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The State University of West Georgia is a Liberal arts University located in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 50 miles (80 km) west of Atlanta, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 10,255 students (Fall 2003). The University is built on a 394 acre (2 kmē) Carrollton, Georgia campus and off-campus classes are available in Dalton, in Newnan, and at Floyd College in Rome. The campus is an eclectic blend of old and new with structures dating from the early 1900s, as well as buildings of the most modern styles. The front or "Old Campus," is a three-block-long expanse of grassy hills shaded by old oak, elmElms are deciduous trees of the genus Ulmus family Ulmaceae. They have alternate, simple, single- or doubly-serrate leaves, usually with asymmetric bases, often rough with fine bristles. The fruit is a round samara . There are between 20 to 45 species of, and mapleSee also Maple computer algebra system''. Acer campestre Field Maple Acer ginnala Amur Maple Acer griseum Paperbark Maple Acer japonicum Fullmoon Maple Acer macrophyllum Bigleaf Maple Acer micranthum Garden Maple Acer negundo Manitoba Maple Acer palmatum trees. The extended modern campus stretches northNorth is one of the four primary cardinal directions, specifically the direction treated, in Western culture, as the primary direction and used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions. As to the arbitrary nature of this choice, and psych of the "Old Campus." Overall, the campus has more than 50 buildings. The total budget for the university is over $100 million.1 History
The University originated in 1906Events January 8 Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 Earthquake in Ecuador (8. 6 in Richter scale) February 11 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos''. February 15 Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in t as the Fourth District Mechanical & Agricultural School. In 1957 the Georgia Board of Regents authorized the school to confer a B.S. in Education. In 1967 the Board of Regents authorized the creation of a graduate-level program issuing master's degrees. In 1996, the name was changed by the Board from West Georgia College to the current name, as part of the changes made to the entire University System of Georgia.
2 Academics
The University offers 113 programs of study through three colleges - the College of Arts and Sciences, the Richards College of Business, and the College of Education. Sixty programs are available at the bachelor's level, 52 at the master's and specialist levels, and one at the doctoral level. On May 7th, 2004, the University issued its first doctoral degree [1].
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