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On June 17, 2021, Blake became the eighth president of Georgia State University (GSU) and the institution's first African-American president. [ 4 ] [ 33 ] In his first two years in this position, Blake helped acquire nearly $100 million in capital project appropriations, including a new research tower [ 34 ] and a fully-electric bus fleet. [ 35 ]
Georgia State University is an urban research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1913, it serves a diverse population of approximately 50,000 [1] students, and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. The current university president is M. Brian Blake.
Initially intended as a night school, Georgia State University was established in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's Evening School of Commerce. [23] A reorganization of the University System of Georgia in the 1930s led to the school becoming the Atlanta Extension Center of the University System of Georgia and allowed night students to earn degrees from several colleges in the ...
Pepperdine University – Andrew K. Benton, President; Pitzer College – Melvin L. Oliver, President; Pomona College – G. Gabrielle Starr, President [1] Portland State University – Rahmat Shoureshi, President; Prairie View A&M University – Ruth Simmons, Interim President; Presbyterian College – Anita Gustafson, President
Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981, died in December aged 100. Biden praises Carter's character as former president's casket heads to Georgia . Show comments. Advertisement.
Georgia Southern University (informally known as Southern or Georgia Southern) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Georgia. [6] The largest campus is in Statesboro , with additional campuses in Savannah ( Armstrong Campus ) and Hinesville (Liberty Campus).
Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Sr. (August 6, 1905 – April 9, 1982), known as Prez Jones, [1] was an American educator and administrator. He served as the second president of Grambling State University, a historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana, from 1936 until 1977.
Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana, United States. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail .