University of Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. University of Georgia. Seal of the University of Georgia. Latin: Universitas Georgiae. Former names. Franklin College(unofficially 1.
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Motto. Latin: Et docere et rerum exquirere causas. Motto in English. Both to teach and to inquire into the nature of things. To serve' was later added to the motto without changing the seal, so the university motto in English now is "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things."Established. January 2. 7, 1. 78. Type. Publicflagshipuniversity. Land- grant university.
Photo by Bill Walsh: Stephen Corey — Editor [email protected] - 706-542-3481. Stephen Corey joined the staff of The Georgia Review in 1983 as assistant editor and. The University of Georgia, founded in 1785, and commonly referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public land-grant and sea grant research university.
Sea- grant university. Endowment. US$ 9. FY 2. 01. 4)[2]President. Jere W. Morehead. Provost. Pamela Whitten[3]Academic staff.
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Athens, Georgia, United States. °5. 7′2. 1″N8. °2. 2′2. 8″W / 3. °N 8. 3. 3. 74. 5°W / 3.
Coordinates: 3. 3°5. N8. 3°2. 2′2. 8″W / 3. °N 8. 3. 3. 74. 5°W / 3. Campus. University town; 7. Total: 3. 9,9. 50 acres (1. Newspaper. The Red and Black.
Colors. Red and Black [6]Athletics. NCAADivision IFBS – SECNickname. Bulldogs. Mascot. Uga (live bulldog)Hairy Dawg (costumed)Affiliations.
University System of Georgia. APLUORAUWebsitewww. Ilah Dunlap Little Library, the main library at the University of Georgia. The University of Georgia, founded in 1. UGA or simply Georgia, is an American publicland- grant and sea grantresearch university. Its primary location is a 7. Athens, Georgia, approximately an hour's drive from Atlanta, Georgia.
It is considered the State of Georgia's flagship university.[7] The university is ranked 2. U. S. News & World Report rankings,[8] and consistently ranks as high as 1. While having high overall ratings, Georgia ranks in the top 1. The university is a part of the University System of Georgia and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It is classified as a "Research University / Very High Research Activity" with a "More Selective" student body by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.[1. Founded in 1. 78. United States' first state- chartered university, it is the oldest and second largest of Georgia's institutions of higher learning and along with the College of William and Mary and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill claims the title of the oldest public university in the United States.[1.
The university's historic North Campus is on the U. S. National Register of Historic Places as a designated historic district,[1. The university offers over 1.
Consisting of thirteen libraries spread across multiple campuses, the UGA Libraries contain a total of 4. The University of Georgia is one of 1. Association of Research Libraries.[1. The University of Georgia is organized into seventeen schools and colleges. The university has three primary campuses.
The largest one is the main campus in Athens that includes 3. Tifton, Georgia and Griffin, Georgia. The University of Georgia also has two satellite campuses located in Atlanta and Lawrenceville, Georgia. The university operates several service and outreach stations spread across the state. The total acreage utilized by the university located in 3. Georgia counties is 3.
ВІ).[1. 3]The University of Georgia also owns a residential and research center in Washington, DC, plus three international residential and research centers located at Oxford University in Oxford, England, at Cortona, Italy, and at Monteverde, Costa Rica. Student athletics, both varsity and intramural, are an integral part of student and alumni life. The University of Georgia's intercollegiate sports teams, commonly known by their "Georgia Bulldogs" nickname, compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). UGA served as a founding member of the SEC in 1.
In their 1. 21- year history, the university's varsity sports teams have won 3. The Georgia Redcoat Marching Band, the official marching band of the university, plays at sports and other events. History[edit]Antebellum history[edit]. University of Georgia Chapel in 1. The University of Georgia was incorporated on January 2. Georgia General Assembly, which had given its trustees, the Senatus Academicus of the University of Georgia, 4. ВІ) for the purposes of founding a "college or seminary of learning."[1.
The Senatus Academicus was composed of the Board of Visitors and the Board of Trustees with the Georgia Senate presiding over those two boards. The first meeting of the university's board of trustees was held in Augusta, Georgia on February 1. The meeting installed its first president, Abraham Baldwin, a native of Connecticut and graduate of Yale University. Baldwin was one of the forty signers of the United States Constitution. Many features on the University of Georgia campus resemble the campus of Yale. On July 2, 1. 79.
