By Kristen Mangum
Dawson News
April 9, 2010
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| Southern Catholic College is located off Highway 136 West in Dawsonville. The college will close early amid funding woes next week. (Photo courtesy of Southern Catholic College) |
Students of Southern Catholic College in Dawsonville have until the middle of next week to pack their bags and say goodbye.
In an announcement sent to the Dawson News & Advertiser on Thursday, school officials announced that the private college would close for the remainder of the semester.
“Efforts to raise money for the new school have not met expectations, making it impossible for the college to continue through the end of the semester, May 13,” an e-mail from the college states. “Students are being asked to collect their belongings and say their goodbyes between April 11-15.”
“Students will receive full credit for the semester as they have earned it,” said Denise Walters, director of annual fund for Southern Catholic College. “The graduating class will receive their diplomas.
When asked if the school would re-open in the fall, Walters said that decision would be made by the Board of Trustees in the “near future.”
The school’s president, Father Shawn Aaron, who is a Legionaries of Christ priest, was unable to be reached for comment. Aaron was installed as the new president last fall after the college became affiliated with the Legionaries of Christ in August 2009, broadening the college’s network to several other leading universities worldwide.
Southern Catholic College was founded in 2000 as Georgia’s first residential Catholic college. It is a coeducational liberal arts college and located on approximately 100 acres in the Gold Creek subdivision, located off Highway 136 West.
It boasts more than 200 students from across the U.S. and abroad. It employs about two dozen full- and part-time faculty members and has approximately 25 support staff members.
The college made international headlines last year when a student, the son of a former Irish politician, accidentally drowned in a lake near the school.
*** Read the complete story in the April 14 print edition of the Dawson News & Advertiser.
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