Georgia State University has announced a $15 million grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation to help establish a Student Success Center.

To be housed in the historic Southern Bell Telephone Company building after its renovation, the center will include training rooms, technology-enabled offices for advisors, conference space, and space for academic, financial, and career preparation services. Slated to open in 2023, the center also will serve as the headquarters for the National Institute of Student Success (NISS), which is working to advance Georgia State's efforts and catalyze change across higher education by sharing proven programs, systems, technologies, and organizational structures with other colleges and universities. In addition, the facility will house the Truist Student Financial Management Center, which is funded in part by the Truist Foundation.

"The Woodruff Foundation has provided Georgia State with a remarkable springboard for our Student Success Center fundraising campaign," said GSU vice president of advancement Jay Kahn. "We're humbled and validated by the confidence that stalwarts of Atlanta philanthropy like the Woodruff Foundation and the...[Truist] Foundation have in the transformational potential of advancing our proven student success models at Georgia State and throughout higher education through the Student Success Center."