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State University of New York Chancellor Nancyh Zimpher made the announcement Friday atthe college’ Fuller Road campus. Currently, the college offers only master’s and doctorapl programs. Some undergraduate courses will be offered in the but the first full class of about 50 studentw will start inthe spring, said Rober Geer, vice president of academicx affairs at the school. The college plan s to grow the freshman classs to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice presidentt and CEO. The baccalaureat e program will be funde througha $10 million a donation that includes an undisclose d amount from G.
Thomas Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expected to cover tuition costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridge also made an endowmen when the campus openedin 2001. The state approved the four-yea r program two weeks ago. Initially, Albany Nanotecgh will not add to its staff of55 professors, Geer but that number is expected to grow to 75 over the next five Friday’s announcement was anothert milestone for the Albany NanoTech campus, where the collegee is located. Earlier this officials there announcedthat private, federal and state investments at the campuas had topped $5 billion. Employmeny has also exceeded the 2,500-mark.
That’s the number of researchers, engineers, students and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-footr complex. With an averagwe salary of $81,000, those numbers translater to an annual payrollof $202 million. Albany NanoTech openedx its fourth building, NanoFab 300 this past spring. Zimphet became chancellor June 1. She is touring SUNY campuses over the nextfew