Georgia State - GPC
Profiles - Consolidated Institutions
Georgia State University
- Fall 2014 Enrollment: 32,556
- First-Year, Full Time Retention: 82.3%
- Established 1913
- Students come from Metro ATL (2 Campuses)
- 44% of transfers come from GPC
- Total FY 2015 Budget: $738,077,043
Georgia Perimeter College
- Established 1964
- Fall 2013 Enrollment; 21,371
- Students come from Metro ATL
- First -Year, Full Time Retention: 60.90%
- Georgia State is #1 transfer choice for students who transfer
- Total FY 2014 Budget $185,194,815
Opportunities & Challenges
Opportunities
- Creates a modern urban university that balances needs for access as well as research and public service
- Creates opportunities for raising retention and graduation rates for associate degree seeking students with GSU’s proven success in this area
- Savings from eliminated duplicate positions and functions can be used to serve students
- Further scales a nationally-recognized model for student success and retention for students from all backgrounds
- Creates integrated pathways to degree spanning from initial general education to associate degree to bachelor’s degree completion
- Provides access and flexibility for students across the metro area
- Provides opportunities to target high-demand bachelor’s degrees to pockets of workforce need
Challenges
- Blending of institutional cultures
- Achieving efficiencies from seven locations will present operational challenges
- Budget issues at GPC need to be addressed
The members of the Consolidation Implementation Committee are:
Georgia Perimeter College Members
- GPC President Rob Watts
- India Blackburn, Assistant Dean of Students, Alpharetta Campus
- Dr. John Clower, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
- Debra Denzer, Associate Professor and Chair of the GPC Faculty Senate
- Jamie Fernandes, Assistant Vice President for Financial and Administrative Affairs/Budget Director
- Dr. Susan Finazzo, Associate Professor, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness, and SACS Liaison
- Dr. Sheila Garland, Associate Professor and Dean of Health Sciences
- Scott Hardy, Chair, GPC Alumni Association
- Todd Hendricks, Associate Professor and Chair of the Promotion and Tenure Committee
- Diane Hickey, Associate Vice President for Financial and Administrative Affairs
- Mark Hoeting, Assistant Vice President/Chief Information Officer
- Dr. Paul Hudson, Professor and Recipient of the 2014 Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Humanities
- Kara Kennebrew, Chair of the GPC Staff Senate
- Barbara Obrentz, Chief Public Information Officer and Director of Marketing
- Dan O’Leary, Chair of the GPC Foundation
- Sri Rajasekaran, Student Government Association President, Newton Campus
- Jim Rasmus, Executive Director of Human Resources
- Sally Robertson, Associate Professor, Immediate Past Chair of the GPC Faculty Senate, Current Chair of the University System of Georgia Faculty Council
- Jeff Tarnowski, Vice President for Advancement
- Dr. Ingrid Thompson-Sellers, Associate Professor and Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Julius Whitaker, Executive Director of Library Services and Interim Director of Policy and Governance
Georgia State University Members
- Georgia State President Mark Becker
- Dr. Nathan Bennett, Associate Dean for Faculty & Research, Robinson College of Business
- Dr. Gwen Benson, Associate Dean for School, Community & International Partnerships, College of Education
- Dr. Allison Calhoun-Brown, Assistant Vice President for Student Retention
- Dr. Sara Cook, Associate Dean, Honors College
- Dr. Joan Cranford, Director, School of Nursing (Interim)
- Dr. Dabney Dixon, Chair, University Senate Committee on Sustainability
- Dr. Jonathan Gayles, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Learning, College of Arts & Sciences
- Charles Gilbreath, Chair Staff Council, Director of Institutional Research (OIR)
- Lanier Henson, President SGA
- Dr. Darryl Holloman, Dean of Students
- Andrea Jones, Associate Vice President for Public Relations and Marketing Communications
- Dr. Peter Lyons, Professor and Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
- Bharath Parthasarathy, J.D., Deputy General Counsel
- Dr. George Rainbolt, Chair, University Senate Committee on Planning & Development
- Russell Dylan Ruediger, Graduate Student Representative
- Bruce Spratt, Associate Vice President for Finance and Comptroller
- Tammy Sugarman, Dean of Libraries (Interim)
- Phil Ventimiglia, Chief Innovation Officer
- Dr. Mary Beth Walker, Dean, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
- Dr. Sara Weigle, Chair, University Senate Committee on Admissions & Standards