Fall enrollment down from previous year
Alyssa Mitchell, Editor
November 13, 2019
Fall 2019 enrollment has gone down despite the university's efforts to increase it. However, the new recruitment practices seem to be working, according to President Suzanne Shipley, who said the fall 2019 incoming-freshmen class was the second-largest enrolling class. Shipley said, "The new students...
Registration presents problems for student-athletes
Micah Wilson, Reporter
November 13, 2019
Registering for classes is stressful for all students. However, athletes are faced with an additional set of barriers. Despite being "student" athletes, class schedules must work around their practice and game times. Exam schedules must factor in missing dates for traveling out of town and other...
Enrollment flat; focus moves to retention
Taylor Henson, Reporter
March 13, 2019
Despite spending thousands of dollars on recruitment, university enrollment has remained flat. Fred Dietz, vice president of enrollment, said the next phase is to make an effort to focus recruiting in larger populated areas, since the university has the capacity to grow. “Several years ago, the...
Shipley reports enrollment increase
Kristin Silva, Managing Editor
September 27, 2018
According to an email from University President Suzanne Shipley sent at 11:20 a.m. Sept. 27, fall 2018 enrollment increased. "I am pleased to report our fall 2018 enrollment increase as follows. While our headcount increased only slightly from 6,080 to 6,102, our semester credit hours increas...
Fred Dietz hired as vice president for enrollment management
Tyler Manning, Editor
April 18, 2018
The search for the vice president of enrollment management is over as Suzanne Shipley, university president, announced in a postmaster email on April 19 that the search committee chose Fred Dietz out of more than 40 candidates to fill the position, effective July 1. Shipley said in the email, "I know the...
Paul Carney first to visit campus in search for new vice president
Justin Marquart, Visuals Editor
April 18, 2018
Since January, the vice president for enrollment management search committee members have met with an academic search consultant, narrowed the pool from 43 candidates to 10 candidates and video interviewed those 10 to narrow it down to three. From those candidates is Paul Carney, the first candidate to visit ca...
Spring enrollment drops from previous year
Devin Field
February 14, 2018
Spring enrollment drops four students as numbers fall from 5,718 in the spring of 2017 to 5,714 in the spring of this year. However, semester credit hours continue to increase despite the lower number of students. Despite the drop in the total number of students, Keith Lamb, vice president of student...
Global enrollment continues to grow thanks to university’s outreach program
Denush Vidanapathirana
December 4, 2017
The wall and shelves of Randy Glean, director of the Office of International Student Services, are filled with pictures of smiling students, the result of his 20 years spent bringing in students from 46 countries to the university. “I got to travel the world, see more than 3,000 students come thr...
International students face limitations for jobs on campus
Abena Tobin
November 30, 2017
International students make up 10 percent of the school's total enrollment and this number has grown by 1.7 percent from 2013 to 2016, but only 36 percent of student employees are international students. The international student program is outgrowing the available jobs on campus, and due to immigration ...
Board of Regents approve admissions policy change
Judelle Tyson
November 27, 2017
For high school applicants in the top 25 percent of their class, MSU just became more accessible. The Board of Regents members approved a policy that will allow automatic acceptance for high school applicants in the top 25 percent of their class — a huge change from the original requirement of ...
To increase retention, enrollment, university needs VP of enrollment
The Wichitan
November 10, 2017
OUR VIEW: Because campus enrollment remains largely unchanged, administrators need to hire a vice president of enrollment management. There is a clear lack of substantial increase to the amount of newly enrolled students. If the school wishes to grow and thrive, it must have more revenue to fund ...
Board to vote on search for new VP
November 7, 2017
Suzanne Shipley, university president, will ask the Board of Regents members for permission to launch a search for a new vice president of enrollment management at the meeting on Nov. 9. Keith Lamb, vice president of student affairs and enrollment management, would no longer be part of enrollmen...