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Retention Services available for students struggling academically
Warren J. Maxwell wmaxwell@foghornnews.com To Drop or Not to Drop Often when times get too hard or life tends to get the better of them, students are presented with a difficult choice of dropping their classes. Students who fall below a 2.0 grade point average are put on academic probation and have a student hold placed on their account. This hold is meant to motivate students to seek out assistance and to discuss their next course of action at the Student Retention Services office. The retention service department specializes in helping students get off academic probation as well as providing…
Regents accpet Guy Watts’ resignation
Dist. 4 representative plans to run for At-Large position The Board of Regents accepted District 4 Regent Guy Watts’ resignation on April 16. His resignation was accepted at a called meeting with a 7-0 vote, with Chairman Trey McCampbell and Watts not present. Watts sent his letter of resignation April 12 and plans to seek an At-Large position on the board, he told the Foghorn News. Watts said in an email that after years of advocating for a southside academic campus, and more recently a northwest academic campus, that it was time to withdraw as the District 4 representative. “I…