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Memorandum of Understanding Formalizes MCG/UGA Partnership

Atlanta — February 10, 2009

The Board of Regents of the 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia today approved a memorandum of understanding formalizing the partnership recently formed between the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) and the 中出少妇视频 of Georgia (UGA) to expand medical education into Athens.

中出少妇视频淚t is critical for everyone involved in this enterprise to be on the same page, to know who is doing what and to have a formal, agreed-upon process for moving forward to increase the number of physicians prepared by MCG,中出少妇视频 said Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. in explaining the need for the document.

The memorandum of understanding (MOU) affirms the regents中出少妇视频 commitment to the expansion of MCG中出少妇视频檚 doctor-of-medicine degree program to a joint MCG-UGA campus in Athens, states that the program will be developed in full compliance with the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (the national accrediting body for these degrees) and establishes a Program Advisory Committee to do strategic planning and manage public-affairs issues regarding the partnership.

The MOU, which took effect upon the board中出少妇视频檚 approval today, states that the joint MCG-UGA campus in Athens will be operational no later than 2010 and that MCG appoints the campus dean with the concurrence of UGA中出少妇视频檚 senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.

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