Only 5 Days left to enroll - giddy up!

Students can still register for classes for the Fall semester! Register online through Wednesday, Aug. 24 or on any campus through Aug. 26.

Students prepare for fall semester as summer slips away

As the last weeks of summer "vacation" start to speed up despite a bunch of smart guys telling us that time moves at a constant rate, new students at MCC-Maple Woods begin the process of enrolling for classes and becoming familiar with the place they'll be spending a good portion of their time in the coming months.

New student enrollment groups are designed to walk students through the enrollment process in small groups so that advising and admissions reps can answer questions, walk them through step-by-step and introduce them to other important services like financial aid, student employment or even campus life. After learning the ropes of MyMCCKC and selecting classes, the participants tour the campus with Student Ambassadors, as both groups learn more about the Woods.

Log into myMCCKC and enroll today!

Enroll Today – Pay Today begins April 11

Students
When students enroll for summer or fall classes beginning April 11, 2011, they will have to do one of three things:
1) Pay their tuition in full
2) Sign up for the MCC Payment Plan (a $35 non-refundable fee)
3) Have completed their financial aid process resulting in aid being applied to their account. (Special circumstances may apply to students in the A+ program, veterans, and those using third party payment methods.)

Benefit Eligible Employees
When employees enroll for summer or fall classes beginning April 11, 2011, they must complete their tuition waiver paperwork and submit within 7 days after enrolling for classes.

If an employee has not completed Prepare to Enroll prior to enrolling for classes, the system will automatically kick you to that page. Verify/complete this information before moving on to the enrollment process.

Once Prepare to Enroll is completed, select ‘Term’, select your classes, select ‘Enroll and Proceed to Pay’, select ‘Proceed to Pay’.

Employees will then select payment option 3: Pay by MCC Fee Waiver (Employee or Dependent).

Enter in the requested employee information and submit your completed and signed fee waiver to appropriate business office.

Change in the enrollment process

MCC has made changes in the steps students take to enroll. Check out all the information here.

Message to Students - Prepare to Enroll

Summer and fall enrollment begins on April 11. This semester, there is a new look in the myMCCKC Student Center that will help navigate students through the enroll and pay process.

Prepare to Enroll

Students are required to complete that step before you can select classes. If not completed ahead of time, you will be presented with Prepare to Enroll when you go to enroll. Once completed, you’ll be able to jump right in and select classes, enroll, and pay.

Prepare to Enroll includes:

• Details about MCC payment options
• Verification/edit options for student contact information, including MCC Notify Me
• A place to inform MCC of your current goal on the Student Profile
• Financial aid status as it relates to Pell grants
• Details of any holds on student records that would prevent a student from enrolling.

NEW STUDENTS should:

 1. Log in to myMCCKC before you come to your enrollment group session.

•  Set up a password you can remember
•  Complete the applicable MCC Notify Me option
•  Set up password help, if not already done on the application for admission

2. “Prepare to Enroll” in your Student Center on myMCCKC beginning April 1st. If this step is completed ahead of time you will not have to do that during your enrollment group session. This will allow staff to spend more time helping you get into the right classes.

 

RETURNING STUDENTS should:

 1. “Prepare to Enroll” in your Student Center on myMCCKC beginning April 1st. If this step is completed ahead of time you will not have to do that before you select classes.

Employee training for New Payment Model

Approximately 200 employees have attended training for MCC's New Payment Model (NPM). If you still need training, there are 3 more chances to attend a session. Registration for these sessions is not required:
• TODAY, March 28 from 2 - 4 p.m., LV CEC Conference Room
• Thursday, March 31 from 2 - 4 p.m., MW CC0102
• Friday, April 8 from 9 - 11 a.m., PVEC006

Information is also available on the InfoExchange under Business Procedures and Payment for Classes.

Students - new payment options when you enroll

When you enroll at MCC, you must choose one of three payment options:

• apply financial aid that's been awarded
• sign up for the MCC payment plan
• pay in full.

If you don't, you'll be dropped from class.
Watch the video for more information.

Students - there's still time to enroll in 2nd 8 week classes

The second session of eight week classes begins Monday, March 21. There is still time to enroll. Search for available classes by logging on to myMCCKC, go to Student Center and in the Class Search section, use the Additional Search Criteria >Session>Eight Week – Second.

MCC-BTC Enrollment Surpasses 1,000!

Although the Precision Machine lab staff assured us they could manufacture a cake pan in the shape of 1,000, we chose 100 cupcakes instead.
At BTC’s campus inservice from left: Ed McCarty, Cisco Academy Program Coordinator; Peeking from behind balloons, Karen Moore, Dean of Student Services; Dick Decker, HVAC Instructor; Jess Harding, HVAC Program Coordinator; and Mike Thorne, HVAC Instructor.

During the first week of 2011, a singular yet significant change happened at MCC-BTC. Our current headcount crossed the threshold from a three-digit number to four digits. MCC-BTC now has more than 1,000 students!

In the last three years, enrollment has grown by 40 percent from around 750 students in 2008 to nearly 1,060 today. During the same period, more than 2,000 credit hours have been added to the BTC schedule.

“We’ve become a full-service campus over the last couple of years – we’ve added a Learning Resource Center, a student lounge, and a full-time placement coordinator to name a few of our recent developments,” said Tom Wheeler, Dean of Instruction.

