GT-Savannah campus dedicated
Larry Bowie
Institute Communications and Public Affairs
Georgia Tech’s recently completed Savannah campus,
opened this fall and formally dedicated last week, is the
new hub for the academic and research facilities that support
curriculum in the Georgia
Tech Regional Engineering Program. Known by the acronym
GTREP, the program offers students who live in the southern
part of the state an opportunity to earn a Georgia Tech degree
through distance learning connections and on-site classes
while remaining in the area.
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GT-Savannah
facts
• GT-Savannah
includes three buildings: the Program Administration
and Resource Building (PARB), the Economic Development
and Research Building (EDRB), and the Engineering Laboratory
and Analysis Building (ELAB).
• Facilities
include 25 laboratories, six classrooms, 12 telecollaboration
studios, a library and faculty and administrative offices.
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GTREP enrollment for fall 2003 is approximately
525 students. More than 30 students are pursuing graduate
degrees under the advisement of 18 Savannah-based faculty.
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The new campus is the cornerstone of the largest technology
corridor project in southeast Georgia’s history.
To make an even bigger impact on the region, operations on
the Georgia Tech-Savannah campus include two economic development
programs that help Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build
successful companies: The Economic Development Institute and
the Advanced Technology Development Center.
In cutting the ribbon on GT-Savannah, President Wayne Clough
said, “Our aspiration is to define the technological
university of the 21st century. That obviously means offering
top quality education, research, and economic development
programs. But it also means being innovative and entrepreneurial
about creating opportunities for students, faculty, and staff
to interact with each other and with the community around
them. Georgia Tech-Savannah is an exciting model for creating
those opportunities, and this campus gives us a new tool both
to achieve excellence and to help drive economic growth in
southeast Georgia.”
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