Augusta State University

Augusta State University is a public university located in Augusta, Georgia, United States and is the oldest such institution in the state of Georgia (while the University of Georgia is the oldest state chartered university in Georgia and the United States). On January 10, 2012, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the merger of the school by Fall, 2013, with Georgia Health Sciences University. Details have not yet been fully announced, but it is not anticipated that the school's current campus will close. Augusta State University was founded as the Academy of Richmond County in 1783. It opened in 1785 and offered collegiate-level classes from its earliest days, and its classes were overseen by the state...