GGC named #5, continues record of success

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1 Fall 2013 :: Vol.7 No.1 IsidEDGE: Dr. Loi Harvl rmmbrd with strt am First GGC cadt appoitd to Wst Poit Th Gorgia Gwitt campus ow bustls with almost 10,000 studts. Show hr, studts chag classs durig a crisp fall aftroo. GGC amd #5, cotius rcord of succss First postsaso champioship i ay sport As Gorgia Gwitt Collg trd its svth yar of opratios, it cotiud its imprssiv rcord of achivmt. For such a youg collg to achiv so may distictios so quickly is a tstamt to our iovativ modl for highr ducatio ad rflcts our mploys prov ddicatio to improvig studt succss, said Dr. Stas Prczwski, itrim prsidt. W r #5! ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Gorgia Gwitt Collg 1000 Uivrsity Ctr La Lawrcvill, GA :: CALENDAR OF EVENTS Dcmbr 19, 2013 Fall commcmt Jauary 8, 2014 First day of sprig smstr March 1 Applicatio dadli for fall 2014 chartr ursig class April 1 Applicatio dadli for summr 2014 smstr May 1 Applicatio dadli for fall 2014 smstr May 15 Sprig 2014 commcmt Visit th vts caldar at Gorgia Gwitt ros from obscurity to th fifth highst-rakd Southr public rgioal collg, accordig to U.S. Nws & World Rport magazi. W ar particularly xcitd that th scor placig us so high was acadmic pr assssmt, which rprsts GGC s acadmic stadig, said Dr. Lois C. Richardso, actig sior vic prsidt for Acadmic ad Studt Affairs ad provost. This is uhard of for a accss istitutio, ad a achivmt of which our faculty, staff ad studts, as wll as th Uivrsity Systm of Gorgia, ca b vry proud. Critria usd by th magazi to calculat collg rakigs iclud acadmic pr assssmt, frshma rttio rat, graduatio rat, prctag of classs udr 20 ad ovr 50 sats, studt/faculty ratio, SAT/ACT prctil data, frshm high school rakigs, accptac rat ad alumi givig rat. I additio to pr assssmt, GGC scord highly with a frshm rttio rat of 71 prct, a ara whr it is comparabl to Gorgia s stat uivrsitis, surpassig othr Gorgia stat collgs. It also scord favorably for its small classs ad studt/faculty ratio. Story cotiud o pag 7 Collg bids farwll to its foudig prsidt How dos a collg say good-by to its first Prsidt? This is a qustio ot facd by most istitutios for dcads, if ot hudrds of yars. Gorgia Gwitt rctly rcogizd this historic momt through a sris of vts sprad across svral moths, as th collg commuity hoord its foudig ad chartr prsidt, Dr. Dail J. Kaufma. Aftr sv yars at GGC, Kaufma dpartd th collg to assum th prsidcy of th Gwitt Chambr of Commrc, ffctiv July 1. Dr. Stas Prczwski, chartr vic prsidt for Acadmic ad Studt Affairs, has sic srvd as itrim prsidt. At a outdoor crmoy hld o th mai law last sprig, studts, faculty ad staff wr joid by Gwitt busiss ad civic ladrs i clbratig Kaufma s sv Story cotiud o pag 2 Dr. Dail J. Kaufma, GGC s iaugural prsidt

2 Collg bids farwll to its foudig fathr... cotiud from pag 1 yars with th collg with mmoris, laughtr ad som tars. Th clbratio cotiud at th sprig commcmt, ad through smallr vts for chartr faculty, th collg cabit, ad trusts ad doors. Togthr, may of ths idividuals partrd with Kaufma i cratig th collg, ad watd to xprss thir ow farwlls. It s ot vry day that you build a collg from scratch, said Prczwski. GGC is Gorgia s first four-yar, public collg stablishd i mor tha 100 yars. Thr wr o istructio mauals outliig th procss. Thr was oly this moumtal task ad Da Kaufma to tak it o. Th collg s first mploy, Kaufma was hird i 2005 by th Uivrsity Systm of Gorgia (USG) to stablish a th-uamd collg i Gwitt Couty at that tim th largst couty ast of th Mississippi ot srvd by a bachlor dgr-gratig collg. With a rapidly xpadig populatio, th couty ad its immdiat rgio wr udrsrvd wh it cam to highr ducatio. Kaufma visiod Gorgia Gwitt Collg as wlcomig a highly divrs studt body ad as big litrally built from th groud up to hlp all studts succd, rgardlss of thir acadmic prparatio. As a accss istitutio, it would b a w, iovativ modl for public highr ducatio i th 21st Ctury, ad hav a total commitmt to studts. H visiod a collg whr tachig, studt gagmt, scholarship, studt activitis ad srvics movd i a dlibratly itgratd