UNG campus building dedicated to late House Speaker David Ralston

Four out of Georgia’s five living current and former governors gathered at the University of North Georgia’s Blue Ridge Campus for the dedication of a new educational building named after late House Speaker David Ralston.

The building, which spans 22,000 square feet and cost $15 million, will specialize in nursing and health science, marking the campus’s first opportunity to offer a bachelor’s degree.

“God bless David Ralston,” said former Gov. Sonny Perdue. Gov. Brian Kemp praised Ralston’s dedication to bringing opportunities to the mountains, telling Channel 2’s Richard Elliot, “He had a big part of him that really, I mean, David was great about pushing state issues, but he also never forgot where he came from.”…

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