The University has recently launched a virtual tour of the campus accessible on the home page of university’s website, ulm.edu.

The virtual tour was launched in early September and aims to make touring the campus and all its amenities more accessible to potential students who live farther away and are unable to visit the campus in person. 

“As an Alum of ULM, when asked to create a tour for my university I was very eager to get started,” said Frank Sampognaro, who is also currently a College of Business graduate student.

“Sampogonaro worked closely with Sam Hall for several months to construct the virtual tour,” said Lauren Brownell, director of marketing and student marketing initiatives.

Sampagnaro has also developed a couple of other tours such as the Masur Museum and several others.

“The project took most of the summer, but we are very pleased with the finished product,” said Brownell.

Along with a stable increase in enrollment and the largest freshmen class, the virtual tour hopes to add even to the increase in enrollment by making it able for the user to virtually walk around the entire campus and enter into each building to view a tour of various areas and rooms.

The virtual tour includes components that range from pictures of residential life to videos of available radiologic technology.

Information and pictures on attractions near campus and around the Monroe area are also accessible on the main menu such as Peanland Mall, The Shops on Tower and Tinseltown.

“The tour was aimed to make a tour available to those students who want to see our campus that live throughout the southeast region in distances where it is not feasible for them to take an in person tour,” said Brownell.

“We know once a potential student sees our beautiful campus, more than not they want to attend the University of Louisiana Monroe like we did,” said Brownell.