UCAS Central Council on Admissions (UCCA) and Polytechnics Central Admissions System (PCAS) and the name UCAS is a contraction of the former acronyms UCCA and PCAS. An early proposal was made for the new merged body to be called PUCCA, but this was never adopted. UCCA was the older of the two bodies, having been formed in 1961 to provide a clearing house for university applications in the United Kingdom. It was created in response to concerns during the 1950s that the increase in University applications was unmanageable using the systems then in place, where each student applied individually to as
Marquette University Student Media one single news organization known as the Marquette Wire. Each outlet of Marquette Student Media is headed by a student. The College of Communication posts applications and hold interviews at the end of each academic year, during which the directors of the outlets are selected for the next academic year. The department heads for the current academic year are as follows: For a list of past directors, see the individual outlet pages. Marquette Student Media is based in Johnston Hall, home of the Diederich College of Communication. Each outlet has its own office. In 2006, the College began executing plans