University receives $2.1 million gift to support Corps of Cadets
10/9/2012 1:16:34 PM
(Oct. 9, 2012) - Retired Army
Colonel Jack Peevy, of Alpharetta, Ga., has committed $2.1 million to support
the Corps of Cadets at North Georgia College & State University. Peevy is a
graduate of the university and during a 30-year military career, he commanded
Airborne Infantry, Special Forces, and Military Intelligence units. He also
served a combat tour in Vietnam, where he was severely wounded. His pledge is
the largest private gift made in support of the university’s Corps of Cadets.
"The Corps of Cadets is
a vital part of this university's heritage and its future," said
university President Bonita C. Jacobs. “Support like this sustains our efforts
to educate some of the country’s finest Army officers and future military
leaders.”
Peevy’s initial gift of
$100,000, made in August, established the COL Jack Peevy Military Scholarship,
a fund to assist members of the university’s Corps of Cadets with educational
expenses. The first scholarships from the newly created fund are expected to be
awarded for fall 2014.
In addition to the
scholarship fund, Peevy has pledged $2 million through his estate for future
support of the Corps of Cadets. Peevy’s gift was made as part of the
university’s recently completed capital campaign, which raised more than $44
million in support of scholarships and institutional initiatives.
"You don't realize how
unique and significant [the university] is until years after you've left
it," Peevy noted about the impetus behind his gift.
North Georgia is one of only
six federally-designated senior military colleges in the United States and
carries the state designation of The Military College of Georgia. The Corps of
Cadets comprises more than 750 students, about 38 percent of the university’s
residential student population, who participate in a full-time Army ROTC
program. The other five senior military colleges are the Citadel, Norwich
University, Texas A & M, Virginia Military Institute, and Virginia Tech.
A member of the University System
of Georgia and the state’s second-oldest public university, North Georgia is
also designated as a state leadership institution. The university is scheduled
to consolidate with Gainesville State College in January 2013 to become the
University of North Georgia.
Information about the
university’s Corps of Cadets and scholarship programs is available at www.northgeorgia.edu.