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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:

• Georgia colleges release budget cuts list; Coastal faces retrenchment (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on March 2, 2010 at 06:46:07 am
  The University System of Georgia released a list Monday afternoon of 4,000 layoffs and dozens of program eliminations that would be required should the General Assembly insist on taking another $300 million from the budget.
• Petitions filed to save Ware County magnet school. (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on February 11, 2010 at 04:47:00 am
  A petition to keep Ware Magnet School open appears to have netted well more than the 4,632 signatures needed to force a public referendum on the issue.
• Opponents turn over petition to stop closure of Ware Magnet School (The Florida Times-Union)
  posted on February 10, 2010 at 10:01:11 pm
  A grassroots organization has turned over the petition that would require a referendum on the closure of Ware Magnet School. The Ware County school board voted in May to close the school which is routinely ranked one of Georgia's best.
• Jets take down Swamp Foxes (Americus Times-Recorder)
  posted on January 29, 2010 at 02:06:32 am
  AMERICUS — South Georgia Tech jumped out to an 8-0 lead and never looked back in beating Waycross College, 60-47, on Wednesday night. Rearkus McCrory led three Jets in double figures with 18 points as SGTC improved to 12-9 overall and 4-2 in the GJCAA.
• Four local softball players sign scholarships (Tallahassee Democrat)
  posted on January 23, 2010 at 07:07:07 am
  History began Friday for Lincoln High's Katelyn Baxley and Wakulla High's Mandy McClendon when they signed their scholarship papers to pioneer Waycross College's brand new softball program.

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