co-educational colleges.
The name was changed to Woman's College of Georgia in 1961, and, when the institution became coeducational in 1967, it became Georgia College at Milledgeville. The name was shortened to Georgia College in 1971. In August 1996, the Board of Regents approved a change of name to Georgia College and State University, and a new mission as Georgia's Public Liberal Arts University.
== Presidents ==
== Campus ==
The campus is divided into four parts: Central Campus, South Campus, West Campus, and East Campus.
Central Campus was built on the remains of Penitentiary Square across from the Governor's Mansion. The Governor's Mansion served as the first dormitory. The Main Building burned down in 1924. In the 1930s, Baldwin County Jail was adjacent to campus.Presently, Central Campus comprises about 43.2 acres (17.5 ha) in the center of Milledgeville, near the grounds of the former state capitol (now Georgia Military College). The campus contains red brick buildings and white Corinthian columns, …
