Chapters: Randy Evans, Advanced Academy of Georgia, WUWG, Beheruz Sethna, Dennison Robinson, Nate Coggins, Angelo Snipes, David Dean, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The University of West Georgia, or UWG, is a comprehensive, residential University located in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 50 miles (80 km) west of Atlanta, Georgia. The University is built on a 645 acre (2 km ) campus including a recent land gift of 246 acres (1 km ) from the city of Carrollton in 2003. Off-campus classes are available in Dalton, Newnan, Georgia Highlands College in Rome, and at several other community locations throughout the state. For the past six years, the University has been named as one of the Best Southeastern Colleges by The Princeton Review. The University of West Georgia was originally founded as the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School in Carrollton, Georgia in 1906 with the first class of 108 students entering in 1908. In 1933 the school's name was changed to West Georgia College and it became a two-year institution. West Georgia became a four-year institution in 1957. James E. Boyd became the President of West Georgia College in 1961 after William H. Row (who had held the position a mere nine months) died due to a heart attack. Boyd is most known for peacefully integrating the campus (without waiting for a court order) in 1963 by inviting a young black woman, Lillian Williams, to attend the college; she would eventually earn two degrees in education and earn the college's highest honor, the Founder's Award, in 1985. In May 1964, Boyd invited Robert F. Kennedy to the dedication of the campus chapel as the Kennedy Chapel, as U.S. President John F. Kennedy's death had occurred in November 1963. Robert would promote the Civil Rights ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=595315