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State University of New York Chancellotr Nancy Zimpher made the announcement Friday atthe college’sd Fuller Road campus. Currently, the college offers only master’s and doctorakl programs. Some undergraduate courses will be offered in the but the first full class of about 50 students will startt inthe spring, said Robery Geer, vice president of academifc affairs at the school. The college plans to grow the freshman clasxs to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice president and CEO. The baccalaureatde program will be funded througyha $10 million endowment, a donation that includesz an undisclosed amount from G.
Thomaz Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expectexd to covertuition costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridge also made an endowment when the campus openerdin 2001. The state approved the four-year program two weekd ago. Initially, Albany Nanotech will not add to its staf f of55 professors, Geer said, but that number is expected to grow to 75 over the next five Friday’s announcement was another mileston for the Albany NanoTech campus, where the college is Earlier this week, officials there announceed that private, federal and state investments at the campus had toppeds $5 billion. Employment has also exceeded the 2,500-mark.
That’a the number of scientists, researchers, engineers, students and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-foot complex. With an averages salary of $81,000, those numbers translate to an annual payrollkof $202 million. Albanh NanoTech opened its fourth building, NanoFab 300 East, this past Zimpher became chancellorJune 1. She is touring SUNY campuses over the nextfew