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Rich History Dates to Late 1800s

Middle Georgia College had its beginning in a denominational institution, the College of the New Ebenezer Association. The association was composed largely of Baptist churches in Pulaski, Dodge, Laurens, and Telfair counties.

The establishment of the institution was authorized by the association on October 20, 1884. The first building was constructed the following two years. Instruction began on January 10, 1887, with approximately 100 students, most of whom were from the Middle Georgia area.

During the early period, the institution was divided into preparatory and collegiate departments. A stated purpose of the curriculum, as described in the catalog of 1887, was "to prepare pupils for business or for the Junior Class in Universities. This includes Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Natural Science and several modern languages, with English studies and Music." Thus, the two-year college idea was among the primary intentions of the founders.

On August 21, 1917, an agricultural and mechanical school for the Twelfth Congressional District was established to continue the educational services for the area on the same campus. This school was chartered as one of the branches of the Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, a department of the University of Georgia.

The Middle Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical Junior College was established in 1919. This, too, was a branch of the University of Georgia. The name was changed to Middle Georgia College, and its operation was placed under a nine-man board of trustees in 1929.

Middle Georgia College was placed under the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, a constitutional body, on August 27, 1931. The Dublin Center was located in Dublin in 1984.

A new program and campus was added to the school in 2007, when the Georgia Aviation Technical College in Eastman was merged with Middle Georgia College.

In 2006, the Board of Regents authorized Middle Georgia to begin offering select baccalaureate degrees. By 2012, Middle Georgia had four-year degrees in business management, flight management, biology, middle grades education, business administration and early childhood/special education. In addition, the school offered more than 40 majors for transfer and career programs, including education, business administration and liberal arts, as well as pre-medicine, nursing, criminal justice and pre-engineering.

The school also operated the Georgia Academy of Mathematics, Engineering and Science (GAMES), a residential joint enrollment program that allows students to simultaneously earn a high school diploma and an associate's degree.

Middle Georgia College sponsored intercollegiate athletics teams in six sports, which participate in Division I of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference. The athletic program will continue under Middle Georgia State College, with the teams remaining with the NJCAA for the time being.

Middle Georgia's fall 2012 enrollment was 3,104 students.

On January 8, 2013, Middle Georgia College was consolidated with Macon State College to become Middle Georgia State College.

January 8, 2013

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