Senatus Academicus met again in Louisville, Georgia and decided that the time was right to officially begin the University. During this meeting 6. ²) on the banks of the Oconee River were chosen on which the university was to be built. This tract of land, now a part of the consolidated city–county of Athens- Clarke County, Georgia, was then part of Jackson County.
The meeting also established a new president of the university naming Josiah Meigs, another Yale graduate, to the post. The first classes were held in 1. Franklin College, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin. The first graduating class graduated on May 3. The Senatus Academicus convened for the last time in Dothan, Georgia, from November 3, 1. November 5, 1. 85.
Board of Trustees which reported to the Georgia General Assembly which is composed of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate. Civil War era[edit]During the American Civil War, the University closed in October 1. January 1. 86. 6 with an enrollment of seventy- eight students including veterans utilizing an award of $3. General Assembly to injured soldiers younger than thirty.[1. In that same year, the legislature appropriated $2,0.
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. This was the result of the Morrill Act which was used to create land grant colleges across the nation. The agricultural department within the University opened on May 1, 1. A portion of the funds were used to establish a branch of the agricultural department in Dahlonega, Georgia which developed into North Georgia College,[1.
University of North Georgia after a 2. The Military Department of the university was abandoned in the years following the Civil War, but its campus at Milledgeville, including the former State capital building, became Georgia Military College. With students limited to white males for the first century of its history, University of Georgia began educating white female students during the summer of 1. White women were not admitted as full- time undergraduates until 1. However, at that time only junior college transfers majoring in Home Economics were integrated.[1. Before official admission of white women to the University, several white women were able to complete graduate degrees through credit earned during the summer sessions.
The first white woman to earn such a degree was Mary Lyndon. She received a Master of Arts degree in 1. Mary Ethel Creswell earned the first undergraduate degree in June 1. B. S. in Home Economics.
Two UGA dormitories are named after these graduates: Creswell Hall and Mary Lyndon Hall. The school's dean in 1. Walter Cocking, was fired by Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge in the Cocking affair.[2. Racial integration was achieved in 1. Hamilton E. Holmes and Charlayne Hunter after notable tension with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2. 00. 1, on the fortieth anniversary of their having first registered for classes, the University renamed a prominent campus building in their honor: Holmes- Hunter Academic Building.[2. Although Hunter and Holmes were the first African- American students to matriculate at the University of Georgia, Mary Frances Early became the first African- American graduate by earning her master's (MMEd) in music education in 1.
In 1. 96. 3, Chester Davenport became the first African- American admitted to the UGA School of Law and its first African- American graduate (LL. B. 1. 96. 6). A decade later, Sharon Tucker was the first female African- American law graduate, earning her J. D. in 1. 97. 4.[2. Recent years[edit].
The east facade of the Hunter- Holmes Academic Building at the University of Georgia. Although the University of Georgia has been a respected academic university for some time, the University of Georgia has seen its academic reputation and enrollment continue to rise markedly since Georgia's HOPE Scholarship program was started in 1.
The average SAT for students entering University of Georgia in 2. GPA was a 3. 8. 8.[2. The average GPA and SAT of an entering honors freshman was a 4. GPA and a 1. 46. 6 SAT score for critical reading and math. In 2. 00. 3, UGA was the only public university in North America with winners of the Rhodes, Marshall, Truman and Goldwater Scholarships in the same year.[1. In 2. 01. 1- 2. 01.
University of Georgia was one of only four institutions in the nation with the maximum of four Goldwater Scholars; one of only two universities with three Udall Scholars, and one of only four universities with at least five Boren Scholars. UGA students also garnered a prestigious Marshall Scholarship and 1.
Fulbright Scholarship offers, placing the University among the top tier of academic institutions with regard to national awards. Alumni were well represented, as a UGA alumna garnered the coveted Mac. Arthur "Genius" Grant for the 2nd time in three years (Beth Shapiro in 2. A. E. Stallings in 2. More than 4. 0 University of Georgia students won national academic scholarship offers in 2. Marshall Scholarship, four Goldwater Scholarships, three Udall Scholarships, five Boren Scholarships, 1. Fulbright Scholarships, and 1.