Chief student affairs officer reflects on his experience founding a college

Just as the morning fog lifted from large patches of kudzu, 30 minutes from both the flagship of the University System of Georgia and downtown Atlanta, I arrived in front of a former Kohler facility. It stood in the shadow of the most photographed office building in Gwinnett County behind a car dealership, near one of the busiest intersections in the area. The “new” school didn’t yet embody the name on the sign: Georgia Gwinnett College.