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The administrative campus for Southern Regional Technical College, formed in 2015 by the merger of Moultrie Technical College with Southwest Georgia Technical College, is located in Thomasville. The Thomasville campus of Southwest Georgia Tech was established in 1947 for the education of World War II veterans.
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The main campus of Moultrie Technical College was located in Moultrie, the seat of Colquitt County. Established in 1964, the school catered to the agricultural industry of its service area, which encompassed Colquitt, Tift, Turner, and Worth counties. In 2015 it merged with Southwest Georgia Technical College to form Southern Regional Technical College.
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Thrash Hall, on the campus of South Georgia College in Coffee County, is named for the first president of the college and originally housed the school's library. Today the building, pictured circa 2002, serves as the president's office. Founded in 1907, South Georgia College is a four-year institution of the University System of Georgia.
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The Blue Ridge Mountains surround the campus of North Georgia College and State University, one of six senior military colleges in the United States.
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Rains Hall houses the offices of the university president, advancement, and public relations and publications at Augusta State University. The building is named in honor of Colonel George W. Rains, who reopened the Academy of Richmond County after its closure during the Civil War.
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Haygood Hall (left) and Holsey Hall are pictured in 1899 on the campus of Paine College, a historically Black liberal arts college in Augusta.
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As bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, Lucius Holsey oversaw the growth of the denomination in his native state of Georgia. He was also instrumental in the establishment of Paine Institute (later Paine College), which opened in Augusta in 1884.
Photograph by Mathew B. Brady. Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
The 1891 class of the Paine College normal school, which trained preachers and teachers, is pictured. The college was founded in Augusta in 1884 to provide a liberal arts education to African American students of both genders.
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The faculty of Paine College, a historically Black college in Augusta, is pictured in 1936. The faculty was all white upon the college's opening in 1884 and was integrated four years later, when its first Black faculty member, John Wesley Gilbert, was hired.
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The Paine College men's basketball team is pictured in 1930. Sitting, left to right: A. Moore, C. Mack, Fair, McFall, Mills. Standing, left to right: Beckham, W. Moore, Snyder, Wallace, Bowman, and Wiggins (coach).
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Dr. Lucius Holsey Pitts, a member of the Paine College class of 1941, is pictured in 1971, when he became the college's first Black president.
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Building B, pictured in 2012, is the main administrative and classroom building at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville. It was designed by prominent Atlanta architect John Portman.
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The administrative campus for Oconee Fall Line Technical College, known as the North Campus, is located in Sandersville. The college was formed in 2011 as a merger of Sandersville Technical College andHeart of Georgia Technical College.
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The South Campus of Oconee Fall Line Technical College is located in Dublin, the seat of Laurens County. The college was formed in 2011 as a merger of Heart of Georgia Technical College and Sandersville Technical College.
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The Flint River campus of Southern Crescent Technical College is located in Thomaston, the seat of Upson County. The campus opened in 1961 as the Upson County Area Vocational-Technical School.
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The administrative campus for Southern Crescent Technical College is located in Griffin. The college was formed in 2010 as a merger of Griffin Technical College and Flint River Technical College.
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The administrative campus for Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is located in Valdosta. The college was formed in 2010 as a merger of Valdosta Technical College and East Central Technical College.
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The Ben Hill–Irwin campus of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is located in Fitzgerald, the seat of Ben Hill County. The campus opened in 1970 as the Ben Hill–Irwin Area Vocational Institute.
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Members of the operating room staff at the Medical Department of UGA (later Georgia Health Sciences University) in Augusta are pictured in the early 1900s.
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The original building on the campus of Georgia Health Sciences University, completed in Augusta in 1837, was designed by the architect Charles B. Cluskey. The structure, Cluskey's first major building, is an excellent example of the Greek revival style.
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Milton M. Antony, a physician in Augusta, was instrumental in the 1828 founding of the Medical Academy of Georgia, which later became Georgia Health Sciences University.
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The city hospital in Augusta, built in 1818, served as the first home for Georgia Health Sciences University, from 1828 until the mid-1830s.
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A new city hospital in Augusta, which opened in 1869 and served for many years as the clinical training site for students at the Medical Department of UGA (later Georgia Health Sciences University), is pictured in 1894, following a renovation.
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University Hospital, completed in Augusta in 1915, was built for the Medical Department of UGA (later Georgia Health Sciences University) with the city's backing.
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The Newton Building, on the campus of the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University) in Augusta, was occupied by the college from 1913 until 1956. The structure was demolished in 1960.
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University Hospital, part of Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta, was expanded in the mid-1930s as part of an effort to restore the good rating of the college and its membership in the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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G. Lombard Kelly served as dean of the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University) from 1934 until 1950, and as the college's first president from 1950 to 1953.
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The Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital in Augusta, built by the state for the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University), opened in June 1956 with six buildings.
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The administrative campus of Georgia Northwestern Technical College is located in Rome, in Floyd County. The college's service delivery area includes Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, and Walker counties.
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The Walker County campus of Georgia Northwestern Technical College, formerly known as Northwestern Technical College, is located in Rock Spring. The campus opened in 1966 as the Walker County Area Vocational-Technical School.
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Forbes Hall, on the campus of Thomas University in Thomasville, houses the president's office, as well as the administration and athletic offices. The building originally served as the main house of Birdwood Plantation, which was built in 1932 as a winter resort for W. Cameron Forbes, a U.S. ambassador to Japan.
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W. Cameron Forbes, a U.S. ambassador to Japan and one-time governor of the Philippines, established Birdwood Plantation in Thomas County in 1932. During the 1950s his plantation was converted into Birdwood College, which later became Thomas University.
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Students attend class at Birdwood College, which later became Thomas University, in Thomasville during the 1960s. Enrollment at Birdwood College declined during this decade due to its lack of accreditation and limited academic offerings.
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J. Harley Chapman founded Birdwood College, a school originally affiliated with the Primitive Baptist denomination, in Thomasville in 1950, and classes began four years later. Known today as Thomas University, the school is a nonsectarian, private, and independent institution offering associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees.
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Graduates of Birdwood College are pictured in the 1960s. The college, founded in Thomasville by Primitive Baptists, opened in 1954 and operated until 1977, when the school became a nonsectarian institution called Thomas County Community College. By 2000 the college had evolved into Thomas University.
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The Birdwood Annex (left) is attached to Forbes Hall, the administration building on the campus of Thomas University in Thomasville. The annex houses faculty offices, as well as the office for institutional advancement.
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Students at Thomas University in Thomasville are pictured circa 2008. The university's student body comes primarily from south Georgia and north Florida to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees at the private institution.
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Carroll Technical Institute opened in Carrollton in 1968 and retained that name until 2000, when it became West Central Technical College. In 2009 the college merged with West Georgia Technical College.
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The LaGrange campus of West Georgia Technical College is located in LaGrange, the seat of Troup County. The campus opened in 1966 as the Troup County Area Vocational-Technical School.
