Young Harris College
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Former names
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McTyeire Institute |
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| Motto | Hic iuventus incenditur(Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Here Youth is Inspired |
| Type | Liberal arts college |
| Established | 1886 |
| Affiliation | United Methodist Church |
| Endowment | US$100,000,000 |
| President | Cathy Cox |
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Academic staff
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70 |
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Administrative staff
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50 |
| Undergraduates | 1,120 (2013) |
| Location | Young Harris, Georgia, US |
| Campus | 35 acres, Rural |
| Colors | Purple and White |
| Athletics | baseball, softball, tennis, soccer, basketball, golf, cross-country, lacrosse |
| Nickname | Mountain Lions |
| Website | yhc.edu |
Young Harris College is a private, four-year Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college located in the mountains of northeast Georgia. The current president is Cathy Cox, former Georgia Secretary of State.
The school was originally founded in 1886 by Reverend Artemas Lester, a circuit-riding Methodist minister who wanted to provide the residents of the Appalachian Mountains with an education. Originally known as McTyeire Institute for the small village where the school was located, the college struggled for the first year until an Athens, Georgia judge, Young L.G. Harris, donated enough money to keep the school open. The school was later renamed Young Harris College in honor of its benefactor, as was the surrounding town in 1895. A fire destroyed the college's main classroom building in 1911, but it was rebuilt by local townspeople and named Sharp Hall in honor of the college president at the time. The Young Harris Academy was founded in the late 19th century and provided a primary education for thousands of students until it closed after World War II.
Margaret Adger Pitts, who died in 1998, left an estate valued at $192 million, mostly in Coca-Cola stock acquired by her father in the 1920s. YHC was one of four Georgia entities named to receive the yearly dividends and trust proceeds, approximately $3 million to each of the beneficiaries. The college announced that the money would be used for scholarships, improvements to the campus, and religious programs.
Since the early 1910s, YHC was a two-year school, granting associate's degrees. In 2008, the college earned its four-year accreditation through regional accreditation organization, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and was approved to offer bachelor's degrees in biology, business and public policy, English, and music. In February 2010, Young Harris' accreditation was expanded to include communication studies, history, outdoor leadership, theatre, and musical theatre in the list of sanctioned bachelor's programs.
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