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NGCSU President Hansford to retire in 2005
From staff reports
DAHLONEGA After
five years leading North
Georgia College & State
University, President Nath
aniel Hansford has announced
that he will retire in early
2005.
“I have now served as
president of North Georgia
College & State University for
five most enjoyable and pro
ductive years," Hansford said.
"We have come a long way.”
The president explained:
"The University does face
some long-term challenges
that require a commitment of
leadership for several years
into the future. After much
deliberation, I have reached
the conclusion that I am
unable to commit for another
five-year period.”
Former Chancellor
Stephen Portch of the
University System of Georgia
named Hansford the universi
ty's 19th president on July 1,
1999. Founded in 1873,
NGCSU is the military college
of Georgia and one of only six
senior military colleges in the
nation.
Chancellor Thomas
Meredith of the University
System of Georgia accepted
Hansford’s notice of his retire
ment plans.
"President Hansford is one
of the outstanding presidents
in the University System of
Georgia, and he will be sorely
missed. Under his leadership.
North Georgia College &
State University has become
one of the premier institutions
in our system." Meredith said.
The chancellor said that
the USG staff and the Board
of Regents will begin the
national presidential search
process in the near future to
replace North Georgia’s presi
dent.
Incident reports
Editor's note: The follow
ing items were taken from
reports on file with the
Forsyth County Sheriff’s
Office.
• Box trailers missing:
Three box trailers were
reported missing on Monday
in three separate Cumming
locations.
A 6-foot by 10-foot box
trailer was stolen from a
Rose Cottage Lane residence.
The trailer is valued at
$1,500.
A Dawson County deputy
found the trailer on a dirt
road in Dawson County with
the latch cut. The trailer was
returned to its owner.
A $3,000 box trailer was
reported missing Monday
from Alica Lane. The 10-
foot, single-axle trailer has
not been recovered.
On Magnolia Creek
Circle, a trailer holding 40
panels of infiltrator piping
was reported stolen sometime
last weekend. The trailer was
worth $1,400 and the piping
is valued at $1,200.
• Criminal trespass:
Sheriff’s deputies were sum
moned to a home on Shady
Grove Road in Cumming on
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Hansford and his wife Frances are very active in
Dahlonega and Lumpkin County
“North Georgia is a special
and unique institution, and I
am proud to have been a part
of it,” Hansford said. “It has
been my goal to strengthen the
foundation of the university, to
enrich its singular educational
environment and help prepare
it for the future."
During Hansford’s tenure
at NGCSU. he has brought
about a number of changes to
the university, including estab
lishment of an off-campus
center at the Forsyth County
Board of Education and
Professional Development
Center.
“Under President
Hansford’s leadership, North
Georgia College and State
University
has continued to be a jewel
of higher learning for North
Georgia." said Paula Gault.
Forsyth County Schools
superintendent. "Forsyth
County residents and Forsyth
County Schools staff also have
been fortunate to benefit from
Monday morning on a report
of criminal trespass.
A neighbor began scream
ing at some tree service
workers not to cut down
branches hanging on the
complainant's side of the
fence. The workers left to
avoid getting in trouble, the
report said. A deputy said the
complainant produced a con
sent agreement and order
from the magistrate court
dated Feb. 10 that instructed
the neighbor not to harass the
complainant's workers. The
complainant was referred to
the magistrate's office to
obtain a warrant.
The neighbor, for her part,
said the tree branches were
on her property, according to
the officer's report. The
woman reportedly told the
workers to get off the fence
“because they were using it
to cut off branches.”
• Loitering, prowling
arrest: Rodney Daniel
Clinton. 21. of 4887 Post Rd.
in Cumming and Daniel
Wayne Sledge, 22, of
Cornersville, Tenn., were
arrested Monday night on
charges of loitering and
prowling.
A deputy patrolling the
North Georgia College and
State University’s partnership
with Gainesville College in
providing continuing educa
tional opportunities locally in
many of our school facilities.”
Other programs implented
by Hansford include.
• Leadership Initiative
With funding from the Board
of Regents and Georgia's
General Assembly, Hansford
obtained matching funds to
establish a Special
Leadership/Military Initiative
office on campus, establish the
state’s first Leadership Minor
for students in the Corps of
Cadets, as well as students in
all academic areas of campus.
“This leadership training
across the campus, I believe,
has helped to unify our stu
dents and our faculty in sup
port of our core leadership and
military mission," Hansford
said.
• Corps of Cadets
advanced When Hansford
took office, the corps num-
Forsyth Regional Industrial
Park near 11:30 p.m. noticed
a red flatbed Ford pickup
truck driving slowly through
the parking lot. He followed
the truck to a gas station at
the corner of Old Atlanta
Road and Oak Industrial
Lane and confronted the
driver and passenger.
“[Clinton] stated that he was
looking for a steel plant
because he was supposed to
pick up his friend from
work.” the deputy's report
stated.
Sledge was pulled aside
and questioned as well. He
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bered about 450 cadets in the
fall term. That number grew to
more than 600 cadets partici
pating in the nationally recog
nized military program as of
fall 2003, with possibly 700
cadets for the next academic
year.
