Friday, July 11, 2008

UTEP's Ms. Adriana Salas!!


"Increase in summer courses provides revenue"



¡Adelante, DESTINO!



¡Ora, MEChA!



¡Ora, UTEP!



Welcome everyone to UTEP's Summer Semester II!

Or are we back to just one, again??!!
:)

Adapted from this source: The UTEP Prospector: Assayer of Student Opinion. July 9, 2008. By UTEP's Ms. Adriana Salas. Media credit to UTEP's Ms. Melody Parra.

The caption below her photo caption tells us:

"Professor James Quinan teaches a Painting I, II, and III class during the Summer semester, which is normally only offered in the Fall and Spring semesters."

What follows is from Ms. Salas:

"Many students are taking advantage of the increased course selection offered this summer in order to expedite their studies and graduate sooner.

"A total of 133 more courses sections [sic] are being offered this summer than in previous years in an effort to increase revenue.

"Provost Richard Jarvis said the summer was never looked at as an opportunity for students to get ahead in their studies until now."

Hey! Baloney! Try Summers 2003 and 2004! H*e*l, I was there!

"Jarvis said: We want to grow and increase the opportunities for students to progress in their studies, the interest was in seeing the summer as another kind of semester.

"Another major change also affecting summer courses this year are the times at which they are offered.

"Classes are now offered at later times of the day to accommodate more students."

Enter UTEP's Ms. Silvia Fuentes, senior education major!

"Ms. Fuentes said: I still think they should try to increase the number of courses for next summer because it really helped me out, but I know some other students weren't able to find courses they needed this summer.

Communications Department
's Top Loser weighs in on faculty salary caps !!

"The university also recently placed a cap on faculty salaries in order to bring more professors to the university.

"[UTEP's Successful Latina - hating Communications Department] Associate professor Thomas Ruggiero said he isn't feeling the pinch in his salary and believes this new approach will lead toward a more student - centered university."

He's lucky he even has a job. Period! :)

Hey, this is an over - all good read, Adriana, keep up the good work!!

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