fashio to sur studts would ot just go to collg, but istad, whr studts would stay ad succssfully graduat. This was uhard of. I fact, GGC was labld, a xprimt by may, said Prczwski. Ad som popl did t bliv it could work. But Da Kaufma blivd i Gorgia Gwitt s visio, ad his ifctious thusiasm mad th rst of us bliv. Today, his visio is rality. Gorgia Gwitt opd its doors to 118 studts i August Wh Kaufma prsidd ovr his last commcmt What a wodrful joury it has b. If w ar lucky i lif, w gt to b part of somthig xtraordiary. All of us at GGC ar so blssd. crmoy i May, GGC was dig its sixth acadmic yar as o of th 10 largst istitutios i th USG. Durig th crmoy, which faturd formr U.N. Ambassador Adrw Youg as kyot spakr, Kaufma witssd th collg s 1000th graduat rciv his dgr, as wll as th first doubldgr ad doubl-major. Udr Kaufma s ladrship, GGC achivd rttio rats comparabl to stat uivrsitis, uhard of for a accss istitutio. Its ow studts placd Gorgia Gwitt i th top 10 prct of collgs atiowid i th lvl of acadmic challg, activ ad collaborativ larig, supportiv campus viromt ad faculty gagmt outsid of th classroom. Dail J. Kaufma pauss for a photo with L ad Marshall Boutwll at a vt hld th last ight of Kaufma s tur as prsidt of GGC. Ths ar xactly thos aras i which Da Kaufma itdd this collg to xcl. By all succss masurs that mattr, th xprimt is workig, Prczwski said. GGC s cotiuig succsss ar a tstamt to Da s ispirig ladrship, icrdibl visio ad hartflt ddicatio i srvig th citizs of Gwitt Couty, th Stat of Gorgia, our atio ad byod. Gorgia Gwitt Collg will forvr stad as just o of his lgacis. O th v of his fial work day as prsidt, Kaufma, ad his wif, Kathry, wr hoord by mmbrs of th Gwitt commuity at a privat dir hostd by th GGC Foudatio. Spakrs icludd Tommy Hughs, chair of th foudatio s board of trusts, Gl S. Whit, chartr chair of th foudatio s board of trusts ad Richard Tuckr, a mmbr of th USG Board of Rgts. Da ad Kathry, thak you for takig a lap of faith ad blivig i th pottial of Gwitt Couty, said Hughs. You hav turd our visio of a four-yar collg ito Dr. Dail J. Kaufma a thrivig ctr of larig, a corrsto of thought ladrship ad a ky drivr of coomic impact. Thaks to your hard work ad ladrship, GGC will forvr b a trasformatioal ad ducatioal asst for th commuity, stat ad atio. Tuckr th aoucd that may of th dir participats, as wll as othrs uabl to attd th vt, had togthr mad arly $300,000 i commitmts to a scholarship to b stablishd i Kaufma s am. Efforts to fud th scholarship bga shortly aftr Kaufma aoucd h would lav th collg to bcom prsidt of th Gwitt Chambr of Commrc. Pach Stat Fdral Crdit Uio mad a ladrship commitmt of $50,000 to th caus. GGC is critical to th futur vitality of our couty, rgio ad stat, said Marshall Boutwll, prsidt ad CEO of Pach Stat Fdral Crdit Uio. Whil supportig th collg is a ogoig rsposibility of our commuity, it also is our rsposibility to rcogiz pivotal achivmts worthy of sigificat distictio ad hoor. Dr. Kaufma s rol as GGC s foudig prsidt is o of thos achivmts, ad w at Pach Stat Fdral Crdit Uio ar privilgd to cotribut to this historic commuity lgacy. I his fial public rmarks as prsidt, Kaufma advisd th 2013 sprig graduats that thir cotributios will ot b basd o crdtials, but o th applicatio of thir talts for th bfit of thir fllow citizs ad commuitis. H challgd thm to b liflog larrs ad dors. Mak your world what it ds to b, h said. Thr is o shortag of challgs. Do ot b dtrrd. You kow how to imagi, how to aticipat, how to crat. You did it hr. Now go do it to your world. Kaufma rflctd o his words at th collg s opig crmoy i 2006, whr h citd Irish pot William Butlr Yats commt that ducatio is ot th fillig of a pail, but th lightig of a fir. Kaufma thakd th collg commuity for hlpig him light his ow fir, ad for th privilg of srvig as thir collagu. H cocludd th crmoy with his tradmark farwll, Now, go b grat. Good luck, Godspd ad go Grizzlis. Prsrvig GGC s History GGC is coductig a sris of itrviws with Dr. Dail J. Kaufma ad othr ky idividuals ivolvd with th collg s arly yars. This oral history will b prmatly prsrvd o vido ad i a writt trascript i th Library ad Larig Ctr.

