City.

“The students asked amazing questions and were praised by the Dominican University representatives,” Semexant said, adding that for many students it was their first time on a college campus.

Students then split up and did campus tours with guides. After the tour, students ate lunch while hearing from the athletics department.

Three seniors were able to speak directly with the athletics recruiter and the track coach. One senior was able to meet with an admissions rep and submit her application. She received her acceptance letter to Dominican last week.

Semexant has a series of college tours coming up, including SUNY New Paltz, March 8; St. John’s University, March 13; Monroe College, March 23; St. Thomas Aquinas College, April 25 and the SUNY College Fair at SUNY New Paltz, April 27. There are also smaller tours scheduled for select groups, including a June 2 tour of DCC for first generation college bound students and one for PMS seventh grade honors students to Vassar College May 12 and select eighth graders to St. Thomas Aquinas on June 6.