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Columbus Technical College serves Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, and Stewart counties. The school's most popular programs are in health sciences, including nursing, pharmacy technology, and dental assisting.
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The Appalachian campus of Chattahoochee Technical College, formerly known as Appalachian Technical College, is located in Jasper. The campus opened in 1967 as the Pickens Area Vocational-Technical School.
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The administrative campus of Chattahoochee Technical College, the largest college in the Technical College System of Georgia, is located in Marietta, in Cobb County. The college's service delivery area covers Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Paulding, and Pickens counties.
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The North Metro campus of Chattahoochee Technical College, formerly known as North Metro Technical College, is located in Bartow County. The campus opened in 1985 to serve northwest Atlanta.
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The Warner Robins campus, pictured circa 2007, serves as the administrative campus of Central Georgia Technical College, following the merger between Central Georgia Tech and Middle Georgia Technical College in 2013.
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The Macon campus of Central Georgia Technical College is pictured circa 2007. In 2013 Central Georgia Tech merged with Middle Georgia Technical College to create an institution with a service delivery area of eleven counties.
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The only technical school in Georgia to win the U.S. Secretary of Education's Award of Excellence, Augusta Technical College is especially strong in the areas of computer systems networking and emergency medical technology.
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Georgia Military College was chartered in 1879 and built in Milledgeville, a former state capital, on property formerly used to house state government. Today its students are current and future members of the U.S. military.
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Members of the prize-winning Georgia Military College drill team are pictured in 1887 outside the Old Capitol Building, on the school's campus in Milledgeville.
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The Old Capitol Building in Milledgeville can be seen through the Georgia Military College gateway, circa 1940. The Gothic Revival building became the main facility for the college in 1880. In 1941 the building was severely damaged by fire and later rebuilt.
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Students at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville participate in a chemistry laboratory class. Chartered in 1879, the college developed a close relationship with the U.S. military during the 1930s and was designated a military junior college in 1950.
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In 2005 the New Academic Building opened at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville. The structure features two identical wings joined by a central hall.
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Students line up outside Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, circa 1915.
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The Swainsboro campus of Southeastern Technical College, formerly known as Swainsboro Technical College, is located in Swainsboro, the seat of Emanuel County. The campus opened in 1963 to provide technical and vocational education to twenty Georgia counties.
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The administrative campus of Southeastern Technical College is located in Vidalia, in Toombs County. The college's service delivery area covers Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins, Johnson, Montgomery, Tattnall, Toombs, and Treutlen counties.
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South Georgia Technical College, established in Americus in 1948, serves a six-county delivery area, including Crisp, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, and Webster counties. It is the only technical school in the state to offer on-campus housing and intercollegiate athletics.
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Savannah Technical College, established as the Opportunity School in 1929, serves Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty counties. In addition to its main campus in Savannah, the school operates facilities in Hinesville and at Fort Stewart.
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The main campus of Okefenokee Technical College is located in Waycross, the seat of Ware County. The school also operates a satellite campus in Bacon County. As of 2005 the college's most popular program was industrial mechanics and maintenance technology.
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The main campus of Ogeechee Technical College, which serves Bulloch, Evans, and Screven counties, is located in Statesboro. The school's most popular program in 2005 was nursing, and its funeral-service education program was the first of its kind in the state.
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The main campus of North Georgia Technical College, the first vocational school in the state, is located in Clarkesville, the seat of Habersham County. The college also operates satellite campuses in Union County and Stephens County, as well as eight learning centers.
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Lanier Technical College, located in Hall County, serves Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, and north Fulton counties. Established in 1966, the school offers programs and workforce training geared toward the health care and poultry industries of the surrounding area.
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Gwinnett Technical College, established in 1984 as a magnet school for health and business education, is the largest provider of corporate training in Gwinnett County. The school's main campus is located in Lawrenceville, the seat of Gwinnett County.
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Students at Athens Technical College participate in the school's Administrative Office Technology course. Athens Tech offers degree, diploma, and technical certificate of credit programs, and served more than 6,000 students in 2005.
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The main campus of Georgia Piedmont Technical College, formerly known as DeKalb Tech, is located in Clarkston. The school, which serves DeKalb, Morgan, Newton, and Rockdale counties, offers one of the largest adult literacy and ESL programs in the state.
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Atlanta Technical College, located in Fulton County, is committed to preparing students for the local workforce. The school offers aviation and automotive programs, in partnership with Delta Air Lines and BMW, and its nursing program supports the employment needs of Emory Healthcare and the WellStar Health System.
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Students at Altamaha Technical College in Wayne County participate in the school's heavy-equipment service-technician program. The program, established in 2005, is a partnership between Altamaha Tech and Yancey Bros. Company, the oldest Caterpillar dealer in the country.
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Albany Technical College, located in Albany, serves Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, and Terrell counties. The school focuses particularly on training students for employment in manufacturing, health care, and hospitality services, and its Adult Computer Testing Center offers a variety of on-demand courses.
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Athens Tech was created in 1958. Today, the college's curriculum is especially strong in the health services fields.
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The headquarters of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) are located in Atlanta at Century Place.
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An instructor and student at Heart of Georgia Technical College (later Oconee Fall Line Technical College) in Dublin examine a dog skeleton as part of course work in the school's veterinary technician program.
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The Jack Tarver Library, located on the Mercer University campus in Macon, is named for Jackson Williams Tarver, a prominent Georgia journalist and businessman. Tarver graduated from Mercer University in 1938, with a degree in journalism.
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Penfield Baptist Church, pictured in the 1940s, was built in 1845 as the chapel for Mercer University in Penfield. The university gave the chapel to Penfield Baptist Church in 1871, when the campus moved to Macon.
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the Knight Hall of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. In 1912, when the citizens of Macon pledged support to the university, school administrators decided against moving the campus to Atlanta.
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Members of the Baptist association at Mercer University gather on the school's former grounds in Penfield, circa 1949. The college was founded in Penfield in 1833 with a gift from the Georgia Baptist Convention. In 1871 the campus moved to Macon, where it remains today.
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The University Center at Mercer University in Macon offers a fitness center, a swimming pool, and an arena for sporting events and concerts. The center also includes a bookstore and dining facilities.
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Partcipants in the Sea Camp program at the University of Georgia Marine Education Center and Aquarium prepare to go crabbing. The marine center, located on Skidaway Island, works closely with the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography to educate the public about marine ecosystems.
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The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, located on Skidaway Island near Savannah, is an autonomous research unit within the University System of Georgia. The institute's 700-acre campus contains facilities for both saltwater and freshwater ecological research and supports approximately fourteen faculty and seventy staff members.
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The J. S. Green Collegiate Institute, founded by the Reverend Charles C. Spence, opened in Demorest in 1897 and offered classes ranging in level from the first grade to college. In 1901 the school was adopted by the American Missionary Association, and its name was changed to Piedmont College.
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Members of the Georgia Normal and Agricultural College graduating class of 1938 pose with family and friends. The college later became Albany State University.
