Gainesville State College
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Gainesville State College Gainesville College Gainesville Junior College |
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| Motto | "Student Focused, Learning Centered" |
| Type | Public |
| Active | 1964–2013 |
| Endowment | $4 Million |
| President | Dr. Randy Pierce |
| Students | 8,968 |
| Location | Oakwood, Georgia, U.S.A. |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Nickname | Fighting Geese |
| Mascot | Laker the Goose |
| Affiliations | University System of Georgia |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 34°14′5.33″N 83°52′1.86″W / 34.2348139°N 83.8671833°W
Gainesville State College was a state college of the University System of Georgia serving northeast Georgia. The Gainesville State College Gainesville Campus, located 45 miles northeast of Atlanta and six miles southwest of downtown Gainesville in Oakwood, was on Georgia State Route 53 less than a mile from I-985 exit 16. The Gainesville State College Oconee Campus was located on Bishop Farms Parkway in Watkinsville, Georgia. Students were drawn primarily from the increasingly diverse northeast Georgia area.
On January 10, 2012, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the merger of the school with North Georgia College and State University, which took effect in January 2013. The new combined school is called the University of North Georgia.
The school was established on March 11, 1964 as a community college named Gainesville Junior College. Classes were first held in the fall of 1966, with an enrollment of 419 students, and the school utilized facilities at the Gainesville Civic Center and First Baptist Church of Gainesville. The school moved into its own dedicated facilities beginning in the winter of 1967. The initial enrollment was approximately double what had been projected, and the school continued to enroll more students than had been projected by long-range studies, necessitating a tripling of educational facilities during the College’s early years.
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