3 Collg stablishs School of Halth Scics Whit amd da, ursig program bgis fall 2014 O track for its plas to itroduc its logawaitd baccalaurat program i ursig i th fall of 2014, Gorgia Gwitt has stablishd a School of Halth Scics. Dr. Dia E. Whit was hird as chartr da of th w school, which will b housd i th collg s w, $30 millio Allid Halth ad Scics buildig, schduld for compltio i lat summr of Thr is a icrasd d for baccalaurat prpard urss ad Gorgia Gwitt is poisd to mt th d with its fi acadmic rputatio, Whit said. I am xcitd to hav th opportuity to dsig a bachlor s dgr ursig program from th bgiig, ad I kow that th Gwitt commuity is vry supportiv of GGC s plas. Th program is ow accptig applicatios, ad will accpt 30 studts ach fall ad sprig smstr. Dsigd i collaboratio with commuity halth car partrs, th program has b approvd by th Uivrsity Systm Dr. Dia E. Whit, Da, School of Halth Scics Costructio cotius o GGC s critically dd, $30 millio Allid Halth ad Scics Buildig. Th thr-story, 91,000 sq. ft. structur will provid a larg varity of facilitis for th collg, icludig thr physics laboratoris, six biology laboratoris, sv chmistry laboratoris, four aatomy ad physiology laboratoris, ad o lab ach for psychology, xrcis scic, IT systms ad digital mdia. It will hous th schools of Scic ad Tchology ad Halth Scics ad will op for fall smstr It also will abl th collg to icras its rollmt to mor tha 11,000. Board of Rgts ad has rcivd iitial approval from th Gorgia Board of Nursig. I additio to ursig, Whit will lad hr tam i dvlopig othr dgr programs for th School of Halth Scics. Sh holds both a mastr s ad a doctorat i ursig from Gorgia Stat Uivrsity. Sh coms to Gorgia Gwitt from Gorgia Primtr Collg, whr sh srvd as da of Halth Scics sic I that positio, sh ovrsaw programs i ursig, dtal hygi ad six collaborativ programs with Gorgia Halth Scics Uivrsity, th DKalb Mdical Ctr Radiology Tchology Program ad th Grady Halth Systms School of Radiology. Sh was rsposibl for stratgic plaig ad th dvlopmt of w dgr ad o-dgr programs. Bfor hr srvic as da, Whit was Gorgia Primtr s dpartmt chair of ursig for thr yars. Sh ld th program i achivig ovr 85 prct rttio rats, whil growig th program to ovr 300 studts with NLCEX rats ovr 98 prct. Whit taught ursig courss at Gorgia Primtr sic 2007, ad for th prvious 10 yars at Gorgia Baptist Collg of Nursig at Mrcr Uivrsity o th Atlata campus. Whit has a xtsiv rcord of srvic ad scholarship which icluds atioal ad stat prstatios, multipl fudd grats, ad srvic o stat ursig coalitios ad halth car committs. Sh maitais hr critical car rgistrd urs crtificatio. Satos amd da of School of Libral Arts Dr. Adolfo Satos has b amd da of th GGC School of Libral Arts. H rplacs Dr. Lois C. Richardso, who is srvig as actig sior vic prsidt for Acadmic ad Studt Affairs ad provost. I am thrilld to b th w da of th School of Libral Arts, said Satos. GGC s op accss missio, combid with its succss i rtaiig ad graduatig studts, maks it a wodrful tam of which to b a part. Th GGC faculty ad th School of Libral Arts ar committd to th succss of our studts, ad thir mtorig ad tachig ar a prfct rflctio of that commitmt. Combiig ths uiqu charactristics with a Quality Ehacmt Pla that prpars our studts for th global marktplac maks this a grat ad xcitig istitutio. A ativ of Housto, Txas, Satos ard his doctorat i political scic from th Uivrsity of Housto. H rcivd a prstigious Amrica Coucil o Educatio Fllowship, durig which h spt a yar big mtord by Dr. Adolfo Satos, Da, School of Libral Arts Califoria Stat Uivrsity-Motry Bay Prsidt Dia Harriso ad Provost Kathry Cruz-Urib. Th fllowship broadd his xpric i th fiacial ad busiss admiistratio, acadmic