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.

University of Georgia achievers

The university has been home to many notable achievers in fields that include the arts, athletics, business, and the media. For a list see:

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List of University of Georgia people

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