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August 3, 2006
One College Bids to Turn Course Registration Into Marathon Rave
Morton College, a two-year institution in Illinois, has hit upon a novel way to draw attention—and enrollments. The college, which has a largely Latino student body, is staging a “Round the Clock Registration Rave,” in which admissions officers will be on hand for 29 straight hours to students wanting to register for classes. “You can do it all!” says a promotional blurb: “meet an advisor, take your placement test, apply for financial aid, sign up for a payment plan.” Students can even win prizes. It all happens from 8 p.m. on August 11 to 1 p.m. on August 12.
Now any student worth his salt might be expected to show up at 3 a.m., properly fortified, to sign up for courses. But what of the administrators who will be staffing the event?
Sandra Saldaña, the dean who is coordinating it, said in a news release that “we know many of our students often work late, or even have two jobs, and sometimes can’t enroll during regular registration hours.” As a result, she said, the college is “always willing to try new ways to meet their needs.”
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How will the staff be able to stay awake all that time? I thought the web access was to be the answer for students who could not make it to campus during normal working hours.
— Betty Kroniser Aug 4, 09:11 AM #
Thanks for your question! We created this event so that all types of students would be able to register. The 29 hour long event (8am, Friday through 1pm Saturday) accomodates new students, students who may not have access to the Internet, and those students who prefer face-to-face interaction. All Student Affairs will be staffed during the event, including Financial Aid, Admissions and Records, Academic Advising, Testing, Student Activities among others. As we all know, the financial aid process can be a complicated one, and we want to ensure that our students come away with a complete understanding of their package, something that is difficult to accomplish through an online venue. Most importantly however, all services are provided in both English and Spanish, something that is very well-received by our students and their families. As a Hispanic Serving Institution with a 74% Latino student body, this event is just a small sample of how we have become the most Latino friendly college in the Midwest.
As for staff staying awake through the night, we have created work shifts that allow individual choice in working hours while maintaining overlap so that any student who comes through our doors can be served. Administrators, faculty and staff are all involved; we even had more volunteers requesting hours that we needed!
— Sandra Saldaña Aug 4, 03:02 PM #