Dr. Currin told the trustees that enrollment continues to grow and that an estimated 2,829 associate degree and diploma students are expected to be enrolled for Spring Semester. Figures will be finalized next week after 10 percent of the semester, which began classes Jan. 11, is complete. The forecast enrollment is up 222 over last Spring's 2,607. Trustees noted that the increase is spread out over technical, vocational, high school and special students. Miller said that, in addition to a 10 percent increase in curriculum student enrollment this school year, VGCC expects to show an 18 percent increase in extension students and a 25 percent rise in basic skills enrollment.
Plans are to include the assembly area in a fourth building behind the new wing.
Miller told the trustees that Gov. James B. Hunt is proposing that eight training centers be built at community colleges across the state, each specializing in one field. VGCC is interested in becoming the biotechnical center and, if chosen, would provide training in this area for students and instructors from across the entire state. Construction is also beginning at South Campus in Creedmoor. Grading began Jan. 27 on an 8,000 square-foot expansion project that will add more classroom space at this campus.