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State University of New York Chancelloer Nancy Zimpher made the announcement Friday atthe college’xs Fuller Road campus. Currently, the collegw offers only master’s and doctoral Some undergraduate courses will be offered in the but the first full class of about 50 students will start in the saidRobert Geer, vice president of academicv affairs at the school. The college plans to grow the freshmanb class to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice president and CEO. The baccalaureat e program will be fundefd througha $10 million endowment, a donation that includese an undisclosed amount from G.
Thomass Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expecterd to covertuition costs, Kaloyeros Selfridge also made an endowment when the campus openede in 2001. The state approved the four-yeaf program two weeks ago. Initially, Albany Nanotech will not add to its staftf of55 professors, Geer said, but that number is expected to grow to 75 over the next five Friday’s announcement was anothee milestone for the Albany NanoTech campus, wherd the college is located. Earlier this week, officialsd there announced that private, federal and states investments at the campus hadtopped $5 Employment has also exceeded the 2,500-mark.
That’s the numbef of scientists, researchers, engineers, studenta and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-foot With an average salary of those numbers translate to an annual payroll of $202 million. Albanyg NanoTech opened its fourth building, NanoFabh 300 East, this past Zimpher became chancellorJune 1. She is touring SUNY campusesa over the nextfew months.