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Joseph Winthrop Holley, pictured circa 1903, founded the Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute in Albany in 1903. He was inspired to open the school by the writings of W. E. B. Du Bois, which describe the poor educational opportunities for Black southerners at that time.
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The band for the Georgia Normal and Agricultural College (later Albany State University) plays on Broad Street in downtown Albany, circa 1925. In 1932 the school became part of the University System of Georgia.
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Civil rights activist and real estate broker Slater King was one of the leaders of the Albany Movement. To the left is Bernice Johnson, one of the original Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Freedom Singers, who later formed the musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock.
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Joseph Winthrop Holley, the founder of the Albany Bible and Manual Training Institute (later Albany State University) in Albany, is pictured in 1952 with Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls in Florida.
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The Rollins Planetarium at Young Harris College opened in 1979 and is one of the largest in the state.
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Young L. G. Harris, a judge from Athens, was an early benefactor of Young Harris College, which was named in his honor by Artemus Lester, the school's founder.
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Renowned poet Byron Herbert Reece, a native of Dahlonega, attended Young Harris College, although he never completed a degree. Reece returned to the school as an instructor in the 1950s.
Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Byron Herbert Reece Papers.
The Susan B. Harris Chapel stands on the campus of Young Harris College, a four-year liberal arts institution in Towns County. The school, affiliated with the Methodist Church, was founded in 1886 and has produced such notable alumni as U.S. senator Zell Miller, actor Oliver Hardy, and musician Trisha Yearwood.
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Waycross College, a two-year institution of the University System of Georgia, was founded in Waycross in 1970. The administration building, pictured, is part of the school's 155-acre campus, which opened for classes in 1976.
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Students at Wesleyan Female College, later Wesleyan College, in Macon study astronomy in 1905. The college was not only the first institution of higher education to grant degrees to women, but was also notable for its emphasis on mathematics and science courses.
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Wesleyan College, located in Macon, was chartered in 1836 as the first degree-granting women's college in the world. Today approximately 700 students are enrolled at the four-year liberal arts school.
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Georgia Female College, founded in Macon by the Methodist Church in 1836, became Wesleyan Female College in 1843. The name change honored Methodism's founder, John Wesley. In 1917 the school's current name, Wesleyan College, was adopted.
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The Adelphean Room, located in the Alpha Delta Pi sorority house at Wesleyan College in Macon, is named in honor of the Adelphean Society, which was founded at the school in 1851. Later renamed Alpha Delta Pi, the society is considered to be the mother of the modern sorority system.
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Wesleyan College moved from downtown Macon to its current location in the suburb of Rivoli in 1928. The original master architecture and landscape plan has been maintained since that time, and the campus was named a National Register Historic District in 2004.
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Wesleyan College, a four-year liberal arts college for women, is ranked among the nation's top liberal arts colleges for diversity. Located in Macon, the school offers twenty-nine undergraduate majors, as well as eight preprofessional programs and two master's degrees.
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Students gather in front of Peterson Hall on the campus of the Eleventh District Agricultural and Mechanical School (later South Georgia College), circa 1920.
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Founders Hall houses the Department of Fine Arts and Humanities at Fort Valley State University in Peach County. Fort Valley State is one of three public historically Black colleges and universities in the state.
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Students in the College of Agriculture, Home Economics, and Allied Programs at Fort Valley State University attend class. Fort Valley was founded in Peach County as an industrial high school in 1895 and attained university status in 1996.
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Stinson Troutman (left), an agent with the Cooperative Extension program at Fort Valley State University in Peach County, assists farmers in the surrounding community with making their operations more profitable.
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Veterinary students at Fort Valley State University in Peach County gather for an anatomy lecture by Frank Lochner, a professor in the Department of Veterinary Science. The department was established in 1976.
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The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel was built on the Morehouse University campus to honor one of the school's most prestigious alumni. The chapel's mission is to continue King's work by welcoming adherents of all faiths who "embody the vision of peace."
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John Hope, the first Black president of both Morehouse College and Atlanta University (later Clark Atlanta University), was an important African American educator and race leader of the early twentieth century.
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After a period of decline during the 1930s, Morehouse College emerged as a thriving institution under the guidance of Benjamin Mays, who served as the school's president from 1940 until 1967. During his tenure, Mays encouraged both faculty and students, including the young Martin Luther King Jr., to become involved in the civil rights movement.
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Graduates of Morehouse University in Atlanta, one of the most prestigious historically Black colleges in the nation, proceed through campus during a baccalaureate ceremony.
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A circus parades through the square in downtown Madison, circa 1912. This photograph is included in the Vanishing Georgia collection at the Georgia Archives in Morrow. The project was initiated by Carroll Hart, the former director of the archives, in 1975 to collect and preserve images documenting the state's past.
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The Division of Archives and History, also known as the Georgia Archives, is a division of the office of the secretary of state. Located in Morrow, the archives collects, manages, and preserves the official records of Georgia from 1732 to the present.
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The Georgia Archives building, built in 1965 on Capitol Avenue in downtown Atlanta, was designed by A. Thomas Bradbury, the architect for several government buildings around the state capitol. In 2003 the archives relocated to a new site in Morrow.
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Button Gwinnett's signature is said to be one of the rarest and most valuable of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The signature is housed at the Georgia Archives in Morrow.
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The physical education complex at Darton State College in Albany was completed in 2005. The facility offers a walking track, pool with diving well, fitness center, and dance studio, in addition to the 3,000-seat Cavalier Arena.
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Students at Darton State College in Albany gather around the fountain on campus. Since its opening in 1966, the college's enrollment has grown from 620 students to more than 6,000 in fall 2011.
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A sign points the way to Albany Junior College in 1967. Established in 1963 as a two-year school in Albany, the college was renamed Darton College in 1987, and Darton State College in 2012.
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Art and graphic design students at Darton College (later Darton State College) in Albany work in the art department's computer design lab, circa 2005. Darton's commitment to using technology in the classroom has led to the establishment of many online courses and degree programs.
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Students in the nursing and allied health program at Darton College (later Darton State College) gain valuable practical experience in the classroom, circa 2005. The program offers concentrations in a variety of areas, including cardiovascular technology, dental hygiene, and respiratory care.
Photograph by Todd Stone. Courtesy of Darton State College
Armstrong State University originally occupied the residence of George Ferguson Armstrong, a Savannah shipping executive. At Gamble's request, Armstrong's widow and daughter donated their home, located on the southern edge of Savannah's historic district, to the city to house the new school.
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Oxford College, located in Newton County, serves as the undergraduate school for freshman and sophomores admitted to Emory University in Atlanta.
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An engineering class meets on the campus of Emory College in 1908. In 1919 the college relocated to Atlanta and later became Emory University. Today the historic Oxford campus is known as Oxford College and offers the first two years of the university's undergraduate curriculum.
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Candler Hall, pictured in 1908 on the campus of Emory College (later Oxford College of Emory University) in Newton County, was built in 1897 to house a library. The building was named in honor of Warren Akin Candler, the president of the college from 1888 to 1898.