“We look forward to the
Corps of Cadets and our
ROTC program moving into
the new Military Leadership
Center building, which will
open this fall.” Hansford said.
• Graduation and Retention
Rates North Georgia’s
record in retaining students
after they enter the university
to their graduation within six
years is the best of Georgia’s
13 state universities.
“No other state university
in the University System of
Georgia ranks higher than
North Georgia in the U.S.
News and World Report rank
ings of colleges and universi
ties," the president said. "We
have been able to maintain our
academic standards even in
light of significant budget cuts
and reductions in resources.”
• Increased private funding
During the president’s
years at North Georgia, there
has been a 50 percent increase
in the number of alumni
donors to the institution, a
threefold increase in unre
stricted gifts, and annual oper
ating support for the universi
ty from the NGCSU
Foundation has doubled.
• Expanded campus
Under Hansford’s leadership,
the size of the main campus
has more than doubled, thanks
to strategic purchases of more
than 200 acres of nearby land
by the NGCSU Foundation
plus advance planning for the
university’s future growth.
The baseball and softball com
plex has been improved. A
new plant operations building
said they were just riding
around. In the front seat and
floor board of the truck, the
deputy spotted a hammer,
bolt cutters, a screw driver
It is with heartfelt gratitude that we extend our thanks to
all the many friends and loved ones that have visited,
brought food, sent cards and flowers, or asked prayer for
our family. Our loss was tragic and painful, but
Heaven's gain was tremendous. We know that Cody is
, basking in the sunlight of God's love, but our hearts
remain heavy. Our only salvation is the wonderful
young people that have surrounded us with their love.
Often we are quick to criticize the young because we
don't understand their way of thinking, but when the
going got tough, they put their feelings aside and stood
tall for their friend Cody. Many times people think
harshly of motorcycle riders, but over 40 of Cody's
friends took him on his last ride. So next time you see a
motorcycle - wave and smile, it just might be one of the
many wonderful friends of Cody Evans, and remember
- underneath those leather jackets are hearts of gold.
Ride Free Our Son and Brother
Michael, Sandra and Whitney
FORSYTH COUNTY NEW» - Sunday, March 2», 2004 -
will provide support and infra
structure for the university’s
future.
• Health & Natural
Sciences Building Opened
in 2002, the new campus
building is among the finest
science facilities in the nation.
• John H. Owen Hall
The university’s first privately
funded residence hall opened
August 2002 at a cost of more
than sll million, funded
through the NGCSU
Foundation.
• Enrollment growth -
From a student population of
3,525 in 1999 to 4,517 in
2003 year, enrollment
increased by 28 percent in
four years.
• Strategic Planning ln
2003, Hansford formed and
headed a campuswide com
mittee to create a five-year
strategic plan that officially
took effect in January 2004.
The long-term plan incorpo
rated input from the campus,
community, alumni and con
tributors to the university in
planning future directions for
NGCSU.
• Off-campus programs
Under Hansford’s leadership,
the university’s academic pro
grams offered at Gainesville
College have been increased
and strengthened.
• Direct support organiza
tions have grown The
NGCSU Alumni Association
and the NGCSU Foundation
have expanded in recent years.
The NGCSU Athletic
Association has been reorgan
ized and invigorated during the
past few months.
“One of the highlights of
my tenure as president has
been the formation of the
NGCSU Parents Association,"
said Hansford, adding that he
plans to present a special
award to this organization dur-
and a metal bar.
Clinton said they were
work tools, then said he was
looking in dumpsters in the
industrial park for scrap
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ing Parents-Alumni Weekend
in April.
Prior to coming to North
Georgia, Hansford was the
dean of the School of Law at
the University of Alabama in
Tuscaloosa beginning in 1986.
A native of Georgia,
Hansford practiced law in
Dalton from 1973 to 1975.
During 1997-98, he served as a
visiting professor at the United
States Military Academy at
West Point, N.Y. Hansford also
served twice as a visiting pro
fessor at UGA and as a visiting
professor at the University of
Fribourg, Switzerland.
In 1982, Hansford was
selected by the University of
Alabama National Alumni
Association to receive its
Outstanding Commitment to
Teaching Award.
Hansford was commis
sioned a captain in the Judge
Advocate General’s Corps and
spent three years in the Army,
including one year in Korea.
He currently holds the rank of
colonel in the Inactive Army
Reserves.
Hansford earned his bache
lor’s degree in education (cum
laude) in 1965 and his law
degree in 1968, both from the
University of Georgia. He
received his LL.M, degree in
1980 from the University of
Michigan. He is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi
and ODK.
For many years, he has
served on the board of direc
tors of Cohutta Bank of
Chatsworth and Synovus
Financial Corp, of Columbus.
Hansford is married to the
former Frances Fincher of
Chatsworth, and they have two
children. Both President and
Mrs. Hansford have been
active in the Dahlonega com
munity and in Lumpkin
County.
metal to resell.
The pair were then arrest
ed and taken to jail. They
were no longer in jail as of
Wednesday afternoon.