affairs, advacmt, studt affairs ad commuity gagmt aspcts of highr ducatio. Satos rcivd ladrship traiig i th aras of uivrsity fiac, stratgic plaig, public rlatios, advacmt, ad govrmt rlatios through th Amrica Associatio of Stat Collgs ad Uivrsitis Millium Ladrship Istitut. His prvious positios iclud spcial assistat to th prsidt ad chif liaiso officr at th Uivrsity of Housto, whr h also srvd as chair of th Dpartmt of Social Scics. Satos applid his skills i program valuatio ad rsarch for th uivrsity s Ctr for Public Policy ad th Ctr for Mxica Amrica Studis. Satos also has a history of commuity srvic, icludig fforts rgardig at-risk childr, ducatio ad th Hispaic commuity.

4 Grizzly Athltics off ad ruig t I oly thir scod saso of comptitio, ad aftr compltig th $13.5 millio Grizzly Athltics Complx, th Grizzlis alrady hav mad thir mark o th local commuity ad atioal itrcollgiat athltics ladscap. Spcial ducatio major Atoio All taks a swig i th Grizzlis w basball stadium. Udr th ladrship of Dr. Dari S. Wilso, dirctor of Athltics, ad a tam of outstadig coachs, th basball, softball ad m s ad wom s tis tams ach postd highlysuccssful opig campaigs ad ar positiod to compt for postsaso titls i th sprig of I fact, th Grizzlis had wiig first sasos i fiv of its six sports. Gorgia Gwitt postd back-to-back wiig sasos i m s ad wom s soccr, rctly claimig th school s first postsaso champioship. Th Offic of Athltics cor purpos is to dvlop liflog ladrs of charactr through acadmic ad athltic xcllc, said Wilso. W ar vry plasd that our athlts ar ot oly thrivig o th fild, but i th classroom ad i th commuity, as wll. Of th collg s iaugural group of studt-athlts, 57 playrs mor tha half of th total studt-athlt populatio ard th Dirctor of Athltics Hoor Roll marks with a 3.0 GPA or bttr smstr GPA i th fall 2012 smstr. Aothr 50 compltd th fat durig th sprig 2013 smstr. A imprssiv 37 postd a 3.5 or abov, with ight arig a 4.0 durig th yar. Mawhil, ach tam complts commuity srvic projcts throughout th yar o campus ad i th Gwitt ara to improv th placs w liv, work ad play. GGC wom s soccr goali, Alx Hays, a juior majorig i crimial justic, stops a oppot s attmpt at a goal. Th wom s soccr tam fiishd th fall 2013 saso with a wiig rcord of Ovrall, it has b a trrific start for our studt-athlts i th classroom, said Wilso. W prach th importac of pursuig xcllc o ad off th fild ad w ar proud of our tams ad coachs for thir ddicatio to that caus. Th Grizzlis hav quickly built itratioal coctios, wlcomig playrs from fiv cotits to mak up th collg s first-vr squads. This divrs group blds itratioal stadouts with top local talt from Gwitt ad surroudig aras. M s soccr wis Grizzlis first-vr postsaso champioship Th Gorgia Gwitt m s soccr tam capturd th collg s first-vr itrcollgiat athltics postsaso titl wh it wo th 2013 Associatio of Idpdt Istitutios (A.I.I.) this Novmbr. Th Grizzlis hostd th atio s top four programs from th A.I.I., rprstig istitutios from Califoria, Iowa ad Illiois, for a champioship baqut followd by two hard-fought days of actio at th Grizzly Soccr Complx. Th third-sdd Grizzlis dfatd scodsdd Califoria Stat Uivrsity - Sa Marcos i th touramt smifials i a tight 2-1 fiish. I th fials, th Grizzlis rolld ovr th Natioal Associatio of Itrcollgiat Athltics (NAIA) No. 3 tam ad touramt top sd Ashford Uivrsity (Iowa) by a 3-0 scor to claim th champioship. Th wi proplld GGC to its highst rakig to dat, a No. 9 spot i th NAIA M s Soccr Coachs Top 25 Poll, ad th program s first-vr NAIA champioship touramt i ay sport. Mmbrs of th Grizzlis m s soccr tam clbrat aftr havig mad history by wiig Gorgia Gwitt Collg s first postsaso champioship of ay itrcollgiat sport.

