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About Georgia Southwestern State University

Georgia Southwestern State University, or GSW for short, is a public university located in Americus, which is the county seat of Sumter County, situated in the US state of Georgia, having a population estimated at a number of more than 17 000 inhabitants, during the 2000 census. Americus is also the principal city of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area, which contains Schley and Sumter counties, the combined population being approximated at a number of nearly 37 000 inhabitants.

Georgia Southwestern State University was founded in 1906, as the Third Agricultural and Mechanical School, 20 years later the General Assembly authorizing it to offer two years of college work, fact which brought the name changing to the Third District Agricultural and Normal College. In 1932, by legislative enactment, the college, along with other state-supported institutions of higher learning in the state, were organized into the University System of Georgia, the name of the institution being changed again, this time to Georgia Southwestern College, which became a four-year degree-granting institution in 1964, its current name being adopted in July 1996.

Today, GSW offers its students, which number approximately 3000, of which more than 2000 are undergraduates, various educational programs in numerous fields of study, including undergraduate degrees in art (both the B.A. and the B.F.A.), biology, dramatic arts, chemistry, geology, history, English and modern languages, psychology and sociology, among other, the university having the only undergraduate art program in the University System of Georgia with a concentration in glass blowing.

Athletics

The athletic teams from Georgia Southwestern State University are known as the Hurricanes, who compete in Peach Belt Conference, in various sports, for both men and women, including in soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, golf and cross country. Their distinctive colors are navy blue and gold, and their mascot is ''Surge''.

Notable Alumni

Jimmy Carter, the 39th United States President, along with his wife, Rosalynn Smith Carter, and Griffin Bell, U.S. Attorney General during the Jimmy Carter Administration, are the most notable alumni from Georgia Southwestern State University.