Talk about helping students meet deadlines! June 30 is the absolute end of the 2004-2005 academic year for Grossmont College students, and others planning to transfer to San Diego State University this fall.

In some cases, the best laid plans just don’t materialize. Transfer-bound students must meet a sixty-unit requirement to move on to SDSU. A student might be short by three critical units (the equivalent of one average class) in their preparation for transfer. Other students might be sweating out their eligibility for intercollegiate sports, or need to keep their international student visa valid by making up a course or two before the end of the academic year. Yet other students would like to enroll in short-term classes to reach an educational goal sooner.

What to do? Grossmont College has added a “Spring Bonus Session” to its lineup for the Spring 2005 semester. Eleven courses, most of which meet general education requirements for transfer, are being offered in a compressed format beginning June 6 and ending June 30. All but one of the courses have class meetings scheduled Monday through Thursday or are offered fully online.

According to Grossmont College President Dr. Ted Martinez, Jr., “This is yet another way Grossmont College responds to student needs. Everyone worked together to make this innovative opportunity available just when students need it most.”

The concept for the Spring Bonus Session originated in the Enrollment Strategies Committee which includes representatives of the Counseling Department who expressed concerns that some students might be shut out of the opportunity to transfer to SDSU in 2005 due to the lack of a few units.

There is a special place on the Grossmont website, www.grossmont.edu, for additional information.