ZEBULON GEORGIA
Lieutenant General Retired Bill Caldwell President of Georgia Military College (GMC) in Milledgeville
PRESIDENT GMC COLLEGE LTG (R) WILLIAM R. CALDWELL
has announced that Pike County and Zebulon have been approved for an extension of the GMC campus in Fayetteville. Pike county was selected due to its unique location, community, and welcoming from the City and County Commissioners from the very beginning of negotiations.
Lieutenant General (R) Caldwell will be at the WKEU studios for an interview on Wednesday.
WKEU’s Bill Taylor made the initial contact with
VICE PRESIDENT GMC BG (R) CURT RAUHUT
GMC vice president Brigadier General retired Curt Rauhut who was originally from Fayetteville and was well aware of the Pike and Zebulon areas. The work with Taylor and the GMC officials began in 2014. Taylor indicated that GMC officials are extremely excited for the support they received in Pike County and the facility.
Most instrumental for this area acquiring the college was
STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHNNIE CALDWELL
State Representative Johnnie Caldwell, who has been a huge supporter of GMC over the years and saw the future of the district with the location in Zebulon for GMC. We talked with State Representative Caldwell who stated this is a huge move for the entire district and beyond. Caldwell said that GMC is a very unique college, one of only 5 in the entire nation, that was founded in 1879 and they are not only a junior college with 11 campuses, but they are, like the other four in the nation, a prep school for the service academies allowing those young individuals desiring a military career to attend the “corps of cadets” in Milledgeville for two years. Upon graduation students are commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, and then completing the last two years at any service academy they desire. 80 percent of the GMC students are not members of the Military Corps of Cadets and the military programs are only offered in Milledgeville. Students may attend one of the more than 40 universities or colleges which GMC has articulation agreements.
The Zebulon GMC campus will be in the same complex with the City Offices on South 19, which was a school that was renovated in 2007. Representatives of GMC visited the location about 3 weeks ago indicating that the facility is one of the best ever for an extension campus. Wiring for computers and all necessary furnishings will be accomplished by GMC and the facility is expected to be ready by the first of the year.
BG (R) ROCK DONAHUE DIRECTOR OF GMC FAYETTE CAMPUS
Brigadier General Rock Donahue, Director of the Fayetteville Campus, has indicated that the opening for students will be in early 2018, possibly as early as March.
All Zebulon commissioners and Pike Commissioners have given their total support to GMC and stated they are very proud and excited to have this great academy in Zebulon to serve students in the district. GMC officials said this was one of the main factors in their choosing Zebulon and Pike County for their new extension campus.
The Zebulon Commissioners will be voting on the final approval on Tuesday, August 8th.
Work on the facility is expected to begin in the next few days or weeks.