PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

President’s Message WELCOME TO Engagethe magazine of Georgia Gwinnett College

I am pleased to introduce you impact. The opportunities and challenges we face to the inaugural issue of our as a young, rapidly growing institution are complex. new magazine, Engage. The Community support and involvement are more

Dr. Stas Preczewski purpose of Engage is to share important than ever as we transition from an emphasis the GGC story with the college’s many audiences. on building enrollment and facilities to the maturation

Georgia Gwinnett is in its eighth academic year, and of programs and initiatives. the campus now bustles with almost 10,000 students. Engage provides a more effective venue for telling We quickly became one of the University System of GGC’s bigger, more complex story, both in print and Georgia’s 10 largest institutions, and we will reach an online at www.engage.ggc.edu, where readers can find enrollment of about 13,000 by 2016 – quite a change from videos and interactive content. when we opened our doors to 118 students in 2006. Why did we name the magazine Engage? Because that

GGC’s innovative, new model for higher education is what we do – from faculty engaging with students, has proven itself, not only through many quantifiable to a class engaging with a community organization success measures but through the stories of our students. on a special project, to the college engaging with local Some didn’t think GGC’s approach would work. On the community, business and elected officials. It is through following pages, you’ll find many examples of how it active, purposeful and effective engagement that this has not only worked, but excelled. college has become such a very special place.

GGC also has woven itself into the fabric of Gwinnett I invite you to Engage with GGC. County and the northeast Atlanta metropolitan region, and its many roles have grown in number, scope and

Stas Preczewski