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Serving San Jose City College Thursday, February 4, 1999
Scholarships fuel advancement
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Tom Spaulding Staff Writer
Marl Matsumoto/The Times
Jose City College stud ents Rodney , left, a micro biology major and bio major Migie Castillo measure the
effects of different enzymes using pieces of apple in cell and molecular biology class, instructed by Beth Gaydos.
ity College enrollment rises Enrollment at San Jos~ City College bas risen again. More than 700 more students were the flrst day of school than were last spring. As of Jan. 23, there were 9,035 students at City and over 8,300 students at Evergreen. numbers are expected to rise too," said Eskew, the director of admission and record. We still have mini-semester classes starting on 1, and Saturday classes starting on Feb. 27 ." "What's especially impressive about our enrollis that fact that we experienced a rise enrollment from last fall while many schools a drop in enrollment during the spring." Gilbert Sanchez, the associate vice-chancellor enrollment manager. "We been fairly consistent more students from year to year." Sanchez attributes the increase in enrollment to blitz of multimedia advertising that City College running in November. "We started advertising on seven radio stations on I. On Jan. 4, (we) ran ads on 52 screens in every theater in the area and ran ads in every local "Sanchez said . "Overall , the advertising
campaigning reached an estimated 7.3 million people." While enrollment has gone up, the number of student complaints have not. This could be attributed to more students becoming familiar with the STAR system of registration as well as some other measures that have been taken to assist students. "Lines were a lot better for adding classes this semester than they were last fall," said Diane Paskerson, an environmental science major. "The lines looked long but went really fast. I only waited about 10 minutes." However, not all students were pleased. "I bad to wait 15 to 20 minutes just to ask a question. It was ridiculous." said Carolyn Smythe, a medical assistant student. 'There were even lines to use the STARs computers in the admission and records office." "Our President, Dr. Tsang, is very student oriented. He has the Office of Admissions and Records as well as other student services open on Saturday to help accommodate students who work during the week." Eskew said. "We were opened Saturday the past couple of weeks and many students have already taken advantage of the Saturday hours." "We're pretty pleased with the enrollment numbers and we expect them to continue to climb," Sanchez said.
the FA's legal adviser Phili p Crawford. "l will not pursue further my prole t of the violation of FA election regulations committed by the FA Executive Board during and after the December re-call election," Shaw said. "In order for the upcoming FA presidential election to go forward without legal challenge, I am resigning my po ilion." Although Shaw listed several complaints in hi grievance, one of the main complaints was over the
protest period. According to a ~ emo addressed to all faculty in the district. Shaw claims the announcemenl of the F A' results were premature and therefore null and void becau e the results were announced before the flve-day protest period. Section 16 of the election protocol stale the FA Executive Board can not accept the election results until "flve working days
See Shaw,
arships." Banks said. Interested in getting a scholarship? Your quest begins at the If San Jose City College is a Financial Aid 0 ffice, Iocated south launching pad toafour-yearschool , of Building 100 across the parking consider scholarships fuel to get lot. Ask for the Scholarship Inforyou there. A Scholarship Workshop pre- mation Guide. Read through the sented by the Honors Program and scholarships and pick ones that the Financial Aid Offlce will be you meet all the requirements. Return to the Financial Aid held in the Community Room by the Student Union from 1 - 3p.m Office and pick up an application. Most scholarships make you on Feb. 8. The workshop will let students incl ude an original essay, letters of know when, where and how to find recommendation , and sometimes a transcript. and apply for scholarships. Plan ahead to The workgive you shop was set up enough time to by counselor gather all the and Scholarinformation . ship CommitDeadline for tee member submitting apN a n c y plications and Gressley. materials is There are March 8, unless more than 60 scholarships Charlotte Von Rueden oth e rwi s e available to Financial Aid noted. transferring Turn the City College completed apstudents. The plications to the scholarships Financial Aid range from $75 to $20,000. Offlce. Von Rueden said she In the San Jose City College quickly checks over each applicaScholarship Information Guide, a tion to make sure they are compurple booklet now available in plete and applicable. the Financial Aid Offlce, there are The completed applications lists of requirements and deadlines then go in front of the 1999 San for each scholarship. los~ City College Scholarship Common misconception s by Committee, which reviews the apstudents is that you need a high plications and selects winners. grade point average and that comThe committee consists of a petition for each scholarship is too mix of instructors, supervisors, a strong. dean and a counselor. However, requirements for The applicants are notified by GPA can be as low as 2.5. mail regardless of result. All There is a wide variety of schol- scholarship winners are required arsbi ps for certain majors, ethnicity to attend the Scholarship and and even political parties (a$1 ,000 Awards Convocation on May 13. scholarship to a voting Republican student). Charlotte Von Rueden, who works in the Financial Aid Offlce, is the person to see if you have any questions regarding scholarships. As for studen ts thinking about applyi ng, she has this to offer: "You don't know until you apply." Bobbi Banks, a member of the Scholar hip Committee, says that there bas been improvement with each year. ''Wearereally pushing students and in tructors to mention schol-
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You don't know until you try.