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July 18: Georgia Military College Day in Stone Mountain

First day of classes at the GMC extension is August 8, and the college is offering free tuition to 2011 graduates for the first term.

The city of Stone Mountain celebrated the opening of Georgia Military College in the village Monday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Marking the significance of the event for the city, Mayor Patricia Wheeler declared July 18 to be Georgia Military College Day.

"I'm looking forward to enrolling students and getting this campus buzzing," Janis Anderson, the director of the extension, said before cutting the big red ribbon stretched in front of the door of the newly renovated building that houses the extension. 

State representatives Billy Mitchell and Michele Hanson were on hand for the ceremony, and both remarked on the vision and foresight of the city's government in bringing the college to the historic village. 

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U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson and Senator Johnny Isakson sent representatives (Eric Hubbard and Jordan Dawson, respectively) to the ceremony, and Georgia Senator Steve Henson also took part.  

The GMC extension, in a newly renovated building behind city hall, has enrolled a few students and probably will open with about 25 for its first term, which begins August 8. 

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Debbie Condon, the director of GMC's Fairburn campus, of which the Stone Mountain school is an extension, said as many as 100 students could be enrolled eventually.

The extension is offering free tuition to 2011 high school graduates for the first term. Applicants have to apply for state and federal aid, but don't have to qualify for the aid to have the tuition waived. Students can enroll for the first term as late as August 10, Anderson said.

Georgia Military College is a two-year, accredited liberal arts college, founded in 1879.


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