University of North Georgia
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| motto | The Military College of Georgia |
| founding | 1873 (amalgamation in 2013) |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Dahlonega , Georgia |
| president | Bonita Jacobs |
| Students | 17,289 (2015) |
| Foundation assets | $ 28,864,131 million |
| University sports | NCAA Division II |
| Website | ung.edu |
The University of North Georgia (UNG) is a state university with five colleges in the US state of Georgia . Also known as The Military College of Georgia , it is one of the six Senior Military Colleges (SMC) in the United States.
It was created in 2013 following a resolution by the highest governing body of the University System of Georgia (USG) by merging the North Georgia College & State University (NGCSU) founded in 1873 in Dahlonega and the Gainesville State College founded in Gainesville in 1964 and has five regional campuses .
campus
UNG consists of five campuses in northern Georgia: The oldest is Dahlonega , which was built in 1873 and is about an hour's drive from the capital, Atlanta . There are also Oakwood ( Gainesville ) and Watkinsville ( Oconee ), both former properties of Gainesville State College. Cumming also opened in 2012, followed by Blue Ridge in 2015.
Colleges and units
UNG has five academic colleges:
- College of Arts & Letters (including the Department of Military Science)
- Mike Cottrell College of Business
- College of Education
- College of Health Sciences & Professions
- College of Science & Mathematics
Other units:
- University College
- Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental & Spatial Analysis (IESA)
Moreover, UNG maintains in Dahlonega the observatory North Georgia Astronomical Observatory (Ngao).
Statistics and values
In the fall of 2015, the University of North Georgia had 17,289 students enrolled , 56 percent of whom were women. Approx. 77.5 percent were "white (American)", of the other ethnic groups, Hispanics were represented as the largest group with 10.6 percent. A total of 97 percent were in an undergraduate program ( associate and baccalaureate ), and 263 students came from abroad. The main subjects chosen are biology, management, psychology, criminal justice and marketing.
The University is committed to the values of responsibility ( stewardship ), prevention ( prevention ), integrity ( Integrity ), Responsibility ( Responsibility ), inspiration ( inspiration ) and trust ( Trust ) = SPIRIT obliged and committed to the concept of diversity .
It was selected by the USG as a State Leadership Institution and in 2010, then still as NGCSU, was awarded the Community Engagement Classification by the California Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) .
Cadet Corps
In addition to offering five regional campuses UNG serves as one of only six higher military colleges in the US, with the Cadet Corps ( Corps of Cadets ) is located in Dahlonega. The University of North Georgia offers the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program of the United States Army under the motto The Military College of Georgia . 744 students are currently participating in the ROTC program, more than four fifths of them men, predominantly white. A selection is made before acceptance into the program, whereby less than two out of three applicants are accepted. In 2015/16, 62 cadets received scholarships.
The members of the cadet corps, which bears the name Boar's Head Brigade , live in the so-called Military Village . This consists of three building complexes: Liberty Hall, Patriot Hall and Gaillard Hall. The rooms are double occupied. The day for the freshman ( freshman ) starts early at 6:45 am and is tightly organized with sports, inspection and studies. Sometimes military training takes place on the weekend. In later semesters, the cadets themselves take responsibility for the younger generation. During the summer break, stays abroad, internships or the like can be used or part of the US Army training.
Military Leadership Center
The Military Leadership Center (MLC) was opened in 2004 in honor of the politician and entrepreneur Brooks Pennington, Jr. , who was a member of the Cadet Corps from 1943 to 1944 and a World War II and Korea veteran. The building houses classrooms and conference rooms, a media center, a rifle range, the brigade headquarters, and an atrium.
tradition
An arch ( The North Georgia Arch ) was erected by the 51 cadet class to honor their fallen comrades in the Korean War . At fixed times, a horn signal ( bugle calls ) sounds , during which people should stop and face the flag. In 1983, a Memorial Wall (was Memorial Wall ) built the fallen students and alumni lists of the great wars of the 20th century. In 2009 the central parade ground ( drill field ) was dedicated to General William J. Livsey . There is also a retreat triangle with a 75 mm cannon from 1903 on it, which has been fired daily for decades.
organization
The Cadet Corps is divided into different organizations:
- Aggressor platoon
- Colombo
- Ranger Challenge
- Blue Ridge Rifles
- Rifle team
- Patriot Choir
- Color Guard
- Golden Eagle Band
- Cadet Chaplain Corps
Blue Ridge Rifles
In 1950, a nationally recognized drill team was founded, which has been called the Blue Ridge Rifles since 1958 . This is based on the unit of the same name of the Confederate States Army .
Golden Eagle Band
The origins of the band of the corps go back to 1873. Its name has been changed several times, since 1972 it has been known as the Golden Eagle Band ( golden eagle ). Students can apply for the Roy E. Bottom Scholarship.
Graduates
The active general rank among the graduates of the Cadet Corps:
- Lieutenant General Steve Townsend (1982)
- Lieutenant General William Garrett III (1981)
- Major General William K. Gayler (1988)
- Major General Allan W. Elliott (1984)
- Major General Steve Fogarty (1984)
- Brigadier General Joe Jarrard (1988)
- Brigadier General Jamie Jarrard (1988)
- Brigadier General Paul Calvert (1988)
- Brigadier General Ronald Stephens (1986)
Center for Global Engagement
The Center for Global Engagement (CGE) serves to strengthen intercultural competence and to promote international exchange. The Cadet English Language Training Team (CELTT) was also set up for military exchanges.
The international partners of the university also include German institutions such as the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich , the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation, the Goethe Institute , the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg , the University of Worms , the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg and the NATO School in Oberammergau and the United States European Command .
University sport "Nighthawk"
After the merger in 2013, the university sport located in Dahlonega received the mascot “Nigel the Nighthawk” and the nickname “Nighthawk”, ie a falcon .
While the NGCSU competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1970 to 2005 and was represented in the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) in recent years , the UNG teams now predominantly play in the NCAA Division II, them is a member of the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) in the southeastern United States. There, the university has twelve varsity sports teams: for men, they are baseball, basketball, soccer, golf and tennis, for women, basketball, cross country , golf, athletics ( track & field ), softball and tennis. In addition, sport shooting ( rifle ) is a mixed sport that competes with a thirteenth team in the NCAA Division I Southern Conference (SoCon).
Modern sports facilities are available to athletes, including Memorial Hall Gym, Bob Stein Stadium, Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium, UNG Soccer Complex and Colonel Raymond C. Hamilton Rifle Range.
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