Signs point to a healthy increase in enrollment this fall. Housing applications totaled 2,074 as of April 26, compared to 870 on the same date last year and the highest total since 1992, said Roger Frichette, director of housing services. He attributed the increase to the work of the Outreach and Recruitment Department.
Applications are up, even from international students, a category that had been dropping.
Word got out that our Open House was terrific and that the university was back on its feet. Families very much appreciated the opportunity to meet and speak with faculty. Her office has been working closely with Michael Steadman of the English as a Second Language program to answer queries from students abroad, in some cases via Internet. The total student goal for next year is 18,299 full time equivalents, according to the Provost's Office. That figure incudes 687 at the Ventura Campus.