Inside April 20, 2004's Issue

Information Technology program suspended

Porter and Wills to leave Floyd

Dr. Betty Siegel to speak at graduation

North Metro Tech campus to be relocated

By Kenneth Tucker and Kanard McCrary
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Staff Writers

Within the next year, Floyd College expects to relocate its Acworth campus.

The college has offered classes at the North Metro Tech campus in Acworth for the last 13 years.

Dr. Virginia Carson, Vice President of Academic Affairs, said, �North Metro Technical College asked Floyd to find alternative space for our classes, since North Metro has needs for the classrooms for their own programs.�

The move may not take place until after fall semester.

Dr. Randy Pierce, Georgia Highlands College President, said, �It's looking more and more likely that we are going to be there (at North Metro) in the fall.�

According to Pierce approximately 850 students are currently taking classes through Floyd on the North Metro Tech campus.

Pierce said that approximately two-thirds of these students are Cobb County residents, while others are from Acworth, Woodstock and Cherokee.

One of the primary reasons Floyd offered classes through North Metro Tech was the convenience of location for those students who couldn't easily reach one of Floyd's other campuses.

There is an active investigation and decision process underway,� said Carson when asked about possible locations for a new campus that would still be of some convenience to those students who have been attending North Metro.

According to Pierce, two of the potential locations that are curthus rently being looked into are Southern Poly Tech and Kennesaw State University, though other possibilities are present as well. The only problems present are financial.

Carson points out that all sites under consideration have student convenience in mind. Georgia Highlands College wants current students to be able to continue taking classes, but also would like to give other community residents the opportunity to take advantage of the academic offerings Floyd has.

I hope it will not be much farther away. I don't mind that it will be relocated as long as it's a suitable place,� said Priscilla Faulkner, a business major from Kennesaw.

Erin Gray, a journalism major from Waleska� said, �The main thing that everyone is concerned with is the travel time to the new campus. Students mainly attend NMT because of the commute, so hopefully we won't be losing many students due to the move.�

The possible relocation of Georgia Highlands College classes will enable more residents of the service area to benefit from having the college nearby,� said Carson. �This change for Floyd is supported by the University System of Georgia.�

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