Students begin new adventure at University of Regina move-in day | 24CA News
If you’re on the lookout for an indication that fall is getting nearer, you don’t should look any additional than the University of Regina campus as lots of of scholars arrived Monday for transferring day.
Classes start on the U of R on Aug. 30, and enrolment is up round 5 per cent from final 12 months.
As of Aug. 16, whole enrolment for the autumn semester is 16,312 college students.
We are again at pre-pandemic ranges, and you may see the power on campus that college students are coming,” Jeff Keshen, the University of Regina president mentioned.
“I was thrilled this morning to see students coming from Swift Current, from Moosomin, northern Saskatchewan, Calgary, and this morning I met a couple from Nigeria.”
Those dwelling on campus have additionally elevated roughly 30 per cent. It is predicted greater than 1,100 college students can be dwelling on campus within the fall semester.
And for individuals who moved in Monday, many had been excited to expertise the downtown life.
“It’s really great if you’re looking to meet people, especially if you are from out of town,” Hadley Harrison from Cold Lake Alberta mentioned. “They hold a lot of events, social events especially if you’re looking to make some friends. It’s really great.”
“It’s good for adjusting to the city life if you’re from the country like me,” mentioned Wyatt Neufold, who comes from south of Swift Current. “It’s a great opportunity to integrate into social groups.”
It was not too long ago introduced the federal authorities is contemplating a cap on the variety of worldwide college students within the nation, to ease the strain on the housing market.
For Keshen, he mentioned there isn’t any concern with rooms on the U of R, and hopes extra college students come to the college.
“I don’t think we have the same situation as we see from some Ontario communities and other major metropolitan areas,” Keshen mentioned.
“We have hundreds of rooms available on our campus. Saskatchewan currently attracts about three per cent of international students and we’re out visiting international students attracting people to our great province who want to stay here afterwards.”
There are presently between 400 and 500 vacant rooms on the U of R.
If the institute isn’t capable of fill the extra rooms, Keshen mentioned the college may take a look at methods to “reinvent that space” for different functions.
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