<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/fall-enrollment-increases.php" dsn="news"><pubDate>08/18/2025</pubDate><title>First-Year and Transfer Enrollment See Gains for 2025</title><description>First-year undergraduate enrollment has reached its highest level since before the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 1,030 first-year students registered for the fall of 2025, a 15% increase from the same date in 2024. </description><author>Rachel Putman</author><category>Arts and Sciences</category><category>Business and Industry</category><category>Featured</category><category>Health Education and Human Sciences</category><image><img src="/news/_images/2025-cubcamp-1297.jpg" alt="cubcamp participants throw colored powder into the air before starting the fall 2025 semester"/></image><caption/><archive>2025-08</archive></item>