August 15, 2023
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Jessica Pope
Communications and Media Relations Coordinator
美高梅博彩以新的乐观情绪开启了新年
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在美高梅博彩，上课的第一天总是甜甜圈日。 这是vs上校长Richard a . Carvajal博士参观教室并帮助学生和教师庆祝校园新学期开始的一个机会。
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美高梅博彩校长Richard A. Carvajal博士欢迎学生们参加2023年秋季学期的第一天。 
在BlazerCon 2023期间，美高梅博彩的教职员工有机会听取有关大学状况的最新信息，并参加一系列个人和专业发展研讨会，旨在为返校季节做好准备。
美高梅博彩的一年级学生聚集在体育中心，热烈欢迎他们来到开拓者之国。
VALDOSTA — Increased traffic around campus, full classrooms, and the traditional “Doughnut Day” — when President Richard A. Carvajal welcomes random students with free doughnuts on the first day of class — all mark the start of another academic year at 美高梅博彩. This year, however, features something else — a renewed sense of optimism.
“After two years of lagging enrollments and budgetary challenge on the heels of the pandemic, there is no question that the hard work our faculty and staff have put in is paying off,” Carvajal said.
卡瓦哈尔最近在全校被称为“开拓者大会”（BlazerCon）的教职员工开学典礼上致辞时，详细介绍了美高梅博彩近年来面临的挑战，同时也分享了对未来充满希望的理由。
Carvajal said vs上’s summer term numbers exceeded all projections, fall semester’s traditional undergraduate entering class is up more than 5 percent since this time last year, and 研究生 School enrollment is up 18 percent. 与此同时，在线职业发展学院（在线职业发展学院）的人数增长了76%，该课程的注册人数目前已超过12000学时。
“Last year, we started a multi-year effort to ensure that our academic programs aligned with student and employer interest," he shared. “我们还彻底改革了我们的咨询计划，发起了一项新的全国营销活动，并重新调整了我们在新生招募方面所做的一切。 We’re most certainly not done, but those efforts are clearly paying off.”
校园里的许多设施都得到了改善，这让人更加兴奋。 例如，这所大学将很快在阿什利电影院的旧址上破土动工，建造耗资数百万美元的最先进的新表演艺术中心。 这个备受期待的项目预计将对南乔治亚州的社区和经济发展产生积极影响，并将于2025年隆重开幕。
卡瓦哈尔承认，在过去两年之后，这个好消息是一个受欢迎的变化。
“Yes, it’s been a struggle, and to be clear, the amount of change we are having to undertake is real and unprecedented in our lifetimes,” he said, adding that “the reasons for that change are many.”
在过去的25年里，在全国范围内，公立高等教育的资金大幅减少，在疫情爆发的头两年里，开始上大学的学生人数减少了130万。 展望未来，美国近30年来的出生率下降预计将导致未来十年高中毕业班人数减少。
“In what has become an increasingly competitive environment, all of this hurt us,” he said.
考虑到这些新的现实，高等教育专家现在说，为了继续取得成功，所有的学院和大学必须进行重大改革。 美高梅博彩的领导们表示，这就是全校范围内多年来努力改造该机构的原因。
“The successful university of the future will not be exactly like the ones previous generations grew up seeing in the movies or attending in person,” said Dr. Vince Miller, vice president for Enrollment and 学生事务. “vs上 will continue to provide a world-class immersive experience for thousands of traditional undergraduates, but we’ll also meet the needs of the quickly expanding group of online and adult learners.”
vs上’s 在线职业发展学院 was launched in 2021 for just that purpose.
“vs上 spent two years exploring every facet of national competitors who tailor what they do to online adult learners and then used that information to create an affordable best-in-class option right here in South Georgia,” Miller said.
在过去的一年里，该大学还对研究生院进行了投资，增加了师资队伍，并增加了进入竞争激烈的项目的学生人数。
这些投资产生了影响。
University leaders noted that vs上’s traditional programs have also gotten their share of attention.
“Our traditional on-campus undergraduate programs will always be our bread and butter,” Miller noted. “We’ve been reviewing academic programs and investing in Greek Life, student housing, and other aspects of student life to make vs上 even more attractive to potential students.”
虽然美高梅博彩的领导人对为建立势头所做的一切感到自豪，但他们指出，更多的改进即将到来。 During his annual convocation address, Carvajal announced that vs上’s 战略计划 will be revised this fall to reflect the university’s new “plan of attack” and “make clear the big things that will continue to change and how we specifically will change them.”
“It is time to solidify a collective vision for where we are headed,” Carvajal noted. 他说，这将包括对2030年成功的美高梅博彩将是什么样子的清晰描述，以及为实现这一愿景所必须做的一步一步的计划。
He closed his remarks by telling those in attendance that they have every reason to be optimistic about vs上’s future.
“Our plan is working, and it’s time to embrace the understanding that our willingness to do this hard work is exactly why we can believe with confidence that our future is bright."
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