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First seed planted
The Georgia General Assembly planted the first seed that grew into Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College on August 18, 1906 when it enacted Public Law 448. This bill established a
state-run agricultural and mechanical school in each of Georgia’s 12 congressional districts. -
Construction began
History of abacConstruction on most of the buildings began in 1907 -
New Begining
Some buildings opened for classes during the fall term of
1908. They were actually college preparatory boarding schools and included students from 14-
21 years of age. The schools offered two and four-year programs with a study of agriculture for
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South Georgia A&M College
The name was changed to the South Georgia A&M College in 1924 -
Georgia State College for Men
It the became Georgia State College for Men in 1929 -
Finally ABAC
It became Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in 1933 when ABAC became a part of the newly formed University System of Georgia -
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ABAC continues to grow
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An end a begining
Some of the A&M schools operated until 1931 when the newly formed Board of Regents closed
them as one of its first official acts. Because high school agricultural education programs had
become so prevalent around the state by that time and because the number of accredited high
schools had increased tremendously, the Regents believed the A&M schools had outlived their
usefulness. The final classes graduated from the schools in 1933. -
New lab Science Building
ABAC plans to start building a new Lab Science building scheduled to break ground in the Spring 2015
