Ionic bonds are formed when atoms become ions by gaining or losing electrons. Chlorine is in a group of elements having seven electrons in their outer shells (see Figure 6). Members of this group tend to gain one electron, acquiring a charge of -1.
Between the community campuses and the main Anchorage campus, over 20,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are currently enrolled at UAA. This makes it the largest institution of higher learning in the University of Alaska System, as well as the state.
Mississippi residents account for 83 percent of MSUâs new transfer students. First-time minority student numbers are up as well, with newly enrolled African American freshmen totaling 834, a 26 percent increase over the fall 2014 figure of 663. MSUâs overall African American enrollment is 19 percent.