A future agenda item is doing research into the reason why classes have fallen behind in the giving percentage rate. There must be some common reason for this drop and this reason needs to be addressed. The Student Enrollment committee report was given by Elaine Seevers. Incoming students for the 2000-2001 school year have an ACT average score of 25.42 and an average GPA of 3.56. Lutheran Research has compared large universities and Lutheran Schools.
Lutheran schools are more rigorous.
Applications for admission are now being accepted through electronic submission. The Career Education committee report was given by Tom Roets. There are new programs initiatives such as the fall accounting fair which involved 15 organizations and 40 students and was co-sponsored with St. Ambrose University. This will be repeated in the fall of 2000 and will include Marycrest. Summer Fest was another program that included 13 summer camps that promoted summer employment opportunities.