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Alben Barkley, a distinguished alumnus of Oxford College, speaks on campus around 1950. Barkley, a native of Kentucky, became vice president of the United States under Harry S. Truman in 1948.
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Students at Oxford College of Emory University gather in Candler Hall to study and socialize. The school's residential student body numbers around 600 each year, and approximately 90 percent of Oxford students will continue their studies at Emory University in Atlanta.
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Steve Wrigley became the chancellor of the University System of Georgia on January 1, 2017. He replaced Hank M. Huckaby, who served as chancellor between 2011 and 2017.
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Sonny Perdue, a native of Houston County, became Georgia's first Republican governor in 130 years when he was inaugurated on January 13, 2003. He served two terms, leaving office in 2011.
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Atlanta Metropolitan State College, a predominantly Black four-year institution in Georgia, was founded in 1974 as Atlanta Junior College. Located in southwest Atlanta, the campus covers sixty-eight wooded acres.
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Students graduate from Atlanta Metropolitan College, circa 2005. In 2012 the college began offering four-year degrees and changed its name to Atlanta Metropolitan State College.
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In preparing students with a comprehensive two-year academic program, Middle Georgia College has earned a reputation for excellence, as indicated by the school's high success rate for transfers to four-year senior colleges and universities.
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This picture, taken between March 1943 and July 1944, shows a group of soldiers gathered on the campus of Middle Georgia College. During World War II (1941-45), the campus served as a training post for U.S. Army Air Force pilots.
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The Dublin Center, which opened in 1984, is an institutional collaboration between Middle Georgia College and Georgia Southern University. Located in Dublin, the center is home to the largest of several off-campus education programs sponsored by Middle Georgia College.
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The University of West Georgia logo shines from the top of the Technology-enhanced Learning Center on the main campus in Carrollton. Founded in 1906 as an agricultural school, the institution became the University of West Georgia in 2005.
Photograph by Steven Broome, University of West Georgia
Students of the 1910-11 class at the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School examine various farming implements. The school, which later became the University of West Georgia, opened in Carrollton in 1906.
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A professor instructs students in a 1941 classroom at West Georgia College (later the University of West Georgia) in Carrollton. The college was renowned for its rural education program during the 1930s and 1940s and achieved worldwide acclaim for its adult education program in the 1950s.
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Leaders of West Georgia College (later the University of West Georgia) in Carrollton gather for commencement exercises around 1960. From left, William H. Row, the college's second president; Irvine S. Ingram, the college's first president; and George W. Walker, administrative dean.
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In 1974 the men's basketball team at West Georgia College in Carrollton won the national title of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The school is known today as the University of West Georgia.
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Beheruz N. Sethna poses in the Technology Enhanced Learning Center on the University of West Georgia campus. In 1994 Sethna became the sixth president of West Georgia College, and he led the school through its transition to university status in 1996. As a result of this change, Sethna became the first native of India to assume the presidency of a U.S. university.
Photograph by Steven Broome, University of West Georgia
Brewton-Parker College is a four-year institution affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention. Built in 1904, the same year as the school's founding, Gates Hall, pictured, is the only original building still standing on the college's main campus, which is located in Mount Vernon.
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In 1904 John Carter Brewton, a Baptist pastor, cofounded the Union Baptist Institute in Montgomery County to provide elementary and secondary Christian education to children in south Georgia. The school later became Brewton-Parker College, a four-year liberal arts college.
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Built in 1934, the Arch at Brewton-Parker College is symbolic of two significant unions in the school's history. The Telfair and Daniell Baptist associations collaborated to establish the school, while the towns of Mount Vernon and Ailey jointly donated the land and capital for its construction in 1904. One leg of the arch stands in each of these towns.
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South University, a private academic institution in Savannah, was founded in 1899 as Draughon's Practical Business College. Today the school offers degree programs in business and health disciplines.
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The South University clock tower is situated on the southwest corner of the school's campus in downtown Savannah. Located at its current site since 1974, the university has been housed at various addresses in Savannah since its founding in 1899.
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Draughon's Practical Business College in Savannah was purchased by the family of John T. South III in 1974. South served as president of the school, renamed South University in 2001, for more than twenty years and continues to serve as chancellor.
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The School of Health Professions at South University has offered associate and bachelor's degrees in physician assistant studies and physical therapy assisting since 1997. Medical laboratories on campus give students an opportunity to apply knowledge gained in the classroom.
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University Hall stands at the main entrance of Augusta State University and houses classrooms, laboratories, and departmental offices. Founded in 1925 as the Junior College of Augusta, ASU is today part of the University System of Georgia. The school grants both undergraduate and graduate degrees in education, business, and the liberal arts and sciences.
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The U.S. Army operated the Augusta Arsenal, established by U.S. president George Washington in 1819, until 1955. In 1957 the property was transferred to the Junior College of Augusta, which later became Augusta State University.
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The Guardhouse Musuem, originally constructed in 1866 as the main entrance to the Augusta Arsenal, is located on the campus of Augusta State University. Restored in 2002, the museum offers displays about the arsenal, university, and surrounding historic neighborhoods.
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The old science building at Augusta State University was used as a holding facility for German prisoners of war during World War II. Converted into classrooms by the school during the 1950s, the building was torn down in the 1990s after the discovery of asbestos roofing material.
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The new science building at Augusta State University was completed in 2000 and houses the departments of biology, chemistry and physics, and psychology.
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Allgood Hall, named in honor of former regent and state sentator Thomas F. Allgood, was opened on the campus of Augusta State University in 2002 and holds classrooms.
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The Savannah College of Art and Design, housed in locations around Savannah, was founded in 1978 by Paula S. Wallace, Richard Rowan, and May and Paul Poetter.
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One of the many buildings restored by the Savannah College of Art and Design, Pepe Hall was originally constructed as a school in 1906. Today the facility boasts multiple classrooms and studios and is devoted to the study of fibers.
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The Atlanta College of Art, founded in 1905, was located in the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown Atlanta. In 2006 the school was absorbed by the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design.
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Poetter Hall, the first classroom and administration building of the Savannah College of Art and Design, is named for two of the school's founders, May and Paul Poetter. Formerly known as Preston Hall, the building had been home to the Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory before its acquisiton and renovation by the college in 1979.
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The physical education complex at East Georgia State College was augmented in 2002 by the addition of a gymnasium, state-of-the-art fitness center, computer laboratory, classrooms, and an art studio. It is a popular multipurpose venue on the campus, which opened in Swainsboro in 1973.
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In 1971 Luck Flanders Gambrell donated 190 acres for the campus of East Georgia College (later East Georgia State College). The Luck Flanders Gambrell Center, named in her honor, was completed in 2001.
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The groundbreaking for Emanuel County Junior College (later East Georgia State College) was held in 1972. Pictured left to right are George W. Walker, John A. Bell Jr., George L. Smith II, Luck Flanders Gambrell, and George L. Simpson.
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Bob Boehmer was named the fifth president of East Georgia State College in 2012. Prior to his tenure as president, Boehmer was the associate provost for academic planning at the University of Georgia in Athens.
