NGCSU president outlines initiatives

DAHLONEGA - Starting his first full academic year as president of North Georgia College & State University, Dr. David L. Potter greeted the university workforce at this week, and during a convocation, shared with them his vision for the coming school year and beyond.

Potter joined NGCSU as the institution 16th president on Jan. 1, 2005.

More than 400 faculty and staff members attended the event, which included presentations that outlined new and continuing initiatives at the university. The initiatives involve a Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, educating influential citizens, leadership for regional development and modeling leadership principles within the university.

"I believe our goal should be to attain national standing as a university of academic excellence distinguished by our uniqueness," said Dr. Potter. "Achieving that goal will require understanding our strengths and limitations as well as a clear strategy to guide us.

"The quest for national leadership in teaching and learning is timely because higher education is on the cusp of a new era," said Potter. "Colleges and universities must change teaching and learning theories and practices if they are to sustain their primacy in the advancement of human knowledge."

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