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ACP News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Albany College of Pharmacy Names Colchester as Site
for New Vermont Campus
School Secures Vermont Economic Growth Incentive to Assist
with Campus Development
Albany , N.Y. – December 12, 2007 – Albany College of Pharmacy has selected the town of Colchester as the site for its new Vermont campus opening in the fall of 2009. Colchester is located near Burlington in Northwest Vermont, in close proximity to the University of Vermont and Fletcher Allen Health Care. The main campus building will occupy an existing 62,000 square foot facility in the Water Tower Hill development ( 261 Mountain Dr.).
The College has also been approved for an incentive of up to $1,048,047 by the Vermont Economic Progress Council to help facilitate its plans for student enrollment, job creation and campus improvements.
“We welcome the Albany College of Pharmacy to Vermont and look forward to helping them grow and succeed here,” said Vermont Governor Jim Douglas.
“We reviewed multiple options for the campus and selected the Colchester site because it offers the combination of location and state-of-the-art facilities we need to provide students with a first rate pharmacy education,” said James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., president of Albany College of Pharmacy. “The awarding of the Vermont Economic Growth Incentive will allow more aggressive program growth to occur, expediting the economic impact, and enabling the College to be a major ingredient of the state of Vermont 's economic, educational and health care vision in the near future.”
The pharmacy program for the Vermont campus will be a four-year professional offering. Students enrolling in the program will have four-year undergraduate degrees or have completed all college course prerequisites prior to enrollment. An estimated 80 students are projected to enroll this fall, with the program eventually expanding to 400 to 500 students and 50-75 faculty and staff positions when fully implemented. Albany College of Pharmacy currently has 1,436 students and 241 faculty and staff at its New York campus.
“We do not know what the future of pharmacy portends, however we know it shall be a brighter experience by having a school of pharmacy in Vermont . The Vermont Pharmacists Association welcomes the opportunity to partake in this future with Albany College of Pharmacy and be part of the ‘evolution' of pharmacy in Vermont ,” said James Marmar, R.Ph., Executive Director of the Vermont Pharmacists Association.
About Albany College of Pharmacy
Founded in 1881, Albany College of Pharmacy is the oldest pharmacy school in New York state and one of the only private, independent pharmacy schools in the United States . The College has a long history of serving its students and health care professionals as one of the premier pharmacy colleges in the nation. The College currently offers programs not only in pharmacy, but also in pharmaceutical sciences, biomedical technology, health sciences and biomedical research.