- Bainbridge College
Infobox University
name = Bainbridge College
established = 1970
type =Community College
president= Dr. Tom Wilkerson
city = Bainbridge
state = Georgia
country = USA
students= 2,661 cite web|url=http://www.usg.edu/research/students/enroll/fy2008/fall07.pdf |title=Semester Enrollment Report |accessdate=2007-12-23 |date=2007-11-12 |format=PDF |work=Office of Research and Policy Analysis |publisher=University System of Georgia ]
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website= [http://www.bainbridge.edu/ http://www.bainbridge.edu/]Bainbridge College is a
Community College in theUniversity System of Georgia . For more than 30 years, Bainbridge College has provided higher education to the residents of southwest Georgia. The College is among the fastest growing in the State of Georgia, enjoying a 52 percent increase in enrollment since Fall 2001.The college’s campus is located on convert|173|acre|km2 of land just inside the city limits on
U.S. Highway 84 East. The College is a community institution with on-campus residence facilities one in Blakely is Bainbridge College Early County (which Built in 1999 as ofAlbany Technical College Early County Satellite Center was bought by Bainbridge College in 2006). Students commute from the nearby towns ofAttapulgus ,Blakely ,Brinson ,Cairo ,Camilla ,Climax ,Colquitt ,Donalsonville ,Iron City ,Pelham ,Thomasville , andWhigham . With the inclusion ofGadsden County to the College's service area, students from neighboringFlorida communities also attend the College as in-state students.It was established in 1970, and its doors opened in 1973, during Governor
Jimmy Carter . Dr. Edward Mobley was the first President. He served from the beginning of the college until 1999 when Dr. Clifford Brock took over, for what proved to be a tumultuous relationship. Dr. Thomas Wilkerson became President in 2005.References
External links
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1435&hl=y Entry for Bainbridge College on the New Georgia Encyclopedia webpage]
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