Augusta University President gives state of the university address

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) – “I feel we have now a strategic plan that won’t sit on the shelf and it definitely gained’t acquire any mud it’s revolutionary it’s distinctive it’s thrilling“ stated Augusta College President, Dr. Brooks Keel.

Through the Dr. Brooks Keel’s state of the college handle  he targeted on previous and current plans for college kids at Augusta College, beginning with enrollment. Dr. Keel says the college has been growing undergraduate enrollment since 2015.

He says annually the college loses about 800 undergraduate college students, Nonetheless this yr that quantity elevated to a thousand due COVID. He says that hasn’t stopped AU from gaining college students.

“Solely 5 establishments had a rise of enrollment of the 26 campuses in your entire state of Georgia and Augusta College sure considered one of them” stated Dr. Keel.

Augusta College’s medical faculty is without doubt one of the prime medical intuitions within the state of Georgia.

Dr. keel says they’re working to maintain that going by funding medical analysis for issues like dementia and mind growing older.

“We now have identified the price of medical training and the price of all training has elevated extra time however particularly medical training” stated Dr. Keel

He additionally says they’re working to construct extra accessible parking for college kids and staff.