While
our campus buzzes with excitement and activity throughout the year, our intensity
levels begin to rise significantly as the fall semester approaches. A flurry of
events began this week and will continue through the start of fall classes on
Monday, Aug. 18.
This
week, we hosted two sessions of New Student Orientation. Next week, we will
begin working with our high school students planning to take college-level
classes through our Concurrent Enrollment, Secondary Technical Center, and
Academies of West Memphis programs. On Aug. 11 and 12, we’ll have regular
registration for folks who haven’t enrolled already. We can’t help but be
excited about the new or ongoing opportunities our students will have when
classes resume.
The
orientation process is a great start toward the first day of classes. Talking
and working with first-time college students, as well as those attending our
institution for the first time, is always an interesting proposition. Sometimes
their stories can be enlightening and encouraging. Other times, they are a
little more sobering.
