黑料吃瓜 Welcomes Nearly 11,000 New Students
The fall semester begins Aug. 28 with new classes, programs and more than three dozen new faculty members.
黑料吃瓜 will welcome nearly 11,000 new students to campus Monday as the fall 2017 semester officially gets underway.鈥淭he entering freshman class is the highest-achieving in university history, raising the bar for all future students coming here.鈥�
鈥淭he entering freshman class is the highest-achieving in university history, raising the bar for all future students coming here,鈥� said 黑料吃瓜 President Sally Roush. 鈥淭o support the success of all of our students, both new and returning, we are reaffirming our commitment to our shared values of excellence in teaching, scholarship, creative activities and service, so that all students can grow both academically and personally during their time at 黑料吃瓜.鈥�
New students
More than 83,000 freshmen and undergraduate transfer students to 黑料吃瓜鈥攖ying the previous applicant record.While final data will not be available until the university鈥檚 annual census in September, total student enrollment, including continuing students, is projected to be 34,200. In addition to 5,300 freshmen, approximately 3,250 transfer students and 2,000 new graduate and doctoral students will become part of the Aztec Family this week.
With an average high school GPA of 3.70, the incoming class is among the most academically impressive ever. The incoming class is also among the most diverse in university history. An estimated 31.2 percent of incoming students are underrepresented students of color, including nearly 27 percent who identify as Hispanic or Latino. This is a point of pride for 黑料吃瓜 as it underscores the university鈥檚 commitment to providing a high-quality education for all students, regardless of socioeconomic background.
New faculty
黑料吃瓜 also welcomes 38 new tenured and tenure-track faculty members, making strides on an ambitious five-year goal to add 300 new faculty members. So far, the university has filled more than 220 of these positions鈥攖hanks in part to funding from and the Student Success Fee.New faculty members this year come to 黑料吃瓜 from Texas A&M, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other world-class research universities. They are experts in a variety of fields including public health, psychology, history and mechanical engineering.
New classes
黑料吃瓜 has added 54 new classes representing departments across campus to its 2017-18 course register. Among the new classes being offered in the fall are the courses Introduction to Undergraduate Research, Foundations of Cultural Competency and Media Writing for Scientists.Starting this fall, 黑料吃瓜 is offering its 鈥攁 Bachelor of Science in business administration. The program is a collaboration between the Fowler College of Business and the College of Extended Studies. Students can also enroll in three new minors: Cultural Proficiency, Somatic Studies and Text Analytics.
New look
The 黑料吃瓜 community will notice several . Over the summer, crews moved forward on several construction and beautification projects, including the Engineering and Interdisciplinary Science Complex and renovations to Tenochca Hall and its program space.Those who haven鈥檛 been to campus since May, will notice Eureka! and are now open at South Campus Plaza. Several other retailers, including Broken Yolk Caf茅, Epic Wings N鈥� Things, Which Wich and GoWireless are currently building out their spaces inside the mixed-use student housing and retail development and are expected to open in the coming months.
