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Valdosta State University

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  • Address, Directions, & Map:
    • 1500 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia, United States of America
  • Telephone Numbers:
    • 912-333-7410
    • 912-333-5482 (fax)
  • Official Website:[2]
• History & Memorable Moments

A special act of the Georgia Legislature established an institution of higher learning in Valdosta, Georgia, in 1906. However, no appropriation was made for buildings or maintenance until the summer of 1911, when the State appropriated $30,000 for a building and equipment. With a community enthusiasm that has continued to the present day, the City of Valdosta first donated 60 acres of land and $50,000 to be used toward establishing the college. The first building, Converse Hall, was erected and furnished at a cost of $55,000. In 1912, the Legislature granted an adequate annual appropriation for maintenance, and the future of the institution was assured. The college, called the South Georgia State Normal College, opened to “young ladies” on January 2, 1913, and offered two years of college work. An act of the Legislature in 1922 changed the institution’s name to Georgia State Woman’s College at Valdosta and authorized a four-year program leading to the bachelor’s degree. The Board of Regents made the school coeducational in 1950 and changed the name to Valdosta State College. In 1993, Valdosta State College was named a Regional University. In fall 1998, Valdosta State University adopted the semester system, along with other units of the University System of Georgia.

The institution has been led by seven presidents: Richard Holmes Powell (1913- 1933), Jere Madison Pound (1933-1935), Frank Robertson Reade (1935-1948), James Ralph Thaxton (1948-1966), Sidney Walter Martin (1966-1978), Hugh Coleman Bailey (1978-2001), and Ronald M. Zaccari, who assumed the leadership of the university in January, 2002.

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  • Perkins, Kim-Anne (March 2003 - April 2003)
  • Wiggins Sr, Mike (September 2002 - Present)
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