Graduate School Awareness Week will take place Monday-Thursday and will  conduct events to provide information about ACU’s graduate programs as well as programs from colleges throughout the country.

According to ACU’s website for the graduate school, the events include an opportunity to meet Tuesday with graduate admissions at the Learning Commons, where free burritos from La Popular will be available.

The Graduate and Professional Fair will take place Thursday in the Hunter Welcome Center.

“I think this is a good week for undergraduate students to find out about the graduate programs that we offer at ACU,” said Bree Craig, graduate conflict resolution major and marketing intern from Arlington. “I think that it’s something that maybe isn’t as widely known across campus; not just that we offer programs, but what they are.”

Craig said the fee for applying to graduate school is waived for any current ACU students who apply to the Graduate School during Graduate School Awareness Week.

Craig emphasized the importance of looking into graduate school early.

While Graduate School Awareness Week also provides a chance for students to learn more about graduate programs at other colleges.

“It’s awareness about our programs, but then it’s also just graduate school in general,” said Stacy Shenefield, graduate admissions counselor. “If students are looking at going in to a program that we don’t offer, the staff is still more than happy to answer questions.”

Shenefield said representatives from graduate programs all over the country will attend the Graduate and Professional Fair on Thursday.

The Graduate Students’ Association Coffee House, a new event this year, will take place in the Hunter Welcome Center on Thursday evening to bring the week to a close.

Corey Patterson, managing director of online programs, said this event serves a dual purpose.

“Graduate students mainly look at the programs; they don’t really look at the school as a whole,” said Patterson. “However, when you get here, it’s easy to get lost, it’s easy to get to a point of feeling like, ‘You know I’m in this program, I’m kind of by myself with just the people who are in my program.’ The event on Thursday is designed not only to give awareness to the undergraduate students, but other graduate students from other programs and create a community in the Graduate School.”