The first day of fall semester got off to a great start for University of West Georgia Newnan as student enrollment continues to increase. UWG Newnan experienced a 6.6 percent rise in enrollment, bringing a total of 772 students in fall of 2016.
The University of West Georgia has added a new student services team to UWG Newnan. Brittany Cook, student enrollment specialist, and Jessie Belcher, student development specialist, are both residents of Newnan as well as UWG alumni. Through their new roles as the student services team at UWG Newnan, they are excited to give back to their alma mater and the Newnan community.
The city of Newnan and UWG Newnan have been awarded the 2016 Preservation Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation from the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. The award was given due to outstanding efforts in redeveloping and rehabilitating the historic Newnan Hospital.
University of West Georgia Newnan was recently named the 2015 Prosperity Award recipient by the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce for its outstanding impact on economic growth and development in the county. UWG Newnan has been in operation since 1988 and has seen its undergraduate enrollment quadruple in the past 10 years, with Coweta County students making up 40 percent of enrollment.