2018 State of the University address

UNG has become a leading regional university and a driving

force for educational attainment and economic development. We

are responsive to the region’s increasing complexity, workforce

demands, economic development needs, and community diversity,

and we are expanding opportunities to make students regionally

and globally competitive.

We take seriously our role as a large, public university to serve

the students of our region. We are fortunate that we have the

range of associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees in hand,

allowing us to blaze new pathways as an evolving university.

This fall, we will enroll about 20,000 students across our five

campuses and online, and we can be proud that we are one of the

largest and fastest-growing public universities in Georgia. And,

while about 80% of our students come from 30 counties in

northeast Georgia, we enroll students from all 50 states, every U.S.

territory, and 97 countries.

It is clear that we have strong momentum, and we are able to look

forward from a position of strength. As we approach our next

strategic planning cycle and in five short years, our

sesquicentennial, celebrating 150 years as an institution, we need

to ask ourselves, "What is ahead and how are we going to get

there?"