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Show f campus news Enrollment Record-Hig- h Editor Karin Jaffie , t Managing Editor' Total Applications Fall Bill Godwin Business Manager Mike Moser Contributing Writers Cara Cahoon Julie Fullmer Kristie Glad Bob Gore Myriam Hernandez Rollin Mitchell Angela Russell Erick Scheen Andrea Smith Benj Williams, Photo Staff Mark Bricker Bill Godwin Faculty Adviser Dr. Ray Ownbey by Fall 1983 Julie Fullmer 1986 According to Craig Green, vice president for enrollment management and college relations, enrollment is definitely looking up these days at Westminster. Total admissions applications have jumped by 65 percent over the figures from spring semester in 1986. 810 800 Green pointed out that this doesnt mean everyone who applies ends up coming here, but it definitely reflects an increased interest and awareness of the college and what it has to offer. Fall 1984 790 Fall 1985 The actual number of enrolled students for the 1987 spring semester is 1,424, which is up by 11 percent over last years figure of 1,283. The ratio of students to instructors runs somewhere in the range of which is when still exceptionally good you compare that to other institutions, said Green. 18-to-- 820 780 l, Gnen feels that the colleges admissions success has come about as a result of various improvements made in management and marketing. One improvement includes a new computer system which enables the college to reach more students than before through direct mail. Increased recruiting efforts for students both traditional and and the current advertising campaign which non-tradition- al The Forum of Westminster College of Salt Lake City will be published and distributed eight times during the academic semester by the Associated Students of Westminster College. The newspapers address is 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84105. The Forum is an member of the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association. Typsetting and printing by Hoffine Printing, 55 East Malvern, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115, The Forum welcomes letters from students and other readers. Submissions must be signed and include the authors telephone number (telephone numbers will be used only to verify the authenticity of letters). Submissions must also avoid the use of profanity and libel. Lengths may not exceed three typed, double-space- d pages with lines 50 character spaces wide. Deliver letters directly to the Forum office (under the door if necessary) in the basement of Shaw Center by 3 p.m. on Friday one week before the date of publication, or mail them to the Forum office at the above address. Please be concise and to the point in your letters. Opinions expressed on the Forum editorial pages are those of the writers and are not to be construed as the opinions of the Associated Students of Westminster College or of the college administration, faculty or staff. 1987 Issue No. 9 Applications for admission have jumped 65 percent after a two-ye- ar ndividuals con- Sheryl Phillips, registrar, thinks this increased enrollment does not explain why classes filled up so quickly this semester. Enrollment plays a part in it, but she stated that it was students anxieties of classes closing, that got them in to register before the deadof the students regislines. Three-fourtbefore tered Christmas, she said. The liberal education classes are always the first hs award-winnin- g Jan. 26, highlights. different programs and associated with the college also tribute to the success. up then the MRA and Master of Education classes, business computer classes and to fill so on. According to Phillips, two new classrooms have been added in Foster Hall this year, and new rooms were acquired in the midtown campus last fall. She noted that in areas where there are increi.sing levels of participation, there vill most likely be more classes offered, different times for those classes will be available to choose from, and a couple decline. more instructors may be hired as well. "We want to be able to look at the students needs and try to find the best possible ways to fit those needs, Phillips said. She feels that the future looks extremely bright for the college. Were becoming more visible all the time, and people are becoming more aware of who we really are. I think well continue to grow, but at a faster pace, and as a result, be able to offer more of a va- riety of classes." Forum 3 |