VU Enrollment Growth Going into 2013

FUTURE ENROLLMENT.
VINCENNES UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
SAY THEY'RE SEEING A
LOT MORE APPLICATIONS FROM
FUTURE STUDENTS THAN
IN THE PAST.
NEWS 10'S MIKE GRANT REPORTS THE
COLLEGE FEELS THEY
MIGHT EVEN WIND UP REVERSING A
TREND THAT SEES AN ENROLLMENT
DECLINE IN THE SPRING SEMESTER.
" VINCENNES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
ARE WRAPPING UP THE
FALL SEMESTER. MOST YEARS THE
ENROLLMENT
WOULD DECREASE HEADING INTO THE
SPRING BECAUSE OF
MIDTERM GRADUATIONS AND DROP
OUTS.
THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL YEAR
THOUGH.
OFFICIALS IN THE ADMISSIONS
OFFICE SAY APPLICATIONS
ARE ON THE RISE. "IT'S PRETTY
TYPICAL MIKE
THAT THE SPRING ENROLLMENT WILL
END UP BEING ABOUT 90
PERCENT OF THE FALL ENROLLMENT,
BUT I THINK THERE'S A
POSSIBILITY WE'LL EXCEED THAT
NUMBER."
THE COLLEGE HAS BECOME MORE
AGGRESSIVE IN
RECRUITING STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO
GETTING THEM TO VISIT CAMPUS.
"WE HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
COME TO OUR CAMPUS
BECAUSE OF OUR NEW APPROACH." "A
GROWING ENROLLMENT IS
GOOD NEWS FOR MORE THAN THE
UNIVERSITY. IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. FIRST,
THOSE STUDENTS COME
TO TOWN AND THEY SPEND A LOT OF
MONEY AT LOCAL
BUSINESSES, BUT THAT IMPACT GOES
EVEN FURTHER."
"WHENEVER V.U. IS SUCCESSFUL
THAT MEANS OUR COMMUNITY IS
SUCCESSFUL. STUDENTS HAVE A
DIRECT CORRELATION TO
HOW MANY JOBS V.U. CAN PROVIDE.
HOW MANY JOBS ARE AVAILABLE IN
OUR WORKFORCE IN GENERAL." EVEN
THOUGH THE ACTUAL
ENROLLMENT NUMBERS WON'T BE
AVAILABLE UNTIL AFTER THE
FIRST OF THE YEAR, THE
PROJECTIONS OF MORE STUDENTS
AT A TIME WHEN THINGS NORMALLY
DECLINE WILL BE
A PLUS FOR BOTH THE CAMPUS AND
THE COMMUNITY.
IN VINCENNES I'M MIKE GRANT NEWS
10. "
V-U OFFICIALS SAY EARLY
INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE
ENROLLMENT GROWTH WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE FALL
SEMESTER OF 20-13.
THE HOLIDAYS ARE A TIME FOR
GIVING.