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Waycross College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Waycross College, a two-year unit of the University System of Georgia, exists to provide programs of higher education for citizens of the immediate and surrounding communities. The College's philosophy is to provide opportunities for those who need special preparation for regular college-level courses, while giving well-prepared students immediate access to transfer courses that can be applied toward advanced study appropriate to their academic goals.
• Waycross College is located on South Georgia Parkway at Augusta Avenue in Ware County, Georgia, within the city limits of Waycross. The campus is located on a tract of approximately 150 acres of beautifully wooded land which includes two small lakes, a parcourse, and an attractive, convenient area to be developed for recreational use, including an outdoor amphitheater and an outdoor classroom area. The campus abounds with flora native to Southeast Georgia, including an abundance of wild flowers, palmetto palms, slash pines, and other attractive plants and trees.
• Our newest addition to the Waycross College campus is the James M. Dye Student Services Building which houses the offices of Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Records, Student Services, the Bookstore, the Swamp Fox Cafe, the Game Room and the President's Dining Room.
• Waycross College attempts to provide a wide range of enjoyable and satisfying experiences calculated to contribute to one's intellectual objectives and personal interests and aptitudes. Concerts, recitals, special lectures, independent study, meaningful physical activities, club activities, social events, cultural exhibits, and intercollegiate athletics are provided on a regular basis.
• Waycross College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate of Arts Degree, the Associate of Science Degree, and the Associate of Applied Science Degree.
• Waycross College has been approved to offer College Athletics. The first sport will be men's basketball which will begin in the Fall of 2009. The second sport will be Women's Fast Pitch Softball which will begin in the Spring of 2010 followed by Women's basketball in the 2011
• Profile last updated: 10/15/2009.

In the News:

• NJCAA Division I basketball polls (The Times-News)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 07:47:27 am
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• Nobel Prize winner speaks in Tifton (WALB Albany)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 09:59:15 pm
  Dr. Harry Kroto, a winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, spoke to almost 100 college educators.
• UPDATED: Four vying for Blackshear's District 4 council seat; candidate changes his mind to withdraw (The Blackshear Times)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 08:34:53 am
  The following is the third and final in a series of stories highlighting each of the city of Blackshearâs three contested races.
• Jets to play in jamboree in Columbus on Sunday (Americus Times-Recorder)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 10:15:51 pm
  AMERICUS — South Georgia Tech will get an early look at what’s to come this basketball season when it plays in the Corry Black JUCO Jamboree on Sunday at Columbus State University.
• COAST LINES: Fundraiser walk helps mental health programs in Georgia (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 04:26:53 am
  Fundraiser walk helps mental health programs The Waycross chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, or NAMI, will hold a 2-mile fundraising walk at 9 a.m. Saturday at Waycross College. The event is part of Walks for the Mind of America, a nationwide fundraising and mental health awareness program being held in more than 80 communities nationwide. It is expected the walks will raise ...

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