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June 21, 2007
Overall summer enrollment shows decline Physical Plant ups a huge increase in applications and enrollment for graduate students, so those numbers should Although freshmen sumcontinue to go up," Legere said. mer enrollment is at its highEven though the university's est since 2003, overall enrollsummer enrollment is down 2.7 ment for UCO's summer percent since last year, Legere courses is down for the third didn't seem too concerned when straight year, according to asked whether or not the Enrollment Statistics UCO was happy with and Demographics enrollment numreport released by the bers this summer. university last week. "The university Jerry Legere, assiswould like to grow tant VP for Enrollment slowly each year," Management, said he Legere said. "We didn't know for sure why like a controlled, slow those numbers were down, growth at around 1 to but added that a number of 2 percent annually." factors might have contribUCO releases an uted to the overall decrease Enrollment Statistics by Vista photographer Chris Albers in summer enrollment. and Demographics "I think, probably, that report three times A view inside one of the dedicated trucks to be used for UCO's up as the cost of education a year (Fall, Spring and coming recycling program which starts this fall. goes up, as gas prices go and Summer) and "The idea [of expanding by Andrew Knittle up, some students may feel submits it to the State recycling efforts] came from Staff Writer the need to work during the Regents for inspecRecycling efforts at UCO, within Facilities Management summer to save up for fall tion, Legere said. which were already in place, as much as from the adminisand spring," Legere said The full report, tration," Romero said. "The As for the influx of which is around are about to get put into university's philosophy allows by Vista photographer Chris Albers freshmen taking summer 100 pages long, high gear, according to offi- us to be innovative in solvclasses, Legere said he is available on the cials at the Physical Plant. ing problems around campus." Lorri Romero, contract thought high school stu- A student checks out the current enrollment for the summer semester. university's website UCO's current program relies manager at the Physical Plant, dents taking concurrent in the Institutional heavily on outside sources that said her department plans to classes (for free) might have enrollees, which fell directly into should persist as students grow Research section. spread the word about UCO's take care of the school's recycontributed to the large number the five-year trend outlined in accustomed to the relatively new, expanding recycling efforts clables for free, Romero said. of enrollees listed as freshmen. the report, are sophomores with more stringent admission and "The existing recycling prostarting in August as the main A headcount of Summer 616, according to the report. retention requirements under gram consists ofa paper recycling student body returns for school. 2007 enrollees reveals seniors All classifications showed which UCO is now operating. Andrew Knittle can be reached at program with Recycle America "Our goal is to kick it off durare taking the most classes, a five-year increase except "For this fall we're seeing aknittle@thevistaonline.com. and Sodexho," Romero said. ing the Fall 2007 semester, and According to Romero, possibly to include it in new student orientation," Romero said. Sodexho, who has other conRomero said the Physical tracts with UCO, collects disPlant has designated at least carded paper around campus and hauls it to Recycle America at no and John Goldman, Nan three employees to collect additional cost to the university. by Lyndsay Gillum Tucker McEvoy, the William and monitor recycling efforts Copy Editor As for the importance of and Gretchen Kimball Fund at UCO. The school will be recycling, Romero believes divided up into four sections, UCO-based Oklahoma and the National Endowment her department is setting a A+ Schools Program recentfor the Arts, among others. with each employee responsible good example to students and ly announced a partner7, "Based at the University of for a given area of the school. community members alike. In addition to the extra manship with the highly praised Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma "Our primary role [with San Francisco Symphony. A+ Schools provides a pro- power, the plant has secured regard to the new recycling a box truck with a lift, which Twenty teachers from six gressive school reform model efforts] is to promote awareness Oklahoma A+ schools and using arts integration across will be used "100 percent for and educate the campus commutwo A+ staff members have the curriculum, and is designed recycling," and has also ordered nity about our role as environbeen selected to partake in the through extensive research with a machine that compresses and mental stewards," Romero said. Symphony's Keeping Score the educational needs of the 21st compacts cardboard products. "We all have a responsiThe department also has Program, which will include century child in mind," accordbility toward preserving our a week of professional develing to a UCO press release. plans to launch a website planet," she said. "Whatever ) within the (ucorecycling.com opment this summer in San The A+ Schools provide prosteps