John B. Black served as president of East Georgia College from 2004 to 2011. In 2012 the institution's name changed to East Georgia State College.
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Heritage Hall, located in downtown Rome, is an extension of Georgia Highland College's main campus, which is located about six miles outside of the city. The building once housed the East Rome Junior High School.
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David B. McCorkle, the first president of Floyd Junior College (now Georgia Highlands College) stands beside his namesake building, which houses administrative offices on the school's main campus outside of Rome.
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Georgia Highlands College has acquired a reputation for keeping its facilities updated with the latest technologies. The college attracted attention in 1997 with the inauguration of its innovative Information Technology Program, which provides each student with a laptop computer upon enrollment.
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The Wheatley Administration Building stands on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus. Initially founded as an agricultural school, today the university offers majors toward fifty-two associate, thirty-six baccalaureate, and nineteen master's degrees.
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The James Earl Carter Sr. Library houses more than 190,000 volumes on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus. The library is named for the father of U.S. president Jimmy Carter, a graduate of the university.
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The women's softball team at Georgia Southwestern State University won the conference title in 2002. The university supports a thriving intercollegiate and intermural athletic program, garnering thirty-five conference championships and producing forty-four all-American athletes in its history.
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The Charles H. Jones Building opened in spring 2004 on the campus of Macon State College in Macon. A technically advanced academic facility, the building houses both the Division of Nursing and Health and the Division of Natural Sciences and Math.
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Students gather outside the Student Life Center on the Macon campus of Macon State College. The school became a four-year college in 1997 and as of 2004 maintains campuses at Macon, Warner Robins, and Robins Air Force Base, with a total enrollment of more than 5,700.
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A student in the mid-1980s holds a bumper sticker expressing a long-held sentiment for Macon Junior College to become a four-year school. In 1987 the Regents approved changing the name of the school to Macon College. The college began to offer four-year degrees after it became Macon State College in 1997.
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Students at Truett McConnell University, a four-year Baptist school in Cleveland, gather on the porch of the student center in 2003. The Truett McConnell campus includes a chapel, gymnasium, library, dining hall, and residence halls.
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Truett McConnell University, founded in Cleveland in 1946, is a four-year Baptist school with an enrollment of 733 full-time undergraduates in fall 2015. The school is named in honor of George W. Truett and Fernando C. McConnell, two cousins and Baptist ministers who dreamed of opening a school for Christian education in north Georgia. The school changed its name from Truett-McConnell College in 2016.
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A student at Truett McConnell University engages in an "applied lesson," which typically involves one-on-one instruction. Truett McConnell offers fourteen bachelor's degree programs of study, including one in music.
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This group of cadets attended Gordon Institute circa 1902-3. The first military program at the school began in 1890 under the direction of J. C. Woodward, who later founded what is now Woodward Academy.
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Part of the University System of Georgia since 1972, Gordon State College (earlier Gordon College) is a four-year institution located in Barnesville, fifty-five miles south of Atlanta.
General John B. Gordon, for whom Gordon State College is named, was a Confederate officer during the Civil War and later served as governor of Georgia and as a U.S. senator.
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Cadets gather on the campus of Gordon Military College in the 1960s. Both high school and junior college students attended class on this campus from the mid-1930s until 1972.
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Cadets eat in the mess hall at Gordon Military College in the 1960s. After World War II, five new buildings were constructed on campus to accomodate the growing number of students.
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Gordon College students receive their diplomas at a 2004 graduation ceremony.
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Cadets stand in formation outside the auditorium of Gordon Institute in Barnesville in 1906. The following year the school changed its name to Gordon College.
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The architecture building on the Southern Polytechnic State University (later Kennesaw State University) campus houses the only accredited Bachelor of Architecture degree program in the university system.
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First called the Technical Institute, Southern Polytechnic State University opened its doors in 1948 to 116 students. In fall 2004, approximately 3,700 students enrolled to pursue a technology-related education. In 2015 the university merged with Kennesaw State University.
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These physics students take advantage of a high-tech physics lab at Southern Polytechnic State University (later Kennesaw State University). The university often tailored its programs to meet the needs of high-tech businesses in the state.
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Students at Southern Polytechnic State University (later Kennesaw State University) study surveying and mapping.
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While students could choose between a number of technology-related degrees at Southern Polytechnic State University (later Kennesaw State University), their education was well balanced with courses in the liberal arts. The university placed a strong emphasis on the practical applications of knowledge and technology.
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Established in 1873, NGCSU was originally called North Georgia Agricultural College. Price Hall, shown here to the right in 1900, was named for founder William P. Price, a Dahlonega lawyer.
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Built on the foundation of the old Dahlonega Mint, which was destroyed by fire in 1878, Price Memorial Hall on the campus of North Georgia College and State University boasts a steeple plated in Lumpkin County gold.
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The Health and Natural Sciences Building on the campus of North Georgia College and State University was completed in 2001 and houses a planetarium, health science library, and a primary care center.
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Participation in the ROTC program is required of resident men and optional for commuters and women at North Georgia College and State University. Distinguished military graduates are admitted into the regular army on the same basis as graduates of West Point.
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Nestled among stately pines and moss-draped oaks, Bainbridge State College (formerly Bainbridge College) provides higher education opportunities to residents of southwest Georgia.
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Students enrolled in liberal arts programs at Bainbridge State College continue their studies after graduation at the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Valdosta State University, and Albany State University thanks to an agreement between two-year and four-year institutions in Georgia.
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More than 2,400 students graduated from Bainbridge College (later Bainbridge State College) in 2004. The college continues to grow in both enrollment and programs of study.
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Whang Inkie's installation, A Breeze over Troubled Water, was displayed at the Atlanta College of Art Gallery in 2004. The gallery, located in the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, offers shows by a wide variety of artists.
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Students at the Atlanta College of Art pour bronze at the school's sculpture building in 2004.
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Located on Atlanta's west side, Tech's park-like campus is nestled in an urban environment. The location in an international city, where commerce, culture, and technology come together, affords many opportunities for students and faculty. The Skiles Building can be seen in the foreground, right.
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The landmark building known as Tech Tower is a beloved symbol of school spirit. The Victorian tower was built as part of the campus's original construction. Today, the tower is also known as the Administration Building.
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Georgia Tech's architecture program is one of the nation's top programs of its kind. The College of Architecture also offers degree programs in building construction, city and regional planning, and industrial design.
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Georgia Tech president G. Wayne Clough became the institute's tenth president and first alumnus to lead the school when he took office in 1994.
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The outdoor amphitheater surrounding the Kessler Campanile is a gathering place for the Georgia Tech community. Students, faculty, and staff gather to hear visiting speakers, participate in rallies, and mark momentous occasions.
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Georgia Tech's Architecture Building, pictured in 1953, today houses the College of Architecture, City Planning, and Industrial Design.
