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lakeview pointe – The first residence hall built on the Macon Campus, Lakeview Pointe, opened in
fall 2020. The lakeside residence hall met a longstanding demand for additional housing on the Macon
Campus and nearly doubled the number of students living there. Freshmen and sophomores live at
Lakeview Pointe, while nearby University Pointe (acquired from private ownership some years ago),
houses juniors and seniors.

new Aircraft – In August 2020, MGA for-
mally dedicated two new single-engine Piper
Archers at Macon Downtown Airport. MGA
purchased the new aircraft – funded through
an $800,000 donation from the Charles H.
Jones Family Foundation – so that the Uni-
versity’s Eastman-based School of Aviation
could expand flight education in Macon. MGA
is the fixed base operator (FBO) of Macon
Downtown Airport.

peyton Anderson enrollment center – Expected
to open in summer 2021, the privately funded Peyton
Anderson Enrollment Center on the Macon Campus
will bring together key enrollment-related offices
under a single roof, making it an inviting point of
entry for students who can access everything they
need to be admitted and begin working on their
degrees. The Peyton Anderson Foundation and the
Community Foundation of Central Georgia provided
financial gifts to help make the enrollment center a
reality. The Peyton Anderson Foundation awarded
the largest grant of $1.5 million.

road project – A $2.5 million road project – including a new
roundabout – to improve vehicular and pedestrian safety, while
also increasing visibility and access to the Macon Campus, was
completed in August 2020. The project, funded by Macon-Bibb
SPLOST and managed by Macon-Bibb Public Works, leads
to the campus entrance at Eisenhower and University park-
ways. The project also required coordination with the Georgia
Department of Transportation and the University System of
Georgia to secure rights-of-way for the roads and to ensure
proper signage and signaling.

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