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LaGrange College

Motto Challenging the mind. Inspiring the soul.
Established 1831
Type Private
President F. Stuart Gulley
Faculty unknown
Undergraduates 902
Postgraduates 40
Location LaGrange, Georgia, USA
Campus Suburban
School Colors Red and Black
Mascot Panthers
Website www.lagrange.edu

LaGrange College is the oldest private college in Georgia. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is located in LaGrange, Georgia, with an enrollment of about 1,174 students. The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1. The College is a four year, liberal arts and sciences institution offering degrees in some 50 undergraduate academic areas plus a Graduate program in Education. For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... LaGrange is a city in Troup County, Georgia, United States. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Red re-directs here; for alternate uses see Red (disambiguation) Red is a color at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... This article is about the color black; for other uses, see Black (disambiguation). ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... College (Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination. ... LaGrange is a city in Troup County, Georgia, United States. ...


Founded in 1831, LaGrange began as an academy for women. It was first housed in a large white building just across the street from the current campus. In 1842, the academy moved to the present location on “the Hill”, which is the highest geographical point in the city of LaGrange. The institution changed its name to LaGrange Female College in 1851, then to LaGrange College in 1934. The school officially became coed in 1953. In higher education, particularly in the United States, a womens college is a college (that is, a primarily undergraduate, bachelors degree-granting institution) whose students are exclusively women. ...


LaGrange College has retained Methodist ties throughout its history and today is part of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church.


In athletics, LaGrange College is a member of NCAA Division III with 14 athletic programs, including a new men’s football program, playing an inaugural season in fall of 2006. In March 2007, the Panthers joined the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as a football-only member, and will begin conference competition in 2008. The St. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Greek life

Sororities

  • Alpha Omicron Pi 1971
  • Kappa Delta 1971
  • Phi Mu 1971
  • Delta Sigma Theta 2005
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha
  • Zeta Phi Beta

Fraternities

  • Alpha Delta Gamma
  • Delta Tau Delta 1970
  • Pi Kappa Phi
  • Phi Beta Sigma
  • Kappa Alpha Psi

External links

  • LaGrange College
  • New Georgia Encyclopedia

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New Georgia Encyclopedia: LaGrange College (639 words)
LaGrange College evolved from the LaGrange Female Academy, chartered by the Georgia legislature on December 26, 1831.
Although Wesleyan College in Macon (originally Georgia Female College), chartered in 1836, was the first in the state authorized to grant degrees, LaGrange College has the prior date of origin as an educational institution for women.
LaGrange Female Academy opened for instruction in 1832, with Thomas Stanley, a Methodist clergyman, serving as its principal.
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