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The Kessler Campanile is symbolic of Georgia Tech's ability to embrace tradition while working at the frontiers of scientific and technological understanding. This eighty-foot tower evokes Tech Tower, the oldest building on campus, while its stainless steel material and contemporary design demonstrate Tech's commitment to shaping the future through innovation.
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The embodiment of Yellow Jacket pride, Buzz is one of the nation's best-known mascots. Buzz leads Georgia Tech's enthusiastic fans in cheering on the Jackets at football and basketball games and other sporting events.
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The Olympic Village, located on the Georgia Tech campus, was open July 6-August 7, 1996. The village was home to more than 14,000 athletes, coaches, trainers, and officials from 197 national Olympic committees, almost 10,000 employees (mostly volunteers), 4,000 guests, and hundreds of media representatives, with a daily population of nearly 30,000.
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Tech Tower, with its illuminated five-foot-tall letters spelling "Tech," represents the institute to students and the community.
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Buttrick Hall is the main academic building for Agnes Scott College. The building holds classrooms and faculty and staff offices.
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The bell tower of Agnes Scott Hall can be seen from the downtown Decatur area and surrounding neighborhoods. The building, also known as "Main," was built in 1891 and today houses dormitories and meeting space.
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A new addition to McCain Library opened in January 2001 after extensive renovation projects were completed in December 2000. Originally the Andrew Carnegie Library at its opening in 1910, McCain Library was so named in 1951 for James Ross McCain, second president of the college, at the time of his retirement.
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Main building, also known as Agnes Scott Hall, is on the right. In the background is the Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall.
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Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall, originally opened in 1950, was financed by Letitia Pate Evans, who served as an Agnes Scott College trustee from 1949 until her death in 1953. The building features seating for 400, conference facilities, and a courtyard area for dining.
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The Agnes Scott (Main) Hall (1889), of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, was designed by the firm Bruce and Morgan.
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Harkness Hall is the administrative building for Clark Atlanta University. It holds the offices of the school's president and provost, among others.
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A groundbreaking ceremony at Clark College, circa 1940.
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Du Bois accepted a faculty position at Atlanta University (later Clark Atlanta University) in 1897. Atlanta University president Horace Bumstead brought Du Bois to Atlanta to establish a sociology program and to develop the university's curriculum.
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The art galleries at Clark Atlanta University are located in Trevor Arnett Hall.
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The Atlanta University football team, pictured in 1896.
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Tift Hall, the administration building at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, sits near the main entrance to the school. Classes were held at Tift Hall, one of three original buildings on the campus, when the school opened as the Second District A&M School in 1908.
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The 10,000-square-foot Town Hall opened in April 2004 for the students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.
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The center tower of the Agriculture Sciences Building at the north end of the Pedestrian Mall. The mall, lined with street lights, benches, and trees, runs through the center of campus. The Ag Sciences Building opened in January 2004 and the mall opened in October 2003.
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The wetlands habitat area at the Jasper G. Woodroof Farm. The farm covers 200 acres of the 421-acre campus.
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Visitors to the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village can observe blacksmithing at an old workshop.
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The United Methodist-affiliated Andrew Female College, known later as Andrew College, was established in Cuthbert in 1854.
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James Osgood Andrew presided as senior bishop over the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, from 1846 until his death. Andrew College in Cuthbert was named for him.
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Old Main (left), built in 1892, and Warren Bush Hall, built in 1901, were two of the major buildings on the campus of Andrew College in the early 1900s.
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In 1948 Mr. and Mrs. W.I.H. Pitts and their daughter, Margaret, benefactors of the United Methodist Church, donated the money for the Pitts Memorial Library, which today houses the fine arts division and is known as the Suarez Fine Arts Building.
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Built in 1920, Lupton Hall was named for the Oglethorpe University benefactor and Chattanooga Coca-Cola bottler John T. Lupton. One of the three original buildings on Oglethorpe campus, Lupton has a cast-bell carillon in its tower with fifty-two bells, which chime the quarter hours.
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James Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, was a forward-thinking visionary who demonstrated great skill as a social reformer and military leader. This portrait is a copy of Oglethorpe University's oval portrait of Oglethorpe, which was painted in 1744. The portrait was discovered in England by Thornwell Jacobs and brought back to Atlanta to hang in the president's office at Oglethorpe University.
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Thornwell Jacobs became the president of Oglethorpe University in 1915. Jacobs is depicted in academic regalia in a painting by the portraitist Charles Naegle.
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John T. Lupton, a Coca-Cola bottler from Chattanooga, Tennessee, was one of Oglethorpe University's most prominent benefactors. Lupton Hall is named for him.
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Oglethorpe University's art museum is the only one on such a campus in the Southeast that regularly shows nationally and internationally recognized exhibitions.
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Phoebe Hearst Hall, built in 1915, is Gothic revival in design and was renovated in 1972. The most dominant feature of Oglethorpe University campus architecture, the hall was built in honor of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, mother of the benefactor and publisher William Randolph Hearst Sr. The Crypt of Civilization is housed on the lower level.
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As president of Oglethorpe University from 1944-53, Philip Weltner revamped the core curriculum program and saved the university from near financial ruin. The Philip Weltner Library at Lowry Hall, shown here, is named in his honor.
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This postcard, dated circa 1940, features an illustration of Lupton Hall at Oglethorpe University.
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The 634-acre campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro features landscaped lawns, pine forests, and two lakes. Walkways wind through the campus and connect the main academic buildings.
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Georgia Southern University in Statesboro is the largest and most comprehensive center of higher education in the southern half of Georgia. Approximately 16,000 students from every state and eighty countries attend classes on the residential campus.
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The College of Information Technology facility includes 25 interactive learning and study rooms, 10 computer labs, 14 electronic classrooms, a 120-seat lecture hall, and a 240-seat auditorium in a building occupying 140,000 square feet.
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Shorter University, a private liberal arts institution in Rome, offers undergraduate liberal arts programs, specialized professional programs, and select graduate programs in business.
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Professor David Fillingim (standing) and students in the Hugh Davis Center for Ministry Education at Shorter University in Rome are pictured in 2003.
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The shared ownership of Hurt Park by Georgia State University and Atlanta is indicative of the university's reciprocal relationship with the city. The park can be reserved for activities by university-affiliated as well as nonaffiliated groups. Alumni Hall houses various GSU administrative offices as well as a fine arts theater.
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The Helen M. Aderhold Learning Center, a classroom building on the campus of Georgia State University, is located in the historic Fairlie Poplar District of downtown Atlanta.
George Sparks (center) was a southern educator and the first president of Georgia State University. He often made personal loans to students who lacked funds for tuition.
Atlanta Division students stand outside GSU's Kell Hall circa 1949. In 1947 the Evening School became affiliated with the University of Georgia and was named the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia.
Located in the heart of Atlanta, the Georgia State University College of Law boasts joint degree programs, a nationally acclaimed live-client tax clinic, centers in health law and policy, and a nationally recognized mock trial program. Like other GSU programs, the College of Law offers day or evening classes and part- or full-time study.