5 g to a wiig start Grizzlis post ovrall.611 wiig prctag For a brad-w program, th Grizzlis hav b aythig but ordiary. Sic bgiig play i August 2012, th Grizzlis hav st th to for futur prformac by postig a.611 ovrall wiig prctag ( rcord). I th iaugural 2012 fall saso, th Grizzly m s ad wom s soccr tams combid for a mark. I th first-vr sprig saso i 2013, th basball, softball ad tis tams playd thir way to a rcord. This fall, th m s ad wom s soccr tams improvd to a rcord. With trmdous facilitis, grat support from th collg admiistratio ad commuity, top-otch coachs ad high-quality studt-athlts, th Grizzlis ar positiod to r-writ th rcord books for yars to com. Grizzly Athltics Complx compltd Th Gorgia Gwitt Grizzlis compt at th w Grizzly Athltics Complx, a sparklig vu with stadiums ar th collg s mai trac o Collis Hill Road. Th complx icluds stat-of-th-art basball, softball ad soccr facilitis, as wll as th program s Athltics buildig. Costructio was fast-trackd to accommodat th first saso of comptitio. Th collg brok groud o th complx i Ju 2012, ad by Sptmbr of that sam yar, th Grizzlis wr comptig o thir w sythtic turf soccr fild as costructio cotiud o th rst of th complx. Th basball fild bcam availabl for play i March 2013, ad th softball tam took th fild for th first tim a moth latr. I May, th Grizzly Athltics Buildig opd its doors to admiistratio, coachs ad playrs. Th two-story structur icluds offic spac for coachs ad admiistratio, tam lockr rooms, a wight room, traiig aras ad ddicatd acadmic support spac. Th buildig also icluds a hospitality suit ovrlookig th playig filds, prfct for hostig gusts durig comptitio. Th Grizzlis 800-sat basball stadium icluds a prss box for workig mdia ad gam day staff ad a top-of-th-li atural grass playig fild. Th softball stadium faturs satig for 500 spctators with a similar prss box ad pristi playig surfac. Both filds boast stat-of-th-art draiag ad irrigatio systms. A sparat battig cag structur was built adjact to th filds for traiig ad pr-gam practic. Th Grizzly soccr vu offrs a combiatio of blachr ad hillsid satig with fatastic viws of th playig fild. Th soccr, basball ad softball filds ach hav digital scorboards ad ar supportd by a multi-purpos trac structur that provids tickt sals, cocssios ad rstroom facilitis. Th tir sit is toppd off with w ladscapig, trs ad walkig paths. Mawhil, th Grizzly tis tams hav joyd comptitio at th GGC Tis Facility just orth of th mai campus o Collis Hill Road. Th facility boasts 12 hard courts ad four clay courts, a wight room, staff offics ad tam spac. Th vu was acquird by GGC i th sprig of Th world-class quality of GGC s facilitis positios th collg to host touramt vts. So far, th collg has alrady b slctd to host cofrc touramts i m s ad wom s soccr ad softball. Th Grizzlis will cotiu to submit bids for futur cofrc ad atioal touramt play, brigig visitors from across th coutry to th GGC campus. I this viw of GGC s arly compltd athltics complx, Collis Hill Road rus from th bottom to th top of th photo. Th basball fild is at th top of th hill, arst th itrsctio. Th athltics buildig is btw th basball ad softball filds ad th soccr fild is farthr dowslop.

