Get ready to matriculate in

Peachtree City.

The Georgia Board of Regents

has approved Clayton College and State University's request to offer college-credit

courses at the school's university center, which is located inside the

city's tennis center.

Four evening classes will be

offered at the Peachtree City location during the evenings beginning in

August: A Survey of U.S. History to 1877, English Composition I, Introduction

to General Psychology and Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum. Each

of those classes counts towards the "core" curriculum needed

director of university relations.

The classes are aimed at adult

students who have little or no college credit but wish to pursue a degree,

Shiffert said. Traditional students will also be allowed to enroll in

the Peachtree City courses, Shiffert added.

The idea of focusing on nontraditional

adult students is that many people in Peachtree City might have a hard

time making the routine drive to the university's main campus in Morrow,

Shiffert said.

The Peachtree City University

Center is actually classroom space at the lower level of the new office

building at the city's tennis center. The classrooms are outfitted with

high-speed Internet access provided by Newnan Utilities to aid instructional

efforts.

Robert Brooks, a member of

the Development Authority of Peachtree City, said offering college classes

at the University Center "is a huge, huge step forward."

The center has been open since

October, offering small business development assistance along with noncredit

community education classes.

"This could turn out to

be the most significant thing the development authority has ever done,"

Brooks said.

Once the center is up and running

with its course offerings, college officials want to work closer with

entities in the city's business park, Brooks said, adding that a few phone

calls from Fayette residents to the Board of Regents likely helped.

Shiffert said the university

is pleased with the amount of support the university center in Peachtree

City has received from organizations such as the development authority

and the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce. Other community organizations

have been supportive, he added.

"Their response has just

been marvelous," Shiffert said.

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