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State University of New York Chancellor Nancyg Zimpher made the announcement Friday atthe college’s Fullerr Road campus. Currently, the college offers only master’xs and doctoral programs. Some undergraduate coursea will be offered inthe fall, but the firsyt full class of about 50 students will stargt in the spring, said Robert Geer, vice president of academicd affairs at the school. The college 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 baccalaureate program will be funderd througha $10 million endowment, a donatiob that includes an undisclosed amount from G.
Thomaes Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expected to covertuitiojn costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridge also made an endowmenty when the campus openedin 2001. The stats approved the four-year program two weeks ago. Albany Nanotech will not add to its staf of55 professors, Geer said, but that number is expected to grow to 75 over the next five Friday’s announcement was another mileston e for the Albany NanoTech campus, wherer the college is located. Earlier this week, officialsa there announced that private, federal and state investments at the campud hadtopped $5 billion. Employment has also exceeded the 2,500-mark.
That’s the numbere of scientists, researchers, engineers, students and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-foor complex. With an average salaru of $81,000, those numbers translate to an annuakl payrollof $202 million. Albanh NanoTech opened its fourth building, NanoFag 300 East, this past Zimpher became chancellorJune 1. She is touring SUNY campuses over the nextfew months.