Students return to Fresno City College for the first day of the spring semester

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Class is backmost successful league for assemblage assemblage astir the Central Valley.

Students are cracking unfastened their laptops erstwhile again arsenic the archetypal time of the outpouring semester kicked disconnected Monday for the State Center Community College District.

Perla Gomez is successful her archetypal semester astatine Fresno City College.

"It's a truly immense school, truthful I'm a spot lost," Gomez said.

Gomez, who is studying to go a Registered Nurse, utilized the booths acceptable up astir field to assistance way down her classes.

"I truly emotion that they person each these and the fliers to springiness you and the maps, particularly the maps," Gomez said.

She wasn't the lone 1 utilizing those maps to fig retired however to get from constituent A to constituent B.

The assemblage is seeing continued growth.

FCC President Robert Pimentel says during the autumn semester, enrollment numbers were astatine pre-pandemic levels and are continuing to increase.

Other State Center Community College District schools are connected akin paths.

Clovis Community College says pupil headcount from Spring 2023 to Spring 2024 is up 19 percent.

At Madera Community College, much students are enrolled this semester compared to this clip past year.

Fresno City College's West Fresno Campus is afloat up and moving this semester with caller proscription options for students.

"When we opened our caller campus, we recovered retired that a batch of students did not person proscription to spell backmost and forth, truthful we decided to get a van that volition transport students backmost and distant to the campuses -- betwixt the campuses," Pimentel said.

A caller shuttle work from Kerman to FCC's main field besides started Monday.

People tin besides enroll successful abbreviated courses offered by the SCCCD done Ed2Go's online training.

Hundreds of courses are disposable including Excel, QuickBooks, and method writing.

"Overall, we're excited to spot students travel back, get an acquisition and execute the goals that they privation for themselves and their families," Pimentel said.

Enrollment is inactive disposable astatine each of the State Center Community College District locations. There volition besides beryllium short-term classes starting successful the coming months.

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