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Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies offers a joint Ph.D. in public policy with Georgia Tech, the only program of its kind in the U.S. Other degrees offered include urban policy studies, economics, and public administration.
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The 2001 graduating class of Spelman College. Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees are offered in the fine arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and education at Spelman College.
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Irene and John Wesley Dobbs with their six daughters and grandchildren at the Spelman College graduation of daughter June. The Dobbs girls all graduated from Spelman. (Left to right) Mr. Dobbs; Irene Dobbs Jackson, class of '29; Juliet Dobbs Blackburn, class of '31; Millicent Dobbs Jordan, class of '33; Josephine Dobbs Clement, class of '37; Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon, class of '46; June Dobbs Butts, class of '48; and Mrs. Dobbs.
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The front gate of Reinhardt College in Cherokee County. In June 2010 the institution changed its name to Reinhardt University.
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The Funk Heritage Center opened at Reinhardt College (later Reinhardt University) in 1999 and focuses on the history and art of the Southeastern Indians and European settlers through artifacts, exhibits, dioramas, and interactive computer programs. The center has become a popular destination for school groups, senior tours, and history buffs.
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Fountain Hall, a National Historic Landmark, is the oldest building on the Morris Brown College campus in Atlanta. Originally built in 1882 as Stone Hall on the Atlanta University campus, the structure was renamed in honor of the Reverend W. A. Fountain Jr., Morris Brown's seventh president.
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Morris Brown College in Atlanta was founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The college is named for Morris Brown, the second bishop of the AME Church.
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The faculty of Morris Brown College in Atlanta are pictured circa 1900. A historically Black college founded by the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Morris Brown opened in 1885.
The Reverend W. A. Fountain served as the seventh president of Morris Brown College in Atlanta. His tenure began in 1928 and ended in 1950.
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The Brenau University front gate has welcomed students and visitors for 125 years. The Women's College is one of the university's four divisions.
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The Pearce/Bailey complex and many other Brenau buildings located on the front campus are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The architectural firm Ivey and Crook executed extensive school commissions, including major work at Emory University, where one of the firm's earliest projects was the Candler Library (1924).
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Warren Akin Candler, a Methodist bishop, was the tenth president and the first chancellor of Emory University. He was the brother of Asa Candler, the founder of the Coca-Cola Company.
Robert W. Woodruff became president of both the Trust Company of Georgia and the Coca-Cola Company in 1923 and eventually became the architect of Coke's worldwide expansion. In later years Woodruff was also Emory University's greatest benefactor. In 1937 he established the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, a charitable organization.
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Emory University School of Medicine students gain medical experience with bedside teaching. Emory's medical school ranks among the nation's finest institutions for teaching, patient care, and research.
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Georgia Perimeter College's Dunwoody Campus (pictured in 2003) was formerly the college's North Campus. Georgia Perimeter merged with Georgia State University in 2016.
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Land is cleared for Dekalb College (later Georgia State University Perimeter College) in Clarkston, just inside the Atlanta perimeter beltway, east of Decatur.
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DeKalb superintendent Jim Cherry, founder of DeKalb College (later Georgia State University Perimeter College), envisioned a county school system that could educate citizens from primary grades through completion of a collegiate associate's degree.
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In 1979 DeKalb Community College (later Georgia State University Perimeter College) continued its multicampus development with a North Campus in Dunwoody.
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The Newton Campus of Georgia Perimeter College (later Georgia State University Perimeter College) opened in 2007. Home to the college's baseball team, the campus served students in eight surrounding counties.
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Gainesville State College, pictured here in 2001, has seen explosive growth since its founding in 1964.
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An anchor on loan from the U.S. Navy marks the home of Gainesville State College's "Lakers" athletic program.
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The state-of-the-art Science, Engineering, and Technology Building at Gainesville State College was dedicated on September 29, 2000.
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Dr. Hugh M. Mills Jr. served as the first president of Gainesville Junior College, from 1965 to 1983.
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The "Campus Gateway" stands at the entrance to Gainesville State College in Hall County. Original pencil drawing donated by Gainesville State College alumnus Kevin Burchett, 1996.
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The Anne Braw Zell Memorial Clock Tower stands in the center of campus at the College of Coastal Georgia in Brunswick. The Alfred W. Jones Science Center is visible in the background.
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The student center at Brunswick Junior College (later College of Coastal Georgia) in Glynn County is pictured in 1965. The first graduating class matriculated from the college, which was founded in 1961, the following year.
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A sculpture entitled Opening Doors stands on the north campus of the College of Coastal Georgia. Created by faculty members Gudrun Rominger and Barry Bray, the work was dedicated in 2002. The Howard E. Coffin Health and Physical Education Building is visible in the background.
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The Camden Center in Kingsland, a facility on the Camden County satellite campus of the College of Coastal Georgia, opened to classes in 2004.
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A sign marks the entrance to Coastal Georgia Community College, a two-year college in Brunswick, in 2004. Four years later, the school became a four-year college under the name College of Coastal Georgia.
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Dalton State College, an institution of the University System of Georgia, offers both associate and baccalaureate degree programs. Located in Dalton, the college serves a ten-county area in northwest Georgia.
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The Derrell C. Roberts Library at Dalton State College, named in honor of the college's second president, opened in 1972. In 2002 an expansion doubled the size of the facility.
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From its opening in 1913 as a normal college for women, with a two-year course in teacher preparation, Valdosta State University has grown to a thriving institution of some 9,000 students, offering degrees from the associate to the doctorate.
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A young woman from south Georgia arrives in Valdosta to attend South Georgia State Normal College. She wears the school uniform required during the early years of the college, which opened in 1913.
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Students at Georgia State Woman's College (later Valdosta State University) dance the minuet in costume at the college's 1939 Old English Christmas Festival.
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Dr. Hugh C. Bailey served as president of Valdosta State University from 1978 to 2001. During his tenure the number of students doubled to around 9,000 and off-campus sites were established throughout south Georgia.
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Valdosta State University became the second regional university in the University System of Georgia in 1993. To accommodate the rapid expansion of the university's programs, a building boom began in the 1990s, with careful attention given to maintaining the Spanish Mission style established in existing campus buildings.
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Atkinson Hall is located on the campus of Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville.
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The Old Governor's Mansion in Milledgeville (1838), designed by architect Charles Cluskey, is an example of Greek revival, an architectural style common throughout the state well into the 1850s. The mansion is now part of Georgia College and State University.
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The campus clock tower at Columbus State University.
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The entrance gates to Columbus State University, which was founded in 1958.
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The hosiery mill where CSU first opened its doors in September 1958.
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Columbus State University began as a junior college in 1958, meeting first in a renovated hosiery mill before moving to its own campus in 1963. The college achieved senior college status in 1965 and awarded its first bachelor's degrees in 1970.
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Thomas Whitley was the first president of CSU. He led the institution from its temporary buildings to its move to the permanent campus; he also integrated the school and oversaw the transition to senior college status in 1965.
