Event highlights impact of Cumming Campus
Article By: Clark Leonard
The University of North Georgia's (麻豆精品在线播放) Cumming Campus hosted its inaugural Backyard Bash May 11. In addition to showcasing the impact of the campus, the event offered a chance for community members to see progress on the 27,300-square-foot campus expansion, which is set to be complete in time for the fall 2024 semester.
The new space will allow for the addition of bachelor's degrees in Cumming and provide a capacity for future enrollment of 2,200 students, particularly in health care and technology-centric programs in demand along the growing Ga. 400 corridor.
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Dr. Chaudron Gille, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Ken Crowe, executive director of the Cumming Campus, provided an update on the expansion of the campus. They pointed to the addition of bachelor's degrees in elementary and special education, management, computer science, and international affairs with a European concentration as a game-changer.
I see such a robust future for this campus. Our new course offerings will make us a destination university for this community.
Dr. Bonita C. Jacobs
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"We are so excited about the new degrees this campus expansion allows us to offer," Gille said. "We will also be able to offer a larger array of science courses and a language lab."
Crowe, who began leading the campus in September, said the 75% increase in floor space provided by the expanded facility will allow for the addition of 11 new instructional areas.
"We're growing this campus," Crowe said. "We're looking forward to what the future holds."
Crowe and the Cumming Campus faculty and staff also recognized Jacobs ahead of her retirement at the end of June, giving her a signed photo of the Cumming Campus. Jacobs has served as president for 12 years.
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