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FromtheOfficeofUniversityRelations
PineCityUniversity
ForImmediateRelease
Contact:MinnieMouse
+1(256)4018599
mmouse@crimson.ua.edu
July21,2015
IncreaseinMinorityEnrollmentatPineCityUniversity
TUSCALOOSA,AlPineCityUniversityissteadilybecomingamorediverseinstitutionwithits
increaseinstudentminoritypopulations.Studentminorityenrollmentincreasedby8.7percent,to1,899
studentsforfall2015.
Theuniversityreleasedfiguresforeachenrollmentcategorybasedonselfreportedstudentdata.
Surveyshowedtheenrollmentofblackstudentsincreasedby34.AmericanIndianstudentenrollment
showedthelargestincreaseof46studentsfollowedbyAsianstudentenrollmentwhichincreasedby44.
Hispanicstudentenrollmentgrewby28.
Thisuniversityhastakenasignificantstepforward,saidPresidentJudyBonner.Oureffortsof
recentyearsarebeginningtoproducethedesiredresults.
Students,facultyandadministratorswhohavebeenworkingforthisincreaseinminoritystudents
arepleasedwiththeirefforts,chancellorRobertWittsaid.
Westillhavemoretodo.Thisisonlythebeginning,saidWitt.Statisticsshowminoritystudent
enrollmentfiveyearsagowas1,540.