Enrollment and Weather

Because of MCC Campus closings today, Jan. 20, 2011, the last date for on-line student enrollment will be extended to Tuesday of next week (Jan. 25 at 11:59 a.m.) in order to accommodate Tuesday/Thursday class enrollment. Campus enrollment would also be allowed until that time so that it matches student self service on-line enrollment.

MCC featured in Educase Quarterly

MCC was featured as part of Tim Coley’s article in Educase Quarterly, November edition. In the article, MCC’s IT department is shown to be a pivotal player in innovative retention efforts.
(to see the section on MCC, scroll to the bottom of the artical under Final Thoughts, see the the case study for Metropolitan Community College.) For the complete article click here.

The article also mentions MCC's role as a beta site for Course Signals, an early intervention system for students at risk of performing badly in a course.

Record enrollment at MCC campuses highlights need for education in uncertain economy

Although several economists have declared the Great Recession over and the US in a state of recovery, jobs are still hard to find, and education is still the best opportunity for many students - returning and first-time alike - to be competitive in a changed job market.

MCC provides programs designed to move people into in-demand jobs, like law-enforcement, healthcare, veterinary technology and automotive technology, as well as versatile associate of arts or applied sciences degrees for transferring to four-year institutions. All campuses, MCC-Penn Valley, MCC-Blue River, MCC-Business and Technology, MCC-Maple Woods and MCC-Logview, have seen an enrollment increase of at least 5% for the Fall 2010 semester.

Maple Woods, with a headcount of 6,213, has seen a 7.3% rise in enrollment since last semester and has reached record enrollment, according to Dean of Student Development and Enrollment Services Shelli Allen.

A 5.5% increase at Longview, whose students now number of 8,000, has pushed enrollment to its highest level on that campus since the 1980's, according to registrar David Fritz.

Business and Technology has seen the highest increase in students among the campuses at 17.4%

Blue River and Penn Valley have seen increases of 10.3% and 5% respectively.

Overall, MCC has seen an 8% rise in student enrollment and a 7.8% increase in credit hours for the Fall 2010 semester.

MCC in the News: Creating Opportunities through Financial Accessibility

Every day, MCC's financial aid team helps people realize their dreams by connecting students and prospective students with money to help pay for college. And what can be better than getting money for college? Getting money for college that doesn't have to be paid back!

As MCC experiences record enrollment for Fall 2010, we have seen a much greater proportion of students applying for financial aid this year, according to MCC's district director of student financial services, Cindy Butler. Many more students are receiving federal Pell Grants that don't need to be repaid, she said.

"It's very positive. These are students with high financial need who are able to enroll at MCC without accumulating a lot of loan debt that will be waiting for them when they finish school," said Butler.

JaJuan Turner, a sophomore at MCC-Penn Valley studying education and business, says he is very grateful for the financial aid that has allowed him to attend MCC and will allow him to continue his studies at UMKC. Turner receives Pell grant aid and is a Henry W. Bloch Scholar, a program that provides him with financial support to attend both MCC-Penn Valley and UMKC.
Turner, who currently volunteers as the athletic director at the elementary school his daughter attends, hopes to become a high school teacher and athletic director. He also has a consultancy already in the works that he hopes to launch when the economy recovers.

Hear from Turner and Butler themselves when they will tell their story in an on-air interview with KMBC’s Donna Pitman this weekend. Tune in to KMBC 9 FirstNews this Sunday, Oct. 3, 5-6 and 7-9 a.m. to see the interview. (Exact time is undetermined.)

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear about how MCC is creating opportunities for so many Kansas Citians!

MCC-Longview welcomes more than 8,000 students to campus for Fall 2010 semester

It was a busy week at MCC-Longview as classes started and the Fall 2010 semester got underway.

Although preliminary, MCC-Longview registrar David Fritz says enrollment numbers have jumped another 6 percent growing Longview's student body to more than 8,000 students this semester.

That translates into 64,797 credit hours being taken by students.

The numbers are expected to change slightly as students have time to enroll or drop classes.

Fall 2010 produces bumper crop of students at MCC-Business & Technology

Above: Program Coordinator Jess Harding explains to his class how to calculate air-flow and the geometry they must master to be successful in the HVAC program at MCC-Business & Technology Campus.

To see more pictures of the first day of class at MCC-BTC click here.

Enrollment is up over 15 percent at MCC-BTC for fall 2010 semester. "We are on the verge of crossing the milestone of 1,000 students at BTC this semester," said associate dean of students, Karen Moore.

With additional enrollment expected for the second set of eight week classes, the current enrollment of 968 students could easily rise to quadruple figures.

Hale named Director of Enrollment Management

Kathy Hale has been named MCC’s new director of enrollment management. She has served as registrar at MCC-Longview since 2000 and was instrumental in the development and implementation of MCC’s portal, myMCCKC.

Hale started at MCC-Maple Woods as a receptionist in 1991, going on to serve as college relations coordinator at both Maple Woods and Longview. Before coming to MCC, she taught first grade at St. Therese Elementary School.

“I’m excited to be part of enrollment services and look forward to being able to synthesize and gather data to even better serve the needs of MCC,” said Hale. “The job is to represent students
and I’ll be able to add a campus perspective into the duties this job entails.

Hale earned her bachelor’s in elementary education from Avila University and a master’s in higher education administration from UMKC. She will begin in her new role Jan.19, 2010.