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But the number of applicants beat expectations In December 2015, the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
and the University ended up admitting 47 (SACSCOC) authorized the University to begin
admitting students to the first two graduate
students – 33 in IT and 14 in Nursing. programs.

Dr. Kevin Cantwell, Middle Georgia State’s Middle Georgia State’s Master of Science in
Information Technology has tracks in
interim provost who was interim dean of Information Security/Digital Forensics and
Health Informatics. The Master of Science in
graduate studies until recently, credits the Nursing prepares nurse practitioners in
Adult/Gerontology and Acute Care. (See the
University’s success in creating two attractive nursing graduate program article on page 8.)

programs to its adherence to the results of a Sarah Hollifield, 23, was among the first to
enroll in the IT graduate program. Hollifield
regional needs assessment.

“That needs assessment was right on the mark

for both degrees,” he said. “I think this
is just the beginning of our
development of a strong
selection of graduate programs.”

Dr. John Girard, IT professor,
talks with two of the first
students to enroll in the graduate
program, Yulonda M. Banks,
center, and Estella Dennard.

SHERON SMITH.

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