1917
Due to President Park's persistent advocacy, the college receives authority to grant four-year degrees and establishes its clear independence from the University of Georgia.

1922
Georgia Normal & Industrial College changes to Georgia State College for 
Women. As a teacher's college, courses include psychology, home economics, English, math, art, science, recreation and music.

1934
The first student government association forms at the college. Compulsory uniforms are soon abolished.

1935
In order to boost student morale, Dean of Women Ethel Adams initiates a spirited theatrical competition between freshmen and sophomores that becomes known as "Golden Slipper;" until the 1970s, this endures as one of the college's most popular traditions.

1938
Student numbers peak at 1,500.

1942
Mary Flannery O'Connor, as fellow students call her, enters as a freshman and graduates three years later. One of the most noted Southern writers, her works are housed in the Special Collections area of the Library and Information Technology Center.

1943
GSCW is selected as one of four colleges for the training of Navy WAVES. For the next two years, 15,000 women receive training on the campus in storekeeping and clerical duties for the U.S. Navy.

1949
Enrollment sinks to 848 and then to a low of 585 in 1953. The majority of post-War women tend to prefer coeducational colleges.

1957
The college begins its first graduate program, a Master of Education degree.

1961
Georgia State College for Women is officially renamed The Woman's College of Georgia.

1964
Funds are appropriated for the first adequate renovation of the Governor's Mansion. The work is completed in 1967.

1964
Celestine Hill, the first African-American student, enters the Woman's College.

1967
The Woman's College of Georgia becomes coeducational and receives a new name, Georgia College at Milledgeville. In the fall, 185 men join the campus of 1,216 women.

1971
Georgia College at Milledgeville becomes Georgia College.

1975
Total enrollment grows to 3,770.

1981
The college begins a five-year plan to become a multi-campus university which includes a commitment to the "computer era."

1987
An educational exchange is established with the People's Republic of China. This begins, in part, a revival of international interaction through study abroad and exchange programs.

1989
The college's 100th year anniversary is marked with the opening of the Centennial Center, which serves the campus as a wellness center and gym.

1996
The Georgia Board of Regents officially charges the institution with its new mission as "Georgia's public liberal arts university" and bestows the sixth name--"Georgia College & State University."

2004
Major dormitory construction is completed as five new buildings open near the main campus to serve more than 1,100 students. In addition, West Campus, the area where the athletic fields are located, becomes home to Bobcat Village, an apartment complex for upperclassmen and women.

2004
With help from the Georgia General Assembly and the Woodruff Foundation, a painstaking restoration of the Old Governor's Mansion is completed as a historic house museum, interpreted in the years 1851-1853.

2005
The newly expanded and renovated Library and Instructional Technology Building is dedicated.

2005
Renovation of the former First Methodist Church as the new Student Activities Center is completed; the centerpiece is the Magnolia Room, an elegant center for events and gatherings.

2008
Today, Georgia College serves more than 6,600 undergraduate and graduate students in four schools with a faculty of 300. In addition to the Milledgeville campus, Georgia College provides the Center for Graduate and Professional Learning in downtown Macon, graduate programs at Robins AFB, and online courses.