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College offers new associates degree REGISTRATION: By Israel Adams Puyallup Post
Just this quarter, the college’s Board of Trustees passed the proposal to create a new associate in science degree. Information on the degree will be provided to students who are interested and qualify for acceptance into the degree this quarter. The new associate degree is designed for students who have a highly defined interest in a science. There will be two tracks for students. The first track is for students who have an interest in biological science, envi-
ronmental/resource science, chemistry, geology or earth science while the second track is for students interested in engineering, comscience, puter physics or atmospheric science. Mari Kruger, director of enrollment and student Mari Kruger life at Pierce College at Puyallup, recently spoke about what this new degree means for students.
“This degree has requirements that would limit qualified students to a select few,” she said. This is partly because of the need for students to have a very defined idea as to what field of science they would like to study. Also, students interested in the new associate degree must have qualified to enter Math 124 at the very least, which is Calculus I, a high level even for those who have taken numerous math classes. The reason this degree was created is mainly because many students were See new degrees on page 6
Give ’til it hurts On Nov. 15, Megan Peart willingly succumbed to the needle, donating a pint of blood in the special Cascade Regional Blood Services motor home.
Student groups putting Pierce on the net By Lonny Sulfaro Puyallup Post
Students on the Puyallup campus could soon have another place where they can find out what’s happening on campus. Members of student government and Student Programs have been working to get a student services-sponsored web page for students. Pierce students are currently looking at Mascot Network as the company they want to build the site that would be suited to meet students wants and needs. They have not yet committed to Mascot Network yet because they have already encountered some problems with the com-
pany. The original target date for the site to be online was this quarter. Mascot Network was unable to fulfill their contract because they were over booked. Another major problem has been that Mascot Network wants to put students’ pictures as well as their personal information like addresses and phone numbers on the site. There will be a security system designed to keep unauthorized people from accessing this information. Students at both the Fort Steilacoom and Puyallup campuses have expressed concerns about this. The college is currently negotiating with Mascot to try and
get them to build the site without the pictures, but Mascot isn’t budging saying that the pictures are an essential to the web site. If Mascot won’t concede to the college’s requests, then the college will start looking at other choices and even the possibility of building the site themselves. Some of the features of the site will be an auction page so students can post classified ads, an events calendar, chat rooms, faculty information including office hours, group and club bulletins, and the site would provide each student with an e-mail address. “It will be a wonderful service for stuSee website on page 8
VOLUME 6 ISSUE 3 ¥ DECEMBER 2000
Why the delay?
By Israel Adams Puyallup Post
Ever wonder just how your registration appointment time gets determined? Well, part of the answer is in this article. “Students’ appointment times are determined by the number of credits that they have accumulated here at Pierce,” said Mari Kruger, director of enrollment and student life Additionally, students with the same amount of credits accumulated at Pierce may have differing times due to the high amount of students currently enrolled at the college. Furthermore, the system assigns times according to an estimate on the number of students who can reasonably pass through registration in a specific See registration on page 7
No grades will be mailed home By Israel Adams Puyallup Post
As students, we all look forward to learning what our efforts amounted to in our classes. Yes, we’re talking about grades. But, don’t wait to find out what your grades for this quarter are through the traditional method—the mailbox. Starting this quarter, grades will no longer be sent to students’ home through the U.S. Postal Service. There are a few reasons for this. Mari Kruger, director of enrollment and student life, recently talked about this development. “Students are already getting their See grades on page 8