University of Georgia

Located 60 miles northeast of Atlanta in Athens, Georgia, the University of Georgia was the first state-chartered university in the United States, making it the birthplace of the American system of public higher education. It was incorporated January 27, 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly, which gave its trustees, the Senatus Academicus of the University of Georgia, 40,000 acres (160 km²) for the purposes of founding a ?college or seminary of learning.? The university's motto is Et docere et rerum exquirere causas ("To teach and to inquire into the nature of things"). Today, it is the flagship university of the University System of Georgia.

Campus

Though there have been many additions, changes, and augmentations, UGA?s campus maintains its historic character and southern charm. The customary practice is to divide the extensive, 4,308 acre (17 km²) campus into two sections: North Campus http://www.uga.edu/hort/arboretum/NorthCampusWalk.htm and South Campus http://www.uga.edu/hort/arboretum/SouthCampusWalk.htm.

Related Topics:
Campus - Acre

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Early view of North Campus

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Modeled on Yale University?s Central/Old Campus http://www.yale.edu/campusmap/central_old.html, UGA?s North Campus contains the picturesque historic buildings—such as the Chapel http://www.arches.uga.edu/~chapel/chapel.html, Old College, New College, Demosthenianhttp://www.uga.edu/~demsoc/thehall.htm and the Phi Kappa http://iep.cviog.uga.edu/Athens/historicimg/PHIKAPPA.htm Halls, Park Hall http://www.classics.uga.edu/documents/PARK%20HALL%20PRINT.pdf, Meigs Hall, and the President?s office http://www.uga.edu/presofc/—as well as modern additions such as the Lumpkin Law School http://www.lawsch.uga.edu/ and the Main Library http://www.libs.uga.edu. The dominant architectural themes are Federal—the older buildings—and Greco-Roman Classical/Antebellum style. UGA?s North Campus has also been designated an arboretum by the State of Georgia. Perhaps the most notable North Campus fixture, though, is the Arch http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/UGA/UGAarch.htm. Situated where historic downtown Athens, Georgia meets the campus, the inspiration for the Arch is the arch found on the Great Seal of the State of Georgia http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/seals/ga_seal.htm. There are multiple legends about walking through the arch: one has it that if you walk through the arch as an underclassman, you will never graduate from UGAhttp://www.uga.edu/profile/arch.html. Another legend claims that should you walk through the arch as a freshman, you will become sterile (as told in some freshman orientation tours).

Related Topics:
Yale University - Demosthenian - Federal - Greco-Roman - Classical - Antebellum - State of Georgia - Athens, Georgia - Campus

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