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State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimphedr made the announcement Friday atthe college’s Fulleer Road campus. Currently, the college offerz only master’s and doctoral Some undergraduate courses will be offered inthe fall, but the firs full class of about 50 students will start in the said Robert Geer, vice president of academic affairw at the school. The college plans to grow the freshmaj class to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice president and CEO. The baccalaureat program will be funded througha $10 million endowment, a donation that includez an undisclosed amount from G.
Thomad Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expecte d to covertuition costs, Kaloyerods said. Selfridge also made an endowment when the campus openerin 2001. The state approved the four-year program two weeks ago. Albany Nanotech will not add to its stafv of55 professors, Geer said, but that number is expected to grow to 75 over the next five Friday’s announcement was another milestone for the Alban NanoTech campus, where the college is located. Earlier this officials there announcedthat private, federap and state investments at the campusd had topped $5 billion. Employment has also exceede the 2,500-mark.
That’s the number of scientists, engineers, students and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-footf complex. With an average salary of $81,000, those numbers translate to an annual payrollof $202 Albany NanoTech opened its fourth building, NanoFab 300 East, this past spring. Zimpher becamr chancellor June 1. She is touring SUNY campuses over the nextfew