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Informer

Vol. XV

AY
No. 9

Sept. 16/93 VA,

1968~1993

Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Morning Meetings, Good Planning, Use
of Sportsplex Speed Registration Process

With good humor and a great
deal of preparation, Fall 1993
registration proceeded smoothly
and efficiently.

“I think this was our best
registration ever,” said Rob
Turner, Vice-President of Stu-
dent and Instructional Services.
“Our registrar Dianna Larsen
organized and anticipated
everything there was to do. Also,
we had excellent input from staff
and faculty and put their sugges-
tions to use.”

Much of the input came
during early morning meetings
held each day of registration. Advi-
sors, counsellors, registration staff
and administrators discussed what
had happened the day before and
made plans for the day ahead.

Asa result, the few kinks encoun-
tered in the registration process were
ironed out quickly. This led to many
positive comments from students,
faculty and administrators.

“I’ve had nothing but favorable
feedback, except for one comment
from an anonymous registration staff
person who said ‘Registration was so
well run, it was boring,’” Rob
quipped.

One of the new features of this
year’s registration was moving the
first three steps (check-in, records
check, course approval/advising) to
the Sportsplex. The added space
helped the flow of the registration
process, Dianna said. Another new

feature has been the daily “Registra-
tion Head Count” report on the E-
mail bulletin board.
The head count as of Sept. 8 was:
Academic Studies 3,129
(1,848 part-time)

Career 1,665
(805 part-time)

Vocational 323
(90 part-time)

ABE/ESL/SE 393
(371 part-time)

Total number enrolled 5,510
(3,114 part-time)

Virtually all seats were filled in
Academic, Career, Vocational, ABE
and ESL sections, except for a few
science courses at the second-year
level.

The Office of the Registrar pro-
cessed approximately 9,400 applica-
tions. However, some students

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submitting applications did not
actually enrol. This occurred for a
variety of reasons: some were not
accepted as they did not meet the
general College admission prerequi-
sites; others were not accepted to
programs due to lack of space,
prerequisites, an unacceptable
audition, etc.; others applied too late
in the year to be considered for the
Fall 1993 term; still others elected to
attend other institutions.

Larsen credits the dedication and
hard work of faculty, advisors and
staff members from the Registrar’s
Office, Educational Advising, Coun-
selling, Financial Services, the
Cashier's Office, and the Switch-
board for the successful handling of
registration.

“Working together, they formed a
very impressive team giving service
to the students,” she said.