Morehouse College Celebrates Sesquicentennial Of Founding Inward 1867

Morehouse College inwards Atlanta, GA is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding inwards 1867.  The institution's spider web site includes pages amongst a calendar of anniversary events, the history of the college, 150th anniversary timeline, as well as a short video.

Morehouse begun 1867 equally The Augusta Institute inwards Augusta, Georgia.  It moved to Atlanta as well as adopted a novel advert equally Atlanta Baptist Seminary inwards 1879.  The get-go college score was awarded inwards 1883.  The advert was changed to Atlanta Baptist College inwards 1897 as well as to Morehouse College inwards 1913. 

A Couplet Of Mergers Approved Past Times The Ga Board Of Regents This Week

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved a twain of mergers on Jan 11, 2017.  Georgia Southern University as well as Armstrong State University volition merge as well as role the refer of Georgia Southern University.  Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College as well as Bainbridge State College volition merge as well as retain the refer of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

• Abraham Baldwin AgriculturalCollege founded inwards 1908 is located inwards Tifton, GA as well as enrolls over 3,200 students.
• Armstrong State University was founded inwards 1935 as well as serves 7,100 students at its psyche campus inwards Savannah as well as a regional middle inwards Hinesville.
• Bainbridge State College inwards Bainbridge, GA was founded inwards 1970 as well as serves 3,700 students.
• Georgia Southern University inwards Statesboro, GA was founded inwards 1906 as well as currently serves 20,673 students.  

Vintage Postcards Of Higher Teaching Institutions Inwards Georgia

The Postcardman.org site offers 94 postcards together with images of colleges.  Almost all the institutions are from communities inward Georgia....though at that topographic point are likewise v postcards for higher didactics institutions inward Charlotte, North Carolina.  

You tin plough over the sack direct a town or metropolis together with and thus direct the "Schools" link for images of institutions.  I likewise created a tabular array below alongside the names of institutions together with the reveal of images.  URLs are included that you lot tin plough over the sack purpose to gain the page.

Robert Mills Family Inward Due South Carolina...Long History Of Role Yesteryear Higher Educational Activity Institutions

Several institutions that were located for a fourth dimension on the belongings of the Robert Mills House inwards Columbia, South Carolina are featured inwards an article inwards the Columbia Star.  the Robert Mills House in addition to Gardens are 1 of 5 historic properties maintained for populace role past times Historic Columbia.  You tin hand the axe click on the ikon accompanying the article to run into a large panoramic sentiment of the site inwards 1920.  The photograph is business office of a forthcoming demo that volition illustrate the Columbia Theological Seminary’s (CTS) long in addition to of import 95-year history at the site.

CTS continues to serve students today from Decatur, Georgia in addition to is affiliated amongst the Presbyterian Church.  CTS was founded inwards Lexington, Georgia inwards 1828.  It moved to Columbia, SC 2 years after in addition to and in addition to thus moved to Decatur, Georgia inwards 1927.

Columbia Bible College (now, Columbia International University) after used the belongings for housing of manful mortal students until 1960.  Columbia Bible College changed its mention to Columbia International University inwards 1994.

Name Alter For Truett-Mcconnell College

Truett-McConnell College announced a cite alter to Truett-McConnell University.  The institution, affiliated amongst the Georgia Baptist Convention, was founded inwards 1946 in addition to is located inwards Cleveland, Georgia.  Initially offering 2 twelvemonth liberal arts curriculum, Truett-McConnell added baccalaureate flat programs afterwards 2002.

A Novel Twenty-Four Sixty Minutes Catamenia Dawns For Morris Brownish College

Rodney Carmichael reported March 27, 2015 on the word that the reorganization invention offered past times Morris Brown College was accepted together with the institution volition move emerging from Chapter xi bankruptcy.  Statements from the chair for the Board of Trustees, Rt. Rev. doc Preston W. Williams II together with from the institution's president, Dr. Stanley J. Pritchett, Sr., are available on the Morris Brown website.

Middle Georgia Soil Receives Blessing For Advert Change

Middle Georgia State College announced that it merger of Macon State College too Middle Georgia College.  

Catholic Higher Didactics Inwards The American South, 1830-1930

Kathryn Mary Wrightson's 2003 Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Georgia, Toward a History of Catholic Higher Education inwards the American South:  Essays on Sources in addition to Context, is available for those interested inwards the history of southern colleges.  The writer identified fifty-five Catholic institutions that opened during the catamenia betwixt 1830-1930.  Ten of these are withal operating in addition to the others tended to unopen later on brief periods due to the isolation in addition to poverty of the areas served.

Wrightson begins amongst an overview of 19th century religious life inwards the region.  The 3rd chapter provides brief historical sketches of the Catholic colleges founded inwards nine states.  The 4th in addition to 5th chapters focus respectively on the structures in addition to "souls" of Catholic colleges.  She concludes past times analyzing institutional success in addition to closure inwards a multifariousness of ways.  Wrightson equally good includes comments on the acre of available sources for data in addition to offers useful suggestions for additional research.

History Of The Academy Of Due North Georgia Featured Inwards Article

Joanna Toso focuses on the history of the University of North Georgia inwards an article for the Vanguard, the pupil newspaper.  Her article includes over a dozen historic photographs.  The establishment began offering classes inwards 1873 every moment North Georgia Agricultural College.

Merger Of Georgia Perimeter College Amongst Georgia Country University

Inside Higher Ed has a distich of posts this calendar week past times Ry Rivard [January 6, 2015; January 7, 2015] placing the late approved consolidation of Georgia Perimeter College alongside Georgia State University within the context of other recent modify inwards the University System of Georgia.  

• Waycross College as well as South Georgia College merged to buy the farm South Georgia State College in 2013.
• Macon State College as well as Middle Georgia College merged to become Middle Georgia State College in 2013.
• Gainesville State College as well as North Georgia College & State University merged to become the novel University of North Georgia in 2013.
• Augusta State University as well as Georgia Health Sciences University merged to become Georgia Regents University in 2013.
• Kennesaw State University as well as Southern Polytechnic State University volition merge this yr as well as retain the nurture of Kennesaw State University 

Andy Thomason too explored the Georgia mergers for The Chronicle of Higher Education.  His article includes an infographic past times Ron Coddington that summarizes the province of affairs real nicely.

University Of Northward Georgia

The Georgia State Board of Regents approved University of North Georgia as the novel lift for 2 institutions previously known every minute Gainesville State College together with North Georgia College together with State University. 

Gainesville State College was initially founded inwards 1966 every minute Gainesville Junior College.  The lift was changed to Gainesville College inwards 1987 together with Gainesville State College inwards 2005.

North Georgia College together with State University was founded inwards Dahlonega, GA inwards 1873 every minute North Georgia Agricultural College.  The lift changed to North Georgia College inwards 1929.  University condition was gained inwards 1996.

Middle Georgia Acre College

The Georgia State Board of Regents approved Middle Georgia State College equally the novel advert for Macon State as well as Middle Georgia Colleges effective inwards Jan 2013.

Middle Georgia College, founded 1884, has campuses inwards Cochran, Dublin as well as Eastman. Macon State College, founded inwards 1968, has campuses inwards Macon as well as Warner Robins as well as operates the Robins Resident Center on base.