MCG Athens-Campus OK'd By Accreditation Agency

It is full-steam ahead for the Medical College of Georgia’s track to open a campus in Athens following the nod from a national accreditation agency. MCG officials received permission from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education to admit 40 students to its new campus in northeast Georgia. An MCG officials says student applications will be taken starting later this month. The campus is scheduled to open in August of 2010.