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HEARTS & HANDS CLINIC GOLF TEAM CONCERT NS SOCON PAGE 14 | PAGE 17 Thursday, April 28,2011 Georgia Southern University THE www.thegeorgeanne.com Volume 87 • Issue 6 GEORGE-ANNE GEORGIA SOUTHERN LOOKS TO THE FUTURE Engineering college could open in 2012 By CHARLES MINSHEW Keel said that the new college dean searches for the College toward next summer putting that are housed within the Allen E. Editor-in-chief could be created in August 2012 of Information Technology and sort of thing in place." Paulson of Science and Technology. "if at all possible. That's real College of Public Health before "Once those [searches] are Present undergraduate programs Georgia Southern University preliminary now, but I'd love to be focusing on hiring a dean of the out of the way, I want us to start offered include engineering could become the home of the state's able to do that." College of Engineering. looking at what it's going to take studies, civil engineering second College of Engineering as Keel said Provost and Vice "We'll probably start that to create a separate College of technology, electrical engineering early as 2012, according to GSU President for Academic Affairs thought process at the beginning Engineering," he said. technology and mechanical President Brooks Keel. Ted Moore must first conduct of the year and see if we can move Current engineering programs See ENGINEERING, page 6 UNIVERSITY PARK WORK TO BEGIN Enrollment to hit 20,000 By JENNIFER CURINGTON "[The increase] leads to more faculty and George-Anne contributor more space is the most important thing. I think we have enough space to allow some For the first time in Georgia Southern more expansion in the classroom buildings, University's history, enrollment is projected to as opposed to the online," Keel said. reach 20,000 students this fall. "We would have to get more creative Teresa Thompson, vice president of student with scheduling classes, but it's the faculty affairs and enrollment management, said that concerns me and the number of faculty approximately 19,600 students were enrolled and staff we have. That's what we really have for fall 2010. to try and focus on increasing and if we can The increase for fall 2011 is expected to be do that, then I think we'll be in great shape." approximately 300 to 400 students. Thompson said the increase of GSU President Brooks Keel said enrollment is due to people recognizing approximately 10,000 students are expected to what GSU has to offer. be enrolled in summer courses this year and "I think obviously we have a lot of great that this is a very noteworthy amount. academic programs throughout our entire "You have 10,000 students here now institution." spending money, buying shoes, buying pizzas, "I think people are coming to appreciate going to the movies, doing all these things. It [that] and have learned a lot about the Andrew Partain/STAFF is great for the community and the economy," fact that we have outstanding faculty and Renovations at the former Southern Links Golf Course will begin said Keel. staff and administration who care about soon to prepare for a September 2012 opening as University Park. He said this increase of students will lead to students," said Thompson. 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Fax Readers may pick up university because it is losing 20 "I think we've also increased people "About a two percent [decrease in NOTICE: any questions to 912.478.7113 or one free copy, and a second for percent of students between their across the board to help support in a retention], which was state-wide by e-mail [email protected]. a roommate or acquaintance, at freshman and sophomore years. lot of the areas. When you can absorb the way, it wasn't just GSU... and a lot distribution sites. Additional copies Keel said there is concern that at three or four hundred [students] each of it has to do with financial issues," The George-Anne receives are 50 cents each and are available the current rate of growth, GSU may year, hopefully you can try to keep up Thompson said. "A lot of people are additional support, in part, from at the Williams Center. Unauthorized not be able to meet the needs of the and then when we didn't have budget having to drop out to either work or the Student Activities Budget removal of additional copies from students. cuts we were able to keep up," said [they] have to go closer to home." Committee. a distribution site constitutes theft under Georgia law, a misdemeanor "If we continue the growth rate Thompson. "But I think we all have There are many methods that GSU The deadline for reserving space offense punishable by a fine and/ we've had in the last five years, it's to remember we've had major budget is currently using in order to recruit and submitting advertising copy or jail time. Editors will seek to going to be a challenge, no question cuts the last three or four years. So more students for future years. is noon, one week prior to the have any person(s) who removes about that.