South Georgia College
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South Georgia College is a residential two-year college located in Douglas, Georgia. Created by an act of the Georgia Legislature on August 18, 1906 as the 11th District A & M School, it became Georgia's first state-supported two-year college in 1927. In 1932 it emerged as one of the original 26 institutions of the University System of Georgia which traces its origins to the chartering of the University of Georgia in 1785. Joseph Meriwether Thrash (1885-1947) joined the faculty in 1907, and later served as the fifth principal of the A & M School. He became the college's first president in 1927.
Fall 2005 enrollment exceeded 1500 students for the first time in the school's history. The college celebrates its centennial in 2006-2007.
The school's mascot is the Tiger.
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