Changes to New Student Registration

Changes to new student registration are taking place this summer, with a clearer focus on advising and registration.

The sessions, called New Student Registration sessions, start Monday, July 15. Students will begin the session at a Resource Fair in Takena Hall, which highlights clubs and college services, followed by a brief welcome in the theater. They then move to small group registration and advising sessions, which are divided by degree/major and are led by faculty members in the college computer labs.

The new format addresses some SENSE survey items that indicate students want and need more engagement with advising and resources early in the process. New Student Registration sessions are one experience of several that can improve student SENSE ratings.

Data tells us that students who are welcomed, whose names we learn on first contact, and who are properly advised are more likely to succeed in college. The college community can help by welcoming these students and doing their best to get to know them.

Three, 3.5-hour sessions will be held over five days; July 15 and 29, August 12 and 28, and September 19; and on one day at the Benton Center; July 24.

Students looking to start at LBCC will begin with the online Admissions Application, then take placements tests, do Roadrunner Entry, and sign up to attend one of the New Student Registration sessions described above. If you happen on a lost student looking for registration sessions, direct them to Takena Hall and welcome them aboard!