The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The University of Georgia becomes the birthplace of public higher education in the U.S. when Georgia charters a state-supported university. John Milledge purchases and then donates 633 acres above the Oconee River for the college, now known as North Campus. The first class of students graduates from the university, which was known as Franklin College. The law school is founded and the school is renamed the University of Georgia. Congress passes the Morrill Act to raise money for colleges to teach agriculture and mechanical arts. When UGA receives these funds a decade later, it expands its curriculum. UGA plays its first football game against Mercer on North Campus’ Herty Field (they won). White women are now allowed to enroll at UGA. Sanford Stadium was built, with expansions in later years. A Navy preflight training program operates on campus as part of the wartime effort. Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes become the first Black students to attend UGA. The Holmes-Hunter Academic Building on North Campus is later named in their honor. Stegeman Coliseum, originally named the Georgia Coliseum, is built for basketball and agricultural events. R.E.M. plays its first show at a friend’s birthday party in the old St. Mary’s Episcopal Church building. Athens forms a unified government with Clarke County, creating Athens-Clarke County. The HOPE Scholarship…
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