Middle Georgia State has Chance of Becoming University This Year

Tuesday, February 10th, 2015

The first class of master’s degree students will enter Middle Georgia State College’s campus this fall if things fall in “best and shortest” time frame, its president said Monday.

But both the schedule and the new name for what would be Georgia’s newest university are up to the Board of Regents, the appointed body that oversees the University System of Georgia, college President Christopher Blake said.

“We have got our materials up to the system. The system will decide when is the best time for that,” Blake said. “I’m trying to gently say, ‘we’re making good progress.’ ’’

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