Bioteau meets with student leadership groups on a regular basis and tries to continually be involved in student affairs, concerning herself with the actual experience students get at SLCC. Tlou said she "is always interested in what students are doing."

"Student input and student involvement is at the top of her list and the quality of the experience and the number of people who can take advantage of what we feel is a unique situation, is always at the front of her mind," he said.

"This is the best time to be thinking about going back to school, period," Tlou said. He said admissions officers, academic advisors, registrars and information processors are all online and geared up for the expected influx of students at this time of the year.

Fall semester classes at SLCC start Aug. 22. Information about admission and registration is available online at www.slcc.edu.

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