Since donning the slogan "Lexington's College of Choice," LCC has been hard at work on solutions to many of the problems students are encountering.The parking situation is one of the most pertinent concerns of a LCC student.
More than 90 percent of the school's projected 5,400 enrolled students commute to the community college, parking in the lots surrounding Commonwealth Stadium.
When those students are added to the UK students who live in the dormitories nearby, the result is a parking disaster.
Dr. Janice Fredel, LCC president, expects the situation to diminish in the coming weeks.
"The first week is really hectic," Fredel said.
"Students that live in residence halls will go home over Labor Day and many will not come back with their cars because they realize the hassle of parking."
Another notable addition on the horizon is the installation of an automatic teller machine on the LCC campus.
Students carrying debit cards brought this problem to Fedel's attention last semester. These students were aggravated by the distances they had to travel to get money for lunch or even a soda.
The ATM will be installed sometime this fall, but until then students will still have to make the trek to the Student Center.
For the last couple of years, LCC and UK administrations have been flirting with the idea of extending or possibly even moving the existing campus.
This fall, because of the projected 2 percent increase in enrollment and the already crowed status of the small community college, Fredel, along with the rest of her administration, plans to begin talks on a facility plan.
This plan will entail research into the programs offered to LCC students, as well as determining how many students come from each region of the state, to begin developing a facilities growth strategy.
"The college has known, and the university has recognized, that LCC is growing," said Fredel, "Many people believe that we have the capacity to grow to 10,000 students if we have the facilities."
Typically, community colleges are primarily for students that have already entered the work force and then go back to school, but recently more and more students are coming directly from high school.
As a result of this new trend, the halls, the classrooms and the parking lots of this college are packed, and thus bring up the question of campus relocation.
"There has been a lot of talk about LCC getting a new campus," said Fredel.
"We will address the issues, and we will ask members of the student body to be a part of that planning."