Savannah State University - History

History

SSU's History at a glance

SSU seal
1890 Established as Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth
1891 Relocated from Athens, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia
1921 First female students admitted as campus residents.
1928 College became a full four-year degree-granting institution as high school and normal programs were removed.
1932 Renamed Georgia State College
1947 Land-grant designation transferred to Fort Valley State College).
1950 Renamed Savannah State College
1996 Renamed Savannah State University

Read more about this topic:  Savannah State University

Famous quotes containing the word history:

    “Most events recorded in history are more remarkable than important, like eclipses of the sun and moon, by which all are attracted, but whose effects no one takes the trouble to calculate.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “... in America ... children are instructed in the virtues of the system they live under, as though history had achieved a happy ending in American civics.”
    —Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

    “In every election in American history both parties have their clichés. The party that has the clichés that ring true wins.”
    —Newt Gingrich (b. 1943)