State of the College Address

The 2025 MCG State of the College Address was February 21, 2025 at the Lansing B. Lee Auditorium

Powerpoint of Address

News Mentions

The theme was “growth” at MCG’s annual State of the College Address

Feb 21, 2025 WJBF.com | News Channel 6

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF)- The Medical College of Georgia continues to grow. That was the message at the annual “State of the College Address” Friday. Friday afternoon, Dr. David Hess, Dean at MCG, talked to colleagues and students about the college’s accomplishments and plans for the coming year. The theme of the day? Growth and expansion. This year MCG had its largest first year class ever, 304 incoming students, one of the top 5 largest in the nation.

Patten, Ledford, Turner honored by MCG dean

Feb 27, 2025 JagWire

Medical College of Georgia Dean David Hess, MD, gave his annual State of the College Address on Friday, Feb. 21, and also honored the campus dean who helped establish MCG’s statewide educational model, a community researcher and director of the MCG Department of Family and Community Medicine’s primary care research network, and the inaugural senior vice president and hospital president at MCG’s clinical partner, Wellstar MCG Health.