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Columbus College grew rapidly during the late 1960s and early 1970s as baby boomers and Fort Benning soldiers enrolled in classes. By the late 1970s, however, enrollment began to decline following the graduations of baby boomers and personnel cuts at Fort Benning.
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Cody the Cougar is the CSU mascot. CSU has been especially successful with men's golf and women's basketball.
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The RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, located in the heart of Columbus, houses CSU's Schwob School of Music and features state-of-the-art performance facilities.
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Spivey Hall sits on the shore of a small pond on the campus of Clayton State University. Known for its superb acoustics and cozy atmosphere, Spivey Hall patrons have greeted many world renowned musicians since it began its jazz and classical music Concert Series in 1991.
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Clayton State University opened in 1969 as Clayton Junior College. The school was granted university status in 1996 and today offers a wide variety of degree programs and majors to a diverse student population.
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A student at Clayton State University works on her notebook computer. As part of the university's Information Technology Project, which provides many courses online as well as technologically enhanced classrooms, all students at Clayton State are required to purchase computers.
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Nursing students in the School of Health Sciences at Clayton State University take the blood pressure of a patient. Students pursuing a degree in the health sciences acquire practical experience through clinic hours, in addition to their required classroom hours.
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The Lamar Dodd Art Center at LaGrange College, completed in 1982, contains two floors of galleries. The center houses a retrospective collection of Dodd's paintings, given by the artist and his wife, Mary Lehmann, a 1929 graduate of the school.
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The front part of LaGrange College's Smith Hall dates back to 1842.
Courtesy of Troup County Archives
The main library at the University of Georgia is located on the historic north campus. UGA's library system contains more than 3.9 million volumes, making it the largest academic library in Georgia. The library is also home to the University of Georgia Press.
Photograph from Zlatko Unger
The arch is the traditional entrance to the University of Georgia campus. The wrought-iron arch, erected in 1858, is patterned after the Great Seal of Georgia.
Courtesy of University of Georgia Photographic Services
The Betty Johnson Horticulture Garden at the University of Georgia has been in existence since 1983 and is primarily a research and teaching garden. More than 600 annual and perennial plants are evaluated in the garden.
Photograph by Melinda G. Smith, New Georgia Encyclopedia
After writing the charter for the University of Georgia, Abraham Baldwin served as the college's first president from 1786 to 1801. In 1787 he was chosen as one of four Georgia delegates to the Constitutional Convention. During his long political career, Baldwin also served in the Georgia General Assembly, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate.
Courtesy of University of Georgia Photographic Services
An early sketch, circa 1850, of the University of Georgia in Athens depicts the Franklin College quadrangle as seen from the southwest across Broad Street. The architecture of the campus was modeled after that of Yale University in Connecticut, the alma mater of Abraham Baldwin, UGA's first president.
Photograph of the UGA campus, looking southwest from Broad Street. This view from 1875 illustrates the early campus form with its axial pattern of walkways among plantings of young hardwood and evergreen trees.
The University of Georgia campus quadrangle (present-day North Campus) is pictured in 1900, looking southeast from Broad Street.
The Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens, shown here in 1919, became part of the University of Georgia in 1932.
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Men's volleyball teams from the USA and Argentina competed in UGA's Stegeman Coliseum during the 1996 Olympic Games.
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Students relax on the historic North Campus lawn at the University of Georgia in Athens. The lawn is surrounded by majestic oak trees as well as some of the oldest buildings at UGA.
Photograph by Stephanie Schupska
Students walk outside the Miller Learning Center, named for Georgia governor Zell B. Miller, at the University of Georgia in Athens. The 200,000-square-foot building opened in 2003.
Photograph by John Amis
An Electron Microscopy technician uses a transmission electron microscope to examine the microstructure of cells.
Courtesy of UGA Photographic Services
UGA the Fifth is the mascot for the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team.
Photograph by Jim Hipple
Home of the Georgia Bulldogs football team, Sanford Stadium is the second-largest on-campus stadium in the South and the fifth-largest in the nation, with a capacity of 92,020.
Courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Farmers and other agricultural professionals gather in 1987 at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station (later University of Georgia Tifton campus), known as the "Plant Center of the World."
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The stone sign at the entrance gate of the Coastal Plain Experiment Station (later University of Georgia Tifton campus), seen here in the 1990s, underscores the permanence of the station's contributions to agricultural research.
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Charles Douglas, a retired faculty member of the Coastal Plain Experiment Station (later University of Georgia Tifton campus), explains the importance of water in food and fiber production to a grammar school class and teacher in a photo taken in the 1990s.
Photograph by Ann Rice. Courtesy of University of Georgia Tifton campus
A first-grade class on a field trip to the Coastal Plain Experiment Station (later University of Georgia Tifton campus) watches as Mike Cremano feeds a cow.
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Located near Rome, in Floyd County, Berry College is a private liberal arts school that enrolls approximately 1,700 undergraduate and 200 graduate students annually.
Courtesy of Explore Georgia, Photograph by Ralph Daniel.
Martha Berry's school programs emphasized the regenerative power of work. Diligent labor, she believed, would promote character in her students by encouraging responsibility and a sense of self-worth.
Ford Hall, originally used as a dining hall, was built in 1925 on the Berry College campus in Rome. Since 1978 the building has served a variety of purposes, including use as an interim theater by the drama department and as a performance hall by the music department. Donated by Henry Ford, the building is modeled after the dining hall of Christ College at Oxford University in England.
Image from Stephen Rahn
The lush, expansive campus, comprising more than 26,000 acres, draws tourists and students alike to Berry College. Since the late 1980s Berry College has been regularly ranked by several publications as one of the Southeast's top five regional liberal arts institutions.
Courtesy of Explore Georgia, Photograph by Ralph Daniel.
Shown in 2000, the "Gate of Opportunity" is the main entrance to Berry College, a comprehensive liberal arts college located north of Rome. The original entrance and narrow, tree-lined path are still open to pedestrians.
Courtesy of Berry College Archives
Thomas Gamble, the mayor of Savannah, and city aldermen established City Junior College in Savannah's historic district in 1935. The school later became Armstrong State University.
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Opened in 1999, Kennesaw Hall houses the College of Education and the central administrative offices of Kennesaw State University.
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Governor Carl Sanders delivers an address at the groundbreaking ceremony for Kennesaw Junior College, with Commissioner Herbert McCollum holding umbrella.
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The charter president of Kennesaw Junior College (later Kennesaw State University), Horace W. Sturgis, is pictured in 1975. Sturgis took office on July 1, 1965, and retired in 1980, after the school graduated its first four-year class.
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The Board of Regents in 1981 chose Betty L. Siegel as the new president of Kennesaw College (later Kennesaw State University). The first woman to head a University System of Georgia institution, Siegel served as president for more than two decades.
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Daniel S. Papp, formerly a professor at Georgia Tech, served as president of Kennesaw State University from July 2006 until June 2016.
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The Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art opened in March 2014 on the campus of Kennesaw State University in Cobb County.
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Fifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University was completed in 2010 for use by the women's soccer team.
Courtesy of Kennesaw State University Archives
