Summer school
offerings expanded;
Cadre program to
continue
SB
courses, so demand is expected to be high.
Ty Eppsteiner
Stait Writer
Registration for summer
school has begun. The schedule of
courses can be accessed on
Guilford's homepage by clicking
on Academic Programs in the
quick finder.
There are going to be 40 per
cent more courses this year than
last year. Room and board will
cost around 20 dollars a day.
"Summer school is the most
vastly underutilized resource of
the college," said Bill Stevens, the
director of CCE and summer
school. To combat this past trend,
Stevens is advertising the
Guilford program to students of
other colleges that live in the
county as well as graduating high
school seniors from the area.
"Guilford students will not
have priority. It is on a first come
first served basis," said Stevens.
"Though Guilford students have
been given the course schedules
first, we are sending out to out
side students at the end of this
week. Students who wish to at
tend summer school should get
their applications in immedi
ately."
"The reason that we are do
ing registration early this year,"
said Stevens, "is because renova
tions are being done on dorms this
summer. So far English and Shore
are the only two dorms we are
going to keep open for sure for
summer school. We need to get in
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everyone's applications to see if we
need to open other dorms, in which
case we need to contact Housing to
work the renovations around our
needs for space."
Cadre applications will be sent
out next week. Cadre offers two free
courses and free room in exchange
for working 30 hours a week for the
college, earning minimum wage in
jobs for campus jobs. Meals are not
free, and in order to be accepted,
one must have a GPA of at least 2.5
(up from 2.0).
Stevens expects that about one
in three applicants to the Cadre
program will be accepted. He says
admittance has a good deal to do
with GPA, because students with
higher GPAs have been known to
work harder at their jobs in the past,
but as in Guilford's regular admis
sion policies, the coordinators will
also look at other qualifications.
As of last Monday, there were
50 jobs being offered on the appli
cation form and 30 more jobs being
requested by faculty. Student de
mand will dictate any changes.
"Summer school is just a great
deal for any student," said Stevens.
"Its cheaper and the weather is
more comfortable. You can pick up
courses you missed in the fall and
spring semesters or make up for
mistakes you have made in the past.
Freshmen who go to summer school
every year could graduate in 3
years, saving themselves a lot of
money. I went to summer school
when I was in college. It was a nice
relaxed atmosphere. I really en
joyed it."
■jTj
February 23, 2001