Information & Administration: Points of Pride

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Points of Pride

• In America's Best Colleges 2007, U.S. News & World Report ranks North Georgia College & State University as No. 21 in the South among public universities offering undergraduate and master's programs. North Georgia is listed as No. 56 among both private and public universities in the South.

• NGCSU is the top state university for graduation rates at 44.8 percent. The statistics are for six-year rates for the fall 1999 cohort of first- and full-time, degree seeking freshmen. North Georgia ranks at the top, for the fifth consecutive year, in the Annual Report Card from the Georgia Office of Student Achievement.

• Of the 15 University System institutions with teacher education programs, North Georgia ranked third with 94 percent pass rates on the PRAXIS II content specific tests. NGCSU was also among the top three schools for the Praxis I academic skills assessment test.

• NGCSU was the first recipient of the Internationalizing the Campus grant from the Board of Regents Office of International Education. The $40,000 award is helping to implement initiatives of North Georgia's Center for Global Engagement. The initiative will enhance academic programs, study abroad opportunities and cultural diversity at North Georgia.

• North Georgia marks its 10th anniversary as a university. The institution's name, formerly North Georgia College, changed with attainment of university status in 1996.

• A $10 million gift, the largest donation to NGCSU in the institution's 134-year history, was contributed by Dahlonega resident Mike Cottrell to benefit the School of Business & Government, which has been renamed the Mike Cottrell School of Business.

• The Doctor of Physical Therapy Consortium degree program was recently accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education. This is the first-time accreditation for the consortium, which also includes the Medical College of Georgia and Armstrong Atlantic State University.

• The new University Press of North Georgia published its first book, "Billy Roper: Visual Storyteller," a study of Appalachian art and the artist's work. Roper was the first artist-in-residence at North Georgia.