Bainbridge State College

Bainbridge State College

Type	State college
Established	1970
President	Dr. Richard Carvajal
Students	4000^[1]
Location	Bainbridge, Georgia, USA 30°53′57″N 84°32′04″W / 30.8992°N 84.5345°W / 30.8992; -84.5345Coordinates: 30°53′57″N 84°32′04″W / 30.8992°N 84.5345°W / 30.8992; -84.5345
Colors	Green and white
Website	bainbridge.edu

Bainbridge State College is a four-year state college of the University System of Georgia in Bainbridge, Georgia. For more than 30 years, Bainbridge College has provided higher education to the residents of southwest Georgia. The college is among the fastest growing in the state, enjoying a 52 percent increase in enrollment since Fall 2001.

The college’s campus is located on 173 acres (0.70 km²) of land just inside the Bainbridge city limits on U.S. Highway 84 East. The college is a community institution with no on-campus residence facilities.

A separate campus in Blakely, Georgia is Bainbridge College Early County (which was built in 1999 as Albany Technical College. The Early County Satellite Center was bought by Bainbridge College in 2006).

Students commute from the nearby towns of Attapulgus, Blakely, Brinson, Cairo, Camilla, Climax, Colquitt, Donalsonville, Iron City, Pelham, Thomasville, and Whigham. With the inclusion of Gadsden County to the college's service area, students from neighboring Florida communities also attend as in-state students.

It was established in 1970 with support of local citizens, including former Georgia governor Marvin Griffin, and its doors opened in 1973, during the governorship of Jimmy Carter. Dr. Edward Mobley was the first president. He served from the beginning of the college until 1999, when Dr. Clifford Brock took over, for what proved to be a tumultuous relationship. Dr. Sherman Day was assigned as interim president upon Dr. Brock's exit and gave the college a sense of stability once again. Dr. Thomas Wilkerson became president in 2005.

The 1973 charter faculty consisted of Dr. Robert DuBay, Dean; Dr. R. Everett Langford, Chemistry and Geology; and Dr. Ray Chambers, History.

On February 13, 2013, the Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia officially announced that Bainbridge College had been converted into a 4-year state college, and its name was officially changed to Bainbridge State College.^[2]

References

↑ "Semester Enrollment Report" (PDF). Office of Research and Policy Analysis. University System of Georgia. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
↑ http://www.bainbridge.edu

External links

Entry for Bainbridge College on the New Georgia Encyclopedia webpage

University System of Georgia

Research universities	Augusta University Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University University of Georgia

Comprehensive universities	Georgia Southern University Kennesaw State University University of West Georgia Valdosta State University

State universities	Albany State University Armstrong State University Clayton State University Columbus State University Fort Valley State University Georgia College & State University Georgia Southwestern State University Middle Georgia State University University of North Georgia Savannah State University

Category I state colleges	Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Atlanta Metropolitan State College College of Coastal Georgia Dalton State College Georgia Gwinnett College Gordon State College

Category II state colleges	Bainbridge State College Darton State College East Georgia State College Georgia Highlands College Georgia Perimeter College South Georgia State College

Governing body	Georgia Board of Regents

Technical College System of Georgia

Technical colleges	Albany Altamaha Athens Atlanta Augusta Central Georgia Chattahoochee Columbus Georgia Piedmont Georgia Northwestern Gwinnett Lanier Moultrie North Georgia Oconee Fall Line Ogeechee Okefenokee Savannah South Georgia Southeastern Southern Crescent Southwest Georgia West Georgia Wiregrass Georgia

USG college with technical division	Bainbridge College

Former technical colleges	Appalachian East Central Flint River Georgia Aviation Heart of Georgia Middle Georgia North Metro Northwestern Swainsboro West Central

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