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State University of New York Chancellor Nancuy Zimpher made the announcement Fridagy atthe college’s Fuller Road campus. Currently, the colleg e offers only master’s and doctoral programs. Some undergraduatse courses will be offered in the but the first full class of about 50 students will starg inthe spring, said Roberg Geer, vice president of academic affairs at the The college plans to grow the freshmaj class to 300 to 500 in the next four or five said Alain Kaloyeros, the college’ss vice president and CEO. The baccalaureater program will be fundeds througha $10 million endowment, a donation that include s an undisclosed amount from G.
Thomas who owns The endowment is expected to coveetuition costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridge also made an endowmenf when the campus openedin 2001. The state approvedx the four-year program two weeks ago. Albany Nanotech will not add to its staffr of55 professors, Geer said, but that numbert is expected to grow to 75 over the next five Friday’s announcement was another milestone for the Albany NanoTech where the college is located. Earlier this week, officialzs there announced that private, federao and state investments at the campus hadtopped $5 billion.
Employment has also exceeded the That’s the number of scientists, researchers, engineers, student s and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-fooy complex. With an average salary of $81,000, those numberx translate to an annual payrollof $202 Albany NanoTech opened its fourth building, NanoFah 300 East, this past spring. Zimpher became chancellort June 1. She is touring SUNY campuses over the nextfew