Plainview Campus Offers Numerous Opportunities for Prospective Students

With its outreach expanding every year, South Plains College has opened a new campus in the region to continue to assist students with their education.

Classes began at the Plainview campus located at 1920 W. 24^th St. on Aug. 29 with approximately 180 students enrolled for classes.

“The reason for the creating the Plainview center was to expand our outreach to the students in the northern part of our college’s services,” said Kimbra Quinn, director of enrollment management at SPC. “This center makes education more accessible for those in that area.”

SPC offers technical programs in cosmetology, vocational nursing and associate degree nursing at the campus in Plainview. College-level general education courses are also offered.

The new center houses interactive two-way video classrooms, computer labs and student services offices. Also provided are college admissions, financial aid, career counseling, and testing, skills assessment services and dual credit ITV courses offered to high school students.

“The physical location of the new center makes the community more aware of the classes being offered,” said Gracie Quinonez, director of the Plainview Center. “We are kept very busy with questions from the many prospective students who are interested in attending classes.”

The Plainview campus is offering classes during the day as well as for those who are only able to attend night classes. The daytime courses consist of those classes that are part of the cosmetology and nursing programs. The night classes are the general education courses such as college algebra, English, government, history, psychology, computer courses, developmental courses and other classes that fit into the general education category.

The LVN program, which already offered classes to students in Plainview in the past,

has an enrollment of 45 students. Instructors for the LVN nursing program are Donna Murry, program coordinator and assistant professor-LVN, and Suzanne Griffin, LVN instructor.

The cosmetology program, which is being offered for the first time, has enrolled a maximum number of 24 students for the fall semester and offers a waiting list. Although classes began for everyone else on the Plainview campus on Aug. 30, cosmetology classes were delayed until Sept. 8 because of construction.

“We have a very nice facility here, and I’m very excited and privileged to be working with such nice people,” said Jan Decker, cosmetology instructor. “The program offers many opportunities for those students interested in the cosmetology field, and we should be very successful.”

The general education courses round out the rest of the enrollment population, with 111 students. These classes are offered at night from 6-9 p.m., and they only meet one night a week depending on the course. For example, if a student is enrolled in college

algebra her or she will only meet one night a week. These night courses are offered at the center to accommodate the busy schedules of working adults.

“We are very happy to be here,” Quinonez said. “We offer an open-door policy; and we encourage anyone who is interested to come and check out what all we offer.”

For the spring semester, the Plainview Center will offer the continuing courses from the previous semester following the same format.

“We will be monitoring where the need for expansion is, and we will expand was we can,” said Quinonez.”

The center will also be working to develop tutoring facilities to help students in their college careers. Summer classes are also in the developmental area, depending on how well classes go this year, Quinonez said.

For those who are interested in obtaining information about the Plainview Center, call the main number, (806) 296-9611, the nursing office at 296-7709, or cosmetology at ext. 4303. Quinonez, can be reached at ext. 4301.