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State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimphedr made the announcement Friday atthe college’sa Fuller Road campus. Currently, the colleged offers only master’s and doctoral Some undergraduate courses will be offereed inthe fall, but the firstt full class of about 50 students will starty in the spring, said Robert vice president of academic affairs at the school. The colleg plans to grow the freshman class to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice president and CEO. The baccalaureatw program will be funded througha $10 million endowment, a donation that includexs an undisclosed amount from G.
Thoma Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expected to covertuitionb costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridge also made an endowment when the campus openedin 2001. The state approved the four-year progra two weeks ago. Initially, Albany Nanotecjh will not add to its staff of55 professors, Geer but that number is expected to grow to 75 over the next five Friday’s announcement was another milestond for the Albany NanoTech campus, where the college is Earlier this week, officials there announced that private, federapl and state investments at the campus had topped $5 billion. Employmeny has also exceeded the 2,500-mark.
That’s the numbetr of scientists, researchers, engineers, students and facult that now work atthe 800,000-square-foo complex. With an average salary of those numbers translate to an annual payrol lof $202 million. Albany NanoTech opened its fourthj building, NanoFab 300 East, this past Zimpher became chancellorJune 1. She is tourinhg SUNY campuses over the nextfew months.