The
WCC
vol. 11
FaUI
Enrollment at all-time high!
CAMPUS VOICE
Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, NC 27533-8002
October 20, 1998
Unofficial head count
at 2947 and rising
By SCOTT HERRING
The 1998-99 fall
semester has brought
many faces, about 2947
of them, to the WCC
campus.
This record high is
295 more than last
year's student
enrollment and 14 0 more
than WCC's former high
record of 2807 in 1994,
according to Susan
Sasser, Registrar.
Approximately 55
percent of students
are enrolled in the
full time program while
the other 45 percent is
in the part time
program.
During the past 5
years WCC's enrollment
has slowly increased,
Sasser said.
In 1993 the fall
enrollment was 2613. It
increased by 2 6 in
1995, by 8 in 1996 and
by only 5 in 1997.
College officials
cited several factors
that may influence
higher enrollments;
increased exposure of
college programs
through advertising,
intensified recruiting
efforts, and greater
assurance that credits
will transfer as a
result of the semester
conversion.
Dori Fraser,
recruitment specialist,
said the 3 chief sites
for recruitment include
the base exchange at
Seymour Johnson AFB,
Berkeley Mall, and the
Flea Market.
Counselors' visits
to local high schools
are also an important
component of the
recruitment effort.
She said an
effective marketing
strategy was the
distribution of paper
fans in September at
the Wayne County Fair
to combat the heat.
Construction pushes
forward to improve access
Work in process at the northwest entrance will allow
an extra turning lane like that at the east entrance.
PHOTO: RIANNE DISCH
m
Higher enrollment may be attributed to billboards like
this one at the Wayne County Fairgrounds.
PHOTO: STAFF
Fall 1998 Student Enrollment
CT AAS Dipl. Cert. HS
Chart indicates enrollment by program: college transfer
(associate of arts, associate of science, associate of fine arts)
associate of applied science, diploma, certification, and high
school. BAR GRAPH COURTESY OF BILL THOMPSON
Contents
2... Interview with the President
2... new road
3... daycare enrollment
4... club activities, new employees
5... more on clubs
6... AIDS Seminar
7... SGA: funds, activities
8... Memorial