Area high school students and their families can investigate the programs of approximately 65 colleges and universities during Schoolcraft College’s annual College Night on Wednesday, Oct.4. The event is free and open to the community.

The schools, primarily from Michigan and the Midwest, will be on hand to answer questions and provide information on degrees, fields of study, admission requirements, cost and extracurricular activities. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Physical Education Building on the Livonia campus and continues until 8:30 p.m.

A sample of in-state schools attending includes Michigan State University, Central, Western, Northern and Eastern Michigan universities, Adrian and Albion colleges, Ferris State, the University of Michigan Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses, Lawrence Tech, and Wayne State University.

City Year Detroit and four branches of the military also will be on hand.

College Night typically draws about 3,500 persons. The colleges are arranged fair-style so guests can visit as many tables as they wish in any order they wish. Students are encouraged to bring address labels to make filling out college information cards easy, and to bring pencil and paper for taking notes.

For more information, call the Schoolcraft Office of Admissions at 734-462-4426.

Schoolcraft College is a public two-year college, offering classes at the Livonia campus on Haggerty Road between Six and Seven Mile roads, at the Radcliff Center in Garden City and online.