newstudent's blog

At this meeting of the NSCC, most of the discussion was on the sample schedules for the freshman and transfer new student conferences, and trying to anticipate any potential time conflicts and such to make sure things run smoothly.  There were a few questions brought up, and things that are going to be reconsidered to maximize efficiency.

There was also an update from admissions, on the registration numbers and the new EPrint system.

Lastly, they announced the hiring of a new assistant coordinator for the department of new student programs.

This meeting included a lot of updates. First, Chris Reed from the Admissions department passed out a current breakdown of all NSC registration numbers for ech college during the fershman conferences.

There was a lot of stufff to discuss at this meeting.

First off, Chris Reed gave admissions updates, and since the deadline for fall 2009 Admissions had just passed, It included the final data on freshman admits. Transfer numbers will be coming soon.

Next, a representative from Aggie Assurance gave an update on how financial assistance relates to extended orientation programs.

We discussed the Learning outcomes of New student conferences, and how well we were meeting those outcomes.

At this meeting, there were two main topics of discussion. First, we reviewed the January new student conferences, what went smoothly, and what we should consider modifying for the summer conferences. one of the concerns raised was regarding confusion on the status of undocumented students at check-in. They were confused because they were considered residents in regards to tuition to be residents, but their status was still considered to be undocumented.

1.  Changes to the NSCC mission and charge. It had been several years since the NSCC's mission and Charge had been reviewed, and there were a couple of names of represented entities that were outdated, such as dining services instead of food services.

2. Mr. Reed gave an update regarding the current status of application and admissions for the upcoming spring and fall semesters. The numbers were slightly lower than would normally be predicted, but those were explained as a result of the recent hurricane.