{"id":7265,"date":"2021-09-20T19:13:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T19:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=7265"},"modified":"2021-09-20T19:13:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T19:13:41","slug":"largest-class-in-lvc-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2021\/09\/20\/largest-class-in-lvc-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest class in LVC history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Jordan Walter ’24, staff writer <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LVC welcomed its largest first-year class with a total of 479 students.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the main reasons why LVC has achieved such a high number of incoming first-year students is from the College\u2019s recruiting efforts through the COVID-19 pandemic. LVC was one of few schools that stayed open through the pandemic and offered campus tours.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe kept our business continuity through the pandemic,\u201d Ed Wright, vice president of enrollment management, said. \u201cStudents and families were very appreciative of the opportunity to come and see the school.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of the pandemic, many 2020 high school graduates decided to take a gap-year before starting college. As a result, enrollment was lower last year.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support from alumni and alumni-related scholarships may have also contributed to the class size; these scholarships are given to students who are referred to LVC by alumni. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had a lot more referrals this year than we\u2019ve had in previous years,\u201d Wright said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success from LVC\u2019s physical therapy program and the Arnold Health Professions Pavilion have become a great selling point for incoming students as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThe PT program was at a whole other level than all the other schools that I had visited,\u201d Abby Souder, a first-year physical therapy major, said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school was expecting a class of 500 students, but by the time the fall semester started, the number decreased to 479 because of melt or the natural decrease of student enrollment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s for a variety of reasons,\u201d Wright said. \u201cThe major one is just some anxiety. A lot of students were still second-guessing going to school during a pandemic.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the school welcomed 35 new transfer students at the start of the semester, bringing the total number of students to 514.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school prepared faculty and staff for the volume of the class of 2025. The biggest change occurred in class sizes, especially for first-year experience classes. Other than increases in class sizes, LVC was able to accommodate the enrollment increase.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just the admissions office that gets this done,\u201d Wright said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a collaboration of many units on campus.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LVC hopes to continue to welcome as many students as they can with the help of their faculty, staff and athletics.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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