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Sept 13, 2002 • www.theranger.org
The Ranger • 3
Brook Freeman
Enrollment
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census
By Jacob Wesolick
By Chris Evans
she said.
"It's a good program; you're
"We are hoping to transfer
Workshops tackle math anxiety
By Ricky Espinoza
will eliminate paperwork and
admissions and records plans to
the $25 fee was due when they courses beginning in the spring.
placement test unless exempt.
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More than 35 agencies
and groups will attend
to seek your help.
San Antonio College
Service
Learning
and
Volunteer Fair
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money that is still owed after
"an extended period of time" has
Fiesta Room
Loftin Student Center
Lions, tigers and bears may
strike fear into some students
students at Travis Elementary,
1915 N. Main Ave.
other learning methods like lec-
ture, reading, audio-visual, dem-
ing coordinator, said a student's
retention rate of is between 75 to
dinator Betty Lee Birdsall said.
The workshops will cover basic
skills through different topics
such as note-taking techniques
Braunfels.
Morris volunteered at the chil-
dren's shelter three to four hours
AIDS Foundation.
Psychology freshman Jacinda
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improve reading, homework and
study techniques by helping the
student pinpoint weaknesses to
improve.
Birdsall said she thinks stu-
dents will notice the workbook
deals with them individually and
not as a group as most textbooks
do. The class size is limited to 20
and students can register in Room
712 of Moody Learning Center.
"We're helping them to over-
come fear," Birdsall said. "So they
can study math and not fail the
course."
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know about the world," she said.
Students can volunteer for
service learning even if it's not
offered in their classes.
For more information on ser-
vice learning, students and fac-
Each teacher who offers service ulty call Grams at 785-6044.
ment plan, which costs $25.
The installment plan allows
students to spread their tuition
fees over two months, but they period will be.
In other registration news, have left the college for more than
> a year will be required to provide
week series of workshops dealing
with "Study Skills for Overcoming 8:30 p.m. Sept. 17,19, 24 and 26.
Math Fear and Failure." Tuition for the workshops is
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faculty
Potpourri
Recital
Noon, Sept. 18
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tor of admissions and records at i
this college. "It's the specified percent is due Oct. 25.
day when colleges are required
to certify enrollment of courses,
depending on the course length.
Enrollment at this college was
up to 21,730 before 247 students for each course not paid for by the
were <’
paying their tuition bills.
The only students allowed to
remain in classes without having
paid in full are those who have
service learning were from her more experience in her field.
Liberal arts sophomore Lacey
Morris, 19, has found employ-
ment through service learning
at the Comal County Children's
r Shelter in New
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learning has a list of approved
such as Catholic
Charities, Salvation Army, San
Antonio State Hospital and the
by doing." munity while she was an admin- San Antonio AIDS Foundation.
Learning by doing is active istrator at Palo Alto College. Hill has had her students
. ■ • • ’ • } Becoming a faculty member volunteer in the rehabilitation
program at the San Antonio State
Service learning program
offers hand'ons training
volunteers and teacher partner-
ships.
Audrey Grams, service learn- lifestyles of a student who works
full time or goes to school full Emergency
time would rather do service ~
90 percent when they participate, learning because they don't want
This percentage is higher than to do library research," Hill said.
"I think service learning would every Tuesday and was asked by
onstration and discussion group, it's interactive, and instead of application.
she said. researching history, you're mak- "It's a good program; you're
"Teachers want students to ing history," said liberal arts helping others and it helps you
others, we learn more," Grams
said.
Reading students have used ing. Grams visits most of these
service learning by mentoring agencies to make sure they will
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Enrollment for this semester
is 21,483 students, less than the
21,509 who enrolled last fall,
according to information the
director of admissions and records
reported to the state Monday.
This marks the first time enroll-
ment for this college is less than
the combined enrollments of Palo
Alto, St. Philip's and Northwest
Vista colleges.
This fall the other three Alamo
Community College District col-
leges have more students than
this college alone, according to
figures from the district public
relations office.
This year's fall census counted
6,810 students for Palo Alto, add-
ing 95 from the 6,715 last fall.
Northwest Vista's enrollment
raised to 7,064 students, 1,569
more than last fall's enrollment
of 5,495.
St. Philip's accumulated 404
more students this year, with
9,185 students this fall and 8,781 students register for classes Aug. 26 in Loftin Student Center.
had to sign up for the plan by the
first day of class.
Fifty percent of the tuition plus offer online registration for Flex 2 proof of residency and take the to keep students in school," Basic
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math exams.
. . To help shed some academic shops will help students find
collection fees. eliminate the Texas Academic fear the Basic Skills Enrichment style of learning they can <
She said officials have not Skills Program test or proof of Program is conducting a four- adapt to and find comforting,
decided how long the extended Texas residency. week series of workshops dealing The series will be from 6:30 to
New students or students who
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Dr. Pam Hill, psychology pro-
fessor, a proponent of service agencies,
Service learning is a way for learning, was involved with get-
teachers to have students "learn ting faculty interested in the com-
’ munity while she was an admin-
Math Fear and Failure."
"We're here to be a safety net $35, which includes a study skills
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Skills Enrichment Program coor- The workbook is designed to
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in fall 2001. °
"Monday was the census date,"
said Rosemarie Hoopes, direc- signed their contract, 25 percent ' ’ ’
is due Sept. 25 and the final 25 registration online between the
months of October and November
Students are obligated to pay for the spring flex courses,"
their fees even if they withdraw Hoopes said. "It will eliminate a
from courses, Hoopes said. lot of our paper work and make
Also, a $25 late fee is assessed the process that much easier."
' : Currently, registration for sec-
dropped Monday for not designated date, she said. ond flex classes is available by
A collecting agency will be phone or Web only to students
hired by this college to retrieve already enrolled in the college.
Although Internet registration while others fear pop quizzes and and test-taking anxiety.
, , ’ 1 math exams. Birdsall said the series of work-
already signed up for the install- elapsed, including any additional coming to campus, it will not To help shed some academic shops will help students find a
eliminate the Texas Academic fear the Basic Skills Enrichment style of learning they can easily
Skills Program test or ] ' r ” ’ ’ " ' * - - - -
teer fair will be from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. Thursday in the Fiesta Room
of Loftin Student Center.
Thirty-five agencies will be on
be more advantageous because the staff members to fill out a job
researching history, you're mak-
learn by doing, and by teaching freshman Cary Garms, 48.
Agencies are chosen for the
students who are in service learn-
participation, such as students T
mentoring at a school or doing in the spring of 2002, Hill experi-
volunteer work at a hospital. mented with offering a service Hospital and the San Antonio
A service learning and volun- learning opportunity as an alter-
native to a research paper.
She discovered that the major- Cavanaugh/' 18, said service
ity of her students who chose learning has helped her gain
hand seeking service learning evening classes, and many of
• these students work full time.
"The impression is that busy
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