Georgia Perimeter College Newsroom

Laura Gaines, left, pictured with GSW's Dr. Liz Wilson, graduated magna cum laude.

Twelve earn bachelor degrees through GPC/GSW business program

Twelve students enrolled in Georgia Perimeter College’s Fastrac business administration partnership with Georgia Southwestern State University received their bachelor degrees from Georgia Southwestern on May 10.

The three-year program enables students who complete their associate of science business degrees at GPC to complete their bachelor degrees with an additional 30 online credit hours from GSW.

Introduced in 2011, the Fastrac BBA program has grown from one student during its inaugural year to 135 students in 2014. Lee McKinley is Georgia Perimeter’s advisor for the program.

Students can earn their BBA degrees in management, accounting, human resources or marketing. Beginning this fall, the two colleges also will offer a three-year program in Information Technology.

 Spring 2014 graduates include: Andrea Arterburn, Joy Beckner Borland , Jessey Clark, Laura Gaines (magna cum laude), Lurwaner Harding (magna cum laude),  Jared Kranendonk , Tucker Martin (cum laude), and Jessican Renner, all in Management; Sharlmane Brown in Human Resource Management; and Margueriete Gates, Sabrina Ross  and Tiffany Turner, all Accounting.