Registration for UALR summer classes opens this week, launching a myriad of opportunities for students to get ahead on degree plans, expand work skills, or enjoy enrichment classes.

Priority registration for graduate students, post-baccalaureate students, and seniors began Monday. Registration will continue for the next several weeks, and students can find complete summer information on registration dates, course selections, and everything else needed to register for Summer 2011 at UALR.

Four sessions will be offered this summer:

● Summer 1: May 23 – Aug. 2
● Summer 2: May 23 – June 27
● Summer 3: June 6 – June 29
● Summer 4: July 5 – Aug. 8

Tammy Harrison, UALR director of Admissions and Financial Aid, said summer classes offer students an opportunity to concentrate on a challenging course or a chance to get a head start in their college career.

“Students from the central Arkansas area attending college elsewhere can join us in the summer as a transient student and complete needed college requirements that can be transferred back to their home school,” Harrison said. “Lottery scholarship recipients may choose to enroll in the summer to make up hours not completed during the fall and spring semesters or to improve a GPA to meet renewal requirements to receive their scholarship for the upcoming academic year.”

She said summer classes can help a student continue to receive much needed scholarship funds for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Harrison said financial aid is available to help with the cost of summer school. Students can apply for summer financial aid by completing the UALR Summer Financial Aid Application as soon as they register for their summer classes.