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About Gwinnett County
Gwinnett County, created in 1818, was named after Button Gwinnett, one of three people from Georgia to sign the Declaration of Independence. The county is currently the home of 700,794 Georgians (up 19.1% since 2000). Lawrenceville is the county seat, which was established in 1820 and is currently the home to over 26,000. With the presence of historical markers and landmarks, such as the Elisha Winn house, the Wynne-Russell house and the Historic Courthouse of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett plays a vital part in preserving North Georgia's history. A brief drive from the lights of Atlanta and minutes from the second largest shopping mall in the Southeast, the Gwinnett campus brings the prestige of the University of Georgia to the fastest growing county in the state.
Lawrenceville is served by two newspapers, the Atlanta Journal - Constitution and the Gwinnett Daily Post. Students may tune into WSB 750 AM or WSB 98.5 FM to listen for school closings and local news. Hospitals, churches, schools, shopping venues and other elements of the community are located minutes from campus.
As the nation's first state-chartered university, the University of Georgia has provided quality education to students for over 200 years. The University has also been providing that same quality in Gwinnett County since the mid-1980s in the form of various graduate programs. In Fall 2002, the University responded to the growing need of Gwinnett County and metro Atlanta by increasing the variety of classes offered by UGA in the Gwinnett area, adding several undergraduate degree opportunities to its roster of academic offerings. The University also extended the programs and services offered through the Gwinnett University Center (as the location was then called). The accessible location enables both adults in the work force and traditional students to begin or continue a degree program. The 177-acre campus is conveniently located minutes from I-85 and GA Highway 316.
During the spring of 2005, the Georgia legislature approved a recommendation from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, resulting in the formation of a new four-year college in Gwinnett County, on the site of the Gwinnett University Center. The new college is called Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC). Due to the formation of GGC, UGA terminated admissions to its undergraduate programs at the Gwinnett Campus after fall semester, 2005 and plans to end undergraduate courses at the end of the spring semester, 2008. Graduate programs offered by UGA in Gwinnett County will continue to be offered, however.
The Gwinnett Campus prides itself on upholding the tradition, level of service, and quality of education present in Athens. For more information on UGA’s Gwinnett Campus, refer to our web site at www.uga.edu/gwinnett.
For more information on the services provided by Gwinnett County, please visit www.co.gwinnett.ga.us.