University of Wisconsin Whitewater - Minneiska Yearbook (Whitewater, WI)

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last year's enrollment, 'states John Prentice, Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs. ttOur final enrollment figure for the 1980-81 school year should hit at least 9800. This year's total pre-registration of 8,005 students also exceeds last year's total of 7,139. By October the enrollment question was answered - total registration hit 10,067. Has the increased enrollment caused any problems? Faculty was overburdened .with larger classes. Housing was filled beyond capacity, with several steps taken to fit more peo- ple in the halls. Three people were put in the larger corner rooms that some dorms have. They were also in lounges and rooming with Resident's Assistants until they could be reassigned. The dining halls and the University Center were congested areas during mealtimes. However, both Jerry Corby, Housing Director, and Rod Marquart, Food Service Director, felt that there were no real difficulties involved.

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Why UW-W? There are a wide variety of reasons people will give for choosing UW-Whitewater. A few of the main ones are the good reputation of the aca- demic programs, and the placement service. When talk- ing about academic programs both students and faculty named business most often. However, many people come to Whitewater especially for the Arts, Education, or Letters and Sciences programs. In all areas the placement is high, some as high as 100 percent. The size, location and appear- ance of the campus also played a major role in most decisions to come here. Being a smaller college, a lot of people feel they can and are getting more individual atten- tion here. This also keeps the class sizes smaller and lessens the feeling of being just a statistic. For a lot of people Whitewater is within a few hours drive of their homes, so the expense of transporta- tion is relatively low. Also, many students who visited the campus before registra- tion liked the open and well- kept look of the campus.