The Register, 1988-09-16

              the revenue received from the sale of parking decals is used exclusively for the maintenance and safety and not for new con struction to learn more about parking facilities and traffic rules and regulations of the university brochures and additional infor mation are available at the police department 1308 salem street for the last four years we have hit an all time high in enrollment said dr rudolph artis director of registration and records we've had a one percent increase over last fall's enrollment which shows that we are consistently progressing total enrollment for fall 1987 was 5,998 according to artis the total unofficial enrollment for fall 1988 is 6,050 pending future calculations this total is likelv to increase in spite of an 18 percent limita tion placed on the acceptance of out-of-state students enrollment at a&t is on a continuing in cline this fall adri-anne jones staff writer minority student enrollment increased 6.9 percent this year according to rudolph artis director of registration and records minority student enrollment increases parking is available but we do not guarantee spaces many of us are geared toward driving right up to our destination ad ditionally our campus wasn't built for perimeter parking even though it takes ten to fif teen minutes to walk from one side of the campus to the other this distance is more reasonable than some distances that are prevalent on other campuses inside fauntroy speaks p 3 french connection â– â– â– â– â–  â–  â– â– â–  robert rice special to the register with an increase in on campus students bringing automobiles to campus and an increase in commuting students on campus parking is a major problem a major concern of students is that there are too many vehicles and not enough spaces i arrive about thirty minutes prior to class to find a space it would be helpful if more spaces were available,"said gina meeks a freshman commuting student available students and there are 2,458 parking spaces for faculty administrators staff there are plenty of student parking spaces on cam pus but many of them are not within a close proximity of the classroom said officer r.g turman several parking lots are not utilized namely the holt hall area and the parking facili ty at aggie stadium if these were used on a daily basis an additional 700 spaces would be available james woods a sophomore on-campus student supports this premise i park my car and walk a parking decal costs 15.00 compared to 75 to 100.00 at the university of north carolina at greensboro consider yourselves for tunate said jerry williamson director of public safety at unc g student fee's at unc-g do not support the construction cost nor the maintenance of parking lots therefore revenue received from the parking assessment is utilized for this purpose and will probably continue to increase according to the director of police and public safety at a&t joseph e daughtry there are sufficient parking spaces miller interns the lines in the gym and possibly make going to the gym not necessary this new system has the capability to lead totouch telephone registration students could receive their classes by telephone cont on p 12 when asked how soon a&t will adapt that system mooring said it was undecided mooring continued on to say that a&t's new registration system was devised for more accuracy on its p.ll dr rudolph artis director of registration and records said hopefully that will shorten this new system will enable all students to register for classes through their departments like the school of engineering implement the finance records system the system is in tergrated with other systems such as student information human resources and the alum ni universities using this system are western carolina north carolina central and winston salem state michelle m murray special to the register a computer system designed to give students access to classes available in their major also helped faculty receive informa tion on students according to willie mooring director of the computer center the new system was designed for information associates by the national software design co the state bought the system allowing universities in the area to use it according to mooring the system will be mandated to volume lx number 3 the light of the university amy aniitu north carolina agricultural and technical state university greensboro friday september 16,1988 not a parking problem f s a&t police ticket parked vehicles we must also give credit to our returning students blount said retention was very very good with about 4,600 students according to registration data 897 students graduated during the 1987-1988 school according to admissions office data university admissions reflect an enrollment of 1,111 freshmen of which 184 are out of-state students 927 in-state students 352 transfer students and 154 minority students dr clenton blount director of admissions attributes a recruitment campaign to com munity colleges as one of a&t's most successful recruitment strategies this campaign at tracted transfer students at a 24.8 percent increase over last year year new system improves student registration process