by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
Might 31, 2025
College President George French Jr. stated, ‘We’re able to go.’
Almost three years in the past, the Board of Trustees of Clark Atlanta College (CAU) introduced that the establishment would assemble three new campus amenities, together with a brand new pupil success middle, and WSB-TV just lately reported that development on the scholar middle has formally began. It’s the primary new development in 20 years.
The varsity introduced that the groundbreaking ceremony was happening Might 15, and in response to College President George French Jr., “We’re able to go.” When the announcement occurred in October 2023, the varsity acknowledged that the brand new middle would assist streamline sources and packages to help the success of the attending college students.
Be a part of us as we break floor on the way forward for excellence at Clark Atlanta College! 🏗️✨
📍 Clark Atlanta College Pupil Success Middle
📅 Thursday, Might 15, 2025
🕑 2:00 PM
📌 SNCC Means
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– Clark Atlanta Univ. (@Cau) Might 14, 2025
The deliberate middle might be obtainable to deal with college advisors and tutors, and may have packages that can assist college students with their examine strategies and present them expertise on methods to navigate campus life. French hopes that it’s going to assist to steadiness the amount and high quality for college students. The thrill of the development of the middle provides to the truth that it’s been over 20 years since one thing has been constructed on the campus of Clark Atlanta College.
“It’s been over 20 years since we had development on the campus. We’re tremendous, tremendous excited,” French stated.
The price of the venture is $12 million and is predicted to be accomplished in time for the scholars to put it to use by the autumn of 2026.
With the brand new constructing and the status of the varsity, French talked about that there have been 48,000 candidates for the 1,200 spots obtainable this yr.
“These 48,000 college students had a median—these admitted—GPA of three.71. Therefore, we needed to have pupil providers like this for them,” French stated. It’s a report variety of purposes.
Clark Atlanta College, a non-public, traditionally black college in Atlanta, was established again in 1988 when two separate establishments, Clark Faculty and Atlanta College, got here collectively to merge into CAU. College students who attend the varsity work in direction of acquiring undergraduate, graduate, and/or skilled levels.
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