we can take, large or Francisco. The program was fessional retreats and continuing next several days to help get the small, will help us do that." designed by the San Francisco onsite development at no cost to word out once fall classes begin. For more information about Romerosaidthemodifications Symphony to help make clasthe schools involved, as well the new recycling efforts at UCO, sical music more accessible to as a progressive, collaborative to the existing recycling program visit the Physical Plant in person people of all ages and musiteaching environment that sup- were dreamed up by members or call their offices at 974-2247. cal backgrounds, and instill ports each child's ability to learn of the Physical Plant departa life-long love of music. and be successful. All done ment, but noted the role the uni"The San Francisco regardless of the socio-econom- versity's administration played Andrew Knittle can be reached at Symphony is dedicated to the ic, cultural or financial environ- in facilitating those changes. aknittle@thevistaonline.com . history, tradition and emoment in which the school exists. tional human connection of There are currently 46 classical music," said John sites across the state, with Goldman, president of the San up to 15 new schools acceptFrancisco Symphony, in a press ed to the network each year. release. "Keeping Score will "We are thrilled to have been help enrich the lives of young chosen to participate in the allow the 'earmarked' money to by Lyndsay Gillum people by infusing their core Keeping Score program with the go through a formula that would Copy Editor studies with classical music." San Francisco Symphony and mean more funding for most "Exposing students to the to work more closely with the In a State Regents for Higher of the state's 33 institutions of power and passion of this Oklahoma City Philharmonic," Education meeting on June 15, higher learning. AP Photo music will plant the seed of said Jean Hendrickson, execu- members delayed acting on "This will be treating all colappreciation for the arts for tive director of Oklahoma A+ legislative budget recommen- leges equally," Massey said. the rest of their lives," he said. Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Schools. "The result of the dations. Instead, they opted The state's biggest universities Oklahoma A+ Schools net- Symphony and brainchild to the 'Keeping Score' program. exciting collaborative effort will to consider an alternative that would receive a disproportionwork "delivers whole school most importantly bring this cut- would take millions away from ate share of the funding because During the Symphony's tise back to Oklahoma and ting-edge educational opportureform through ongoing profesOklahoma's comprehensive uni- "they have more legislative pull sional development that focus- Keeping Score Program, teach- share it with fellow A+ teach- nity to the children of Oklahoma versities and give it to smaller - more lobbyists," he said. es on collaborative, research- ers will be engrossed in a major ers throughout the state. and facilitate the opportuni- schools. According to an AP story, The Oklahoma City based practices," according to symphony orchestra environty for all children to excel." A legislative agreement OU would get about $4.5 milPhilharmonic will also work the Oklahoma A+ Schools web- ment, presentations, perforset aside about $34 million in lion or 46 percent less than prosite. Some commitments of mances and interactive work- with the Keeping Score proallocations for various capital posed in the legislative agreethe program include daily arts shops that will assist the mixture gram to provide musician perprojects and programs, with ment and OSU would see their instruction, experimental learn- of music into other academic formances at quarterly workthe University of Oklahoma funding decrease by about $3.1 ing and enriched assessment. programs. These include math, shops for select schools durand Oklahoma State University million, or 40 percent. Here at The A+ Schools concept science, English and social stud- ing the upcoming school year. receiving most of the money, UCO, we would lose $2 million, Major funding for Keeping was created in North Carolina, ies. Teachers will also attend according to an AP story. or 48 percent of the allocated where it started as a research live performances during the Score is provided by the Evelyn John Massey, regents' chair- money. model sponsored by the symphony's summer festival. and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Lyndsay Gillum can be reached at man, suggested an option for When the teachers return, with support from the James lgillum@thevistaonline.com . Kenan Institute for the Arts. consideration, which would Regents, page 3 they will bring their exper- Irvine Foundation, Marcia
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with 2,189 enrolled for the summer terms — a slight decrease from 2006, but still up about 8 percent from five years ago. There are 1,020 juniors taking classes this summer, followed by 768 freshmen. The classification with the fewest
for freshmen, post-baccalaureates and graduate students, the report showed. Grad students, whose numbers have decreased by 28 percent since 2003, actually saw an increase in enrollment this semester. Legere said this trend
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