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