by Bonnie H. Chuen
Staff Writer
An effort by the Registrar’s Office to make registration a less time consuming and easier process will be instated for Fall pre-registration. The idea is to “spread out time for students to pre-register,” said Marilyn Davies, registrar.
The first area of change is in the distribution of information and registration packets. The packets will no longer be put into students’ mailboxes because “students don’t always get packages or the cards that tell them when they register,” said Davies.
Instead they will be distributed in the quad at a booth where students can pick up a packet with their University of La Verne ID card. The booth will be there from March 18-20.
The booth will be open late for students who only have night classes. This way, everyone has an opportunity to pick up a packet, said Davies.
For students who cannot make it to the booth on the days available, registration packets may be picked up at the Registrar’s Office.
The next area of change is intended to make registration less confusing and time consuming. The packets will have color coded cards depending on the student’s current academic standing.
The cards will provide the Registrar’s Office with information such as the student’s name, major, address and demographic data. The cards will also insure that students have taken the placement tests for math and language courses. They also require sophomores to state their intended majors. This makes students “committed to a major so they can stay on track,” said Davies.
According to Davies, these cards have to be presented at the door before students can enter Woody Hall in order to register.
Pre-registration will be held April 8-12. The first and second days will be devoted to seniors, honor students and students who are physically challenged.
“Students must come on that day or later,” said Davies. The third day is for juniors, the fourth for sophomores and the fifth for freshmen.
To be a senior, students must have completed 92 or more units; junior 60-91; sophomore, 28-59; and freshman, 0-27.
Another alteration that will make standing in line easier is that the Registrar’s Office will hand out numbers allowing students to come back when the office has the capacity to register them.
“This way, students won’t have to stand in line for three hours,” said Davies. Students can also return when they can be registered and not have to wait in the original line.
A lounge room will also be available for the students who are inside the office where food and videos will be available so that “people just aren’t standing in line,” said Davies.
This was designed to meet the “needs of the students and make the process for everyone involved easier,” said Debi Stanley, director of academic advising and new student matriculation.
“I don’t think they would do that at any other place except La Verne. I think for them to service us that way is really neat. It would make a lot more people happy,” said junior Ray Garza.