6 Commuity support hlps studts i may ways Gorgia Gwitt cotius to coct with commuity partrs who support th collg s missio ad visio. Ths idividuals, compais ad othr orgaizatios grously support collg programs, scholarships ad othr iitiativs ky to th istitutio s uiqu commitmt to studt succss. Privat support is critical to ay istitutio s ability to provid th margi of xcllc dd to sur that all studts rciv th high-quality, itgratd ducatioal xpric thy dsrv, said Lori Buckhistr, associat vic prsidt for Dvlopmt. Our collg has a wid varity of opportuitis for commuity partrs ad doors to mak a ral diffrc i th livs of our studts, both today ad for dcads to com. Whil scholarships ar a wll-kow ad dirct way to hlp idividual studts, thr ar additioal ways to provid support that ca impact larg umbrs of studts ad sigificat collg programs. Followig ar som xampls of how th collg s commuity partrs ar hlpig to provid this support. Our collg has a wid varity of opportuitis for commuity partrs ad doors to mak a ral diffrc i th livs of our studts, both today ad for dcads to com. Program Support Lori Buckhistr O xampl is th TIC-TAC-TOE program, offrd through th School of Trasitioal Studis. This iovativ suit of tutorig srvics hav mad quit a impact across campus, ad attractd th itrsts of doors focusd o makig a immdiat diffrc. Such programs hlp brig udr-prpard studts to appropriat acadmic lvls, ad support th goals of Complt Collg Gorgia. A $10,000 grat from Th Primrica Foudatio supportd xpasio of th TAC (Tutors Aroud Campus) program, which providd tutorig srvics i a varity of locatios, such as diig aras, th studt ctr ad studt rsidc halls. TAC attracts studts rluctat to accss srvics i th traditioal tutorig lab viromt. This mas th program Rprstativs of H.J. Russll & Compay paus for a photo at th trac to a Gorgia Gwitt Collg cofrc room rctly amd i hoor of th compay s $50,000 gift to th collg. Show ar Barry Compto divisio vic prsidt; Shivaa Watrma stratgic dvlopmt; Michal Russll chif xcutiv officr; Dr. Stas Prczwski, itrim GGC prsidt; Eva Jah sior projct maagr ad Tommy Wyatt gral supritdt. rachs studts who would ot othrwis sk assistac. TAC also ffctivly provids xpadd srvics without th dmad of a spac dsigatd oly for tutorig srvics. A $17,500 grat from th Mary P. Dolciai Hallora Foudatio supportd TOE (Tutors Oli Evrywhr), which is a importat sourc of tutorig for today s busy studts, may of whom ar balacig classs with work ad family. With almost 40 prct of GGC s studts workig at last part tim, TOE ca provid tutorig hlp whvr ad whrvr it is covit to thm. Facility Namig A sig o th third floor of Buildig B ow idtifis a cofrc room as th H.J. Russll & Compay Cofrc Room a prmat rmidr of th compay s grous gift of $50,000 to support critical ds at th collg. Th compay allowd us to us its doatio whr it was dd most. This is importat bcaus such urstrictd gifts giv th collg trmdous flxibility i fudig umt ds, aswrig uxpctd challgs or takig advatag of uplad opportuitis, said Buckhistr. I this cas, w idtifid a ufudd projct w blivd would b spcially maigful to th compay, sic it is i th costructio idustry. Th fuds providd a lvator i Buildig D, which houss th collg s Offic of Admissios ad othr vital srvics. This buildig, acquird by th collg svral yars ago, was origially built bfor th Amricas with Disabilitis Act. Th lvator mad th buildig ADA compliat, ad abls idividuals with disabilitis to accss th scod floor. Th Commuity Foudatio for Northast Gorgia (CFNEG) mad a grat of $50,000 i support of th collg s w Allid Halth ad Scics buildig. Th fuds will b usd to outfit larig spacs to mt currt ad futur tchical rquirmts. I apprciatio for this grous support, th collg will am a slctd spac for CFNEG. Namig opportuitis provid doors with th ability to provid bas support for th collg whil surig that its support is prmatly rcogizd, sh said. As a w collg, w hav may opportuitis for doors who wish to crat such a lgacy. Othr Grats Th collg also applis for grats to support spcific ds. Earlir this yar, Gorgia Gwitt Collg was awardd a $500,000 Trasportatio Ehacmt Grat by Gorgia s Dpartmt of Trasportatio (GDOT) to implmt a pdstria pathways projct. Th projct will coct th collg s Admissios Buildig ad th Valti Buildig alog Collis Hill Road to Buildig A, th Parkig Dck, ad Uivrsity Ctr La ar th campus w loop road ad Grizzly Athltics Complx. A sd grat from th Natioal Ctr for Wom & Iformatio Tchology (NCWIT), fudd by Symatc ad orgaizd by th Acadmic Alliac was usd to dvlop a Wom i IT larig commuity at th collg. Larig commuitis ar dsigd to crat a hacd ducatioal xpric for studts pursuig th sam fild of study. Thy provid spcial activitis that ivolv ad courag studts, xpos thm to positiv rol modls, ad hlp thm succd. Th collg works closly with may typs of orgaizatios, icludig privat foudatios, to pursu grat opportuitis, Buckhistr said. Grats ca b bstowd or ard i comptitiv programs, or i ractio to a proposal that matchs a d to a door s philathropic itrsts. For mor iformatio about supportig th collg, plas cotact th Offic of Dvlopmt at or dvlopmt@ggc.du. A $500,000 GDOT grat will abl th collg to complt much-dd pdstria pathways projcts i th aras idicatd by th rd lis. I this viw, Collis Hill Road is at far right ad rus from th bottom to th top of th pictur.

