Last in line
by Sharron Walls
A forgotten ID card put Kirsten Layug at the end of the line, and into a bit of MCG history.
Ms. Layug, a first-year nursing student, had to hurry back home to retrieve her MCG badge in order to sign up for her summer class on June 19. By the time she got back to the admissions building, 78 other students had made their way, table by table, form by form, through the registration process.
It was the last time MCG students would stand in line to register, making Ms. Layug the last student in the last line.
“It was kind of embarrassing,” she said. “I had rushed to get there to be first in line, and then when I realized I didn’t have my card, I had to rush home, rush back, and ended up last.”
PULSE, the new student information arm of the Banner system, now allows MCG students to register online. “I am ecstatic,” proclaimed Registrar Rita Garner, while at the same time expressing sadness at losing the face-to-face interaction during the hustle and bustle of traditional registration.
For administrative assistant Ludie Huff, it was a bittersweet day as well. She retires at the end of June, after nearly 28 years of seeing students through registration and on to graduation. While Ms. Layug, the final MCG student to receive her in-person assistance, is hitting the books, Ms. Huff will be spending more time with her church and in her garden.