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Fall Class Schedule Will Be
Driver-Friendly
Dealing with the high price of gasoline is a challenge
throughout Alabama and the nation these days. Personnel at
Northeast Alabama Community College have devised a class
schedule that they believe will help students driving to campus
save on these high prices.
College personnel have created a fall schedule of classes that
permits students to attend the college full-time two or three
days per week and consequently save on their driving expenses.
“The key to this has been to create a very exact and precise
schedule that provides the classes that students need in a
compact timeframe,” stated Dr. David Campbell, NACC President.
“By doing this, most of our students may obtain a full-time
schedule of classes either two (Tuesday and Thursday) or three
(Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) days per week.”
Dr. Joe Burke, NACC Vice President/Dean of Instruction, noted
that students may also take online courses through Northeast to
add to their class load. “We want to do whatever we can at
Northeast to make students’ education here as cost efficient as
possible,” Burke stated. “We actually began working on this
scheduling concept several semesters ago.”
Administrators and faculty at NACC worked with the college’s
Office of Institutional Research to analyze the traditional
class schedule. The goal was to create a schedule that permits
students to take core courses in each time block without
conflicts in subjects. Additionally, more classes were added in
the afternoons to permit more choices and options for students
and to link the day and evening schedules. “Considering the
large number of classes that we offer and the diverse needs of
our students, course scheduling of this nature can be a
complicated procedure,” Campbell noted. “But our faculty and
staff were determined to see this accomplished and they were
creative in their work.”
Online registration for the fall semester at Northeast begins
July 1, 2008, for current students. Orientation/registration for
new students begins July 21, 2008, and is by appointment.
Contact the NACC Admissions Office at 256-228-6001 or 256-
638-4418, ext. 222, or go
Admissions for more
information.
The Summer Semester at NACC already has begun with some 1,400
students having registered. The Summer Semester schedule also
was devised with student savings in mind. Most summer classes
meet only two days or evenings per week, either Mondays and
Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays. This also has proven to be
very popular with
students. Campbell added, “Our goal is to schedule classes so
that they will be most convenient and accessible for our
students. Thanks to the work of our staff, I believe we have
created class schedules that accomplishes this goal and is
beneficial to our students educationally and financially.”
Pictured discussing the benefits of fall
semester class scheduling changes are (L-R) Elizabeth Smith of
Pisgah; Tonie Niblett, Dean of Student Services; Dana Allison of
Stevenson; and Cole Owens of Fyffe.
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