7 GGC amd #5: cotius rcord of succss, cotiud from pag 1 Th high rakig follows o th dsigatio of Gorgia Gwitt as a Collg of Distictio. Visit for mor iformatio. Military-fridly dsigatios Gorgia Gwitt also has b amd a military-fridly istitutio by two diffrt srvic mmbr orgaizatios. GGC was amd a 2014 Military Fridly School by Victory Mdia, th prmir mdia tity for military prsol trasitioig ito civilia lif. Th 2014 Military Fridly Schools list hoors th top 20 prct of collgs, uivrsitis ad trad schools i th coutry that ar doig th most to mbrac Amrica s military srvic mmbrs, vtras, ad spouss as studts ad sur thir succss o campus, accordig to Victory Mdia. GGC also was slctd as a top militaryfridly school by Military Advacd Educatio, th joural of highr larig for today s srvic mmbr, ad KMI Mdia Group, a publishr of dfs-rlatd publicatios ad wbsits. Th aual Guid to Military Fridly Schools is distributd i prit ad digital format to hudrds of thousads of activ ad formr military prsol. GGC will appar i th 2014 Guid to Military-Fridly Collgs & Uivrsitis i th Dcmbr issu of Military Advacd Educatio. Earlir this yar, th collg stablishd th Offic of Vtras Succss, which crtifis rollmt with th VA for all studts usig GI Bill ducatio bfits, provids scholarship ad job opportuity iformatio, ad rfrs studts to additioal srvics ithr with th VA or o campus, such as tutorig. About 230 vtras attd GGC. Erollmt cotius to icras Gorgia Gwitt Collg xpctd about 9,500 studts for fall smstr, but surpassd this umbr by almost 400. Th collg is prparig for a sigificat icras xt yar wh its log-awaitd Allid Halth ad Scics buildig ops. Not oly will th buildig provid additioal Tru to GGC s mphasis o larig i ad out of th classroom, Dr. Jaita Rawls Esstials of Ladrship class collctd a varity of itms for doatio to Strtwis, a Lawrcvill-basd charity that hlps disadvatagd idividuals with shltr ad achivig a stat of wll-big ad slf-sufficicy. laboratory, classroom ad offic spac, it will hous GGC s w baccalaurat program i ursig (s rlatd story, pag 3). This yar, Gorgia Gwitt Collg rcivd a rcord 8,000 applicatios from prospctiv studts. About 22,000 prospctiv studts idicatd a itrst i attdig GGC, basd o data from th Fr Applicatio for Fdral Studt Aid (FAFSA). Gorgia Gwitt is th collg of choic for Gwitt Couty studts, as it rolls mor Gwitt rsidts tha ay othr istitutio. About 70 prct of th collg s studt body hails from Gwitt. $296 millio coomic impact Gorgia Gwitt is a drivig forc i th local coomy, accordig to a aual coomic impact study. All collgs act as coomic gis, said Prczwski. This impact ca b s th most at th local lvl, but bcaus of th way dollars ar spt ad r-spt, that impact is multiplid ad sprad throughout th Gwitt rgio. This is o of th may ways i which GGC has bcom wov ito th fabric of our commuity ot to mtio th futur valu providd by our 1,500 wly mitd, taltd ad productiv graduats. For fiscal yar 2012, Gorgia Gwitt was scod amog stat collgs, gratig $296 millio i coomic impact, icludig th cratio of 3,029 jobs. Th collg itslf mploys 1,026, roughly aligig with th USG s ovrall mploymt of about 33 prct of th jobs it crats. Th othr 67 prct ar off-campus positios i ithr th privat or public sctors. O avrag, for ach job cratd o campus, thr ar two off-campus jobs that xist bcaus of spdig rlatd to th istitutio. To calculat th coomic impact, th Slig Ctr for Ecoomic Growth i th Uivrsity of Gorgia s Trry Collg of Busiss aalyzd data collctd btw July 1, 2011, ad Ju 30, Th aual study is coductd o bhalf of th USG Board of Rgts. GGC mmorializs vic prsidt with strt am GGC prmatly mmorializd chartr cabit mmbr Loi Harvl by amig o of th collg s mai strts i his hoor. Harvl, who passd uxpctdly i Novmbr of 2010, was th collg s vic prsidt of Educatioal Tchology ad a associat profssor of tchology. GGC is Loi s lgacy, ad it is fittig that th GGC commuity will forvr b rmidd of this vry tim thy tr th mai tracs ito campus, said Dail J. Kaufma, th prsidt of GGC. Loi Harvl Boulvard touchs vry part of th GGC campus, just as Loi did. Show ar Harvl s sistr-i-law, Susa Achbachr, daughtrs Samatha ad Emily Harvl ad widow, Martha AchbachrHarvl, Dail J. Kaufma, Harvl s sistr, Lsli Harvl ad brothr, Lstr Harvl.

