Students could be helped by better publicity of important deadlines

A better informed campus is a better campus overall.

We at The Advocate stand behind this wholeheartedly and would like to see others in the campus community take it to heart as well.

Registration for spring term began on Feb. 22 for students with 46 or more credits and the following day for students with 45 or less credits.

The first day that students were able to see an updated MHCC home page that reflected the registration for spring term was Feb. 29.

For something as important and crucial to degree completion as registration for classes not to be publicized on the college home page until a week after registration has begun, is not acceptable. The website was still publicizing registering for winter term at that time.

Why is the college not publicizing these dates widely? Writing and math courses, classes that are required all degrees, are usually among the first to fill up. That being the case, for students who need just that last math or writing class, late publication of registration dates on the home page can mean the difference between completion of their degree and another term at school.

With this in mind, students who were unaware of registration timelines need to register for their classes. Much as it is the administration’s job to publicize information, it is the student’s job to make use of that information.

That being said, how can the administration improve upon this publicity blunder?

Simply put, make a bigger effort to publicize information important to students. This could be as easy as maintaining all of the many outlets on campus: updated news on the home page, up-to-date announcements on KMHD2, bigger and flashier posters around campus, bookmarks in textbooks and library books and even advertising in The Advocate.

Now, we at The Advocate are not trying to promote advertising within the newspaper. Instead, out intention is to try to promote active and, dare we say it, aggressive marketing and publicity of information to students.

This is something that could be of benefit to other programs and groups on campus. For example, events put on by Student Activities Board and Associated Student Government might benefit from such tactics in terms of attendance and participation from students.

Needless to say, the college, as a whole, could be doing a better job of informing students of important or even entertaining information whether it be a fun, themed event for students and faculty to enjoy or an informational meeting. The content of such events are irrelevant if they are not well attended.