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throughout the year.
Hunter Bowen
STAFF WRITER
Randy Doss, Guilford's
vice president of enrollment,
has recently been faced with
a difficult task: increase the
college's admissions by 35 per
cent over the next five years.
"Basically, Guilford has
to get bigger," said the'B2
Guilford alum.
According to Doss, the
increase is necessary if
Guilford is to continue as a
quality institution of higher
learning.
Guilford's Board of Trust
ees expects Doss to increase
the current total enrollment
of 1,260 students to 1,600
over the next five years, set
ting the target enrollment for
fall 'Ol at 345 first-year stu
dents. Last year's target was
dlb, but uuilrord
recruited 322 (this
number comprises
only first-year,
main campus stu
dents, not transfer
or continuing edu
cation students).
D oss plans to
achieve his goal,
"ith a lot of hard
work." He ex-
plained the multi
faceted changes and campus
wide-effort.
One of the most apparent
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areas of change is in Guilford's
physical appearance, for which
Doss applauds the efforts of
John Jenkins and David Petree
of the facilities department.
"The appearance of a school is
a good indicator of institutional
health," said Doss.
The facilities of the Frank
Family Science Center, which,
surpass most state schools at
the moment, is another good
example of Guilford's attempt
to draw more interest to the
school.
Doss concedes that the sci
ences are currently a
major focus of the
school, but explained
that, as with the num
bers of sports studies
majors, Guilford is un
der-enrolled in the sci
ences. "The levels of en
rollment in those areas
are unhealthily low," he said,
The fastest way to
1600 is through
currently enrolled
students being
satisfied happy
with their
Guilford experience
It certainly makes
my job a lot easier.
-Randy Doss
within Doss's office in New Gar
den, where student involve
ment has increased. All admis-
The last thing
we want to
become is a
parking lot
school.
-Mona Olds
"it's my job to balance
them with other areas
of enrollment in the
school, which is very
hard— Our goal is
not to change the
quality of Guilford in
the process of enlarg
ing it."
Less apparent,
though, are the
changes and efforts
sion counselors are Guilford
graduates, which automati
cally qualifies them as highly
informed for their positions.
And with student tour guides
compensated $250 a semester
and prospective hosts lured by
Harris Teeter and 8.8.'s gift
certificates, student involve
ment is up significantly from
recent years. "Much more time
and effort is spent matching up
prospective and host more
closely than in the past, which
allows for a more attentive host,"
stated Nancy Houston, coordina-
tor for visitor services.
At the moment, Doss
is busy strategizing, com
piling numbers, finding
trends, and trying to fig
ure out where to put 400
more main campus stu
dents. Presently, out of an
annual average of 25,000
inquires, 5.5 percent apply. "Trying
lu buual inquiiiia up 00 pi!.iernt
it would
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