(By MATT PIKE)
Students are rolling back onto campus and the spring semester is about to begin at Missouri Western State University.
Following the Martin Luther King Jr holiday today, MoWest Vice President of Enrollment Management Andy Otto says the spring semester starts tomorrow
“Really excited to have students back on campus, both new and returning students,” Otto says on the KFEQmunnity show. “So, it’s an exciting time for us as we move into the new calendar year and build momentum into the next academic year as well.”
To prepare new students for the semester, MoWest held its spring orientation last week, which Otto says was well attended.
Otts says the orientation gives new students the opportunity to meet people they will need to know during their time at MoWest
“But also see the different resources that they have available to them,” Otto explains. “One of the things we want to make sure is that students get a chance to see those resources, know where they’re at, and then have those contacts to be able to access those resources.”
Students also had the chance to enroll for classes during the orientation Otto says
“So, they got a chance to meet with advising staff and connect with people that will be influential throughout their time at MoWest,” Otto says.
Otto says new students during the spring semester are primarily nontraditional students, such as transfers or people who came back to school.
If you’ve been debating going back to school in the new year, Otto says it’s not too late to enroll
“We’re going to continue to work with students that maybe got a late jump on making tht decision to attend,” Otto says. “And so, we can work with students up through the 26th (of January) at 4:30pm when our doors shut, and so my staff is well aware of that and so is the rest of campus, and so we will continue to work with students.”
Otto says staff are aware of possible late enrollers, so even if you enroll late, teachers will work with you to make sure you are caught up as well on any material you missed in the first week.
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