8 Photo Gallry Gorgia Gwitt graduat Sarah Ja ckso is show wi Youg (lft) ad formr Uivrsity th formr U.N. Am bassador Adrw Systm of Gorgi sprig commc a Rgt Eldridg mt. Jackso sp McMilla at th 20 ok at th crm ovrcom homl 13 oy about how h ssss for hrslf r dgr is hlpi ad hr four you of th Eldridg M g hr g daughtrs. Sh cmilla Scholarsh was th first rcip ip. Youg was th it crmoy s ky ot spakr. trr ducatio ad ss of 2008, usd h Cla, Id a dr A t. Chartr GGC gradua pcak shop i Suwa op Crazy Caks cu prurial spirit to Gorgia Gwi tt Collg s 2013 atioa collg s first l AITP Cofr atioal cham c dlgatio pioship. Show Nicholas Pyro brought hom ar: (satd), Jo Arm th dariz, Raymo Kimbrly Ha ock, R Sa d gy, Drk Do Lvsqu, Ch gosia, Da aldso, ristia Davis, y Masour, St ad Lissa Polla (stadig) Ev ph Atoi cia. Not show ly Bra, Kvi Jo is Joatha mobil applic s, G M illma. Doal arcus Michals atio dso ad Pyro k mt, ad Jo s dvlopmt; Michalsk took third pl a s ad Armda ac i riz took th h d Lvsqu wo scod pl ac avily covtd first plac i da i Java dvloptabas dsig. ED tio. LE cr tifica ad is r v il S sig LEED ard tal D dig rctly ad Evirom U.S. Gr Buil o s r t c y t ati rg th d f o E atio oly th GGC s stu Ladrship i l cr tific rig Ctr is r ta fo. s m d L a sta catio viro g t rar y ad EED Gold cr tifi th stri h collg s Lib L r a to.t Coucil cadmic librar y a svth LadigEDGE Fall 2013 :: Vol.7 No Uivrsity Ctr La Lawrcvill, GA Pho: Wb sit: ggcadmissios@ggc.du Associat Vic Prsidt of Public Affairs: Jifr Stphs Associat Vic Prsidt of Dvlopmt: Lori Buckhistr Dirctor of Extral Affairs: Mrri Bratly W Valu Your Iput Sd your idas ad commts o Ladig Edg, GGC s official wslttr, to ladigdg@ggc.du or call If you would lik to b rmovd from this mailig list, plas mail your rqust to ladigdg@ggc.du or call For mor iformatio about givig to GGC, call or sd a -mail to dvlopmt@ggc.du. Editor: Sally Ramy Photography: Rod Rilly, Athoy Stalcup Art Dirctio ad Graphic Dsig: Mark Bara, Libby LBlac Michal Mlas is th first ROTC cadt from GGC to b appoitd U.S. Military Acadm to th y at Wst Poit. H pla s to major i biolog y. Editorial ad crativ srvics providd by th Gorgia Gwitt Collg Offic of Public Affairs. GGC is a four-yar dgr-gratig uit of th Uivrsity Systm of Gorgia, accrditd by th Southr Associatio of Collgs ad Schools Commissio o Collgs.