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by Patty Rasmussen
from Georgia Trend, February 2012

Many people know that North Georgia College and State University, founded in 1873 and located in Dahlonega, is the second oldest public university in the state. A liberals arts college, North Georgia has also maintained a military instruction presence since its inception 139 years ago. The Corps of Cadets has trained and educated hundreds of U.S. Army officers and produced 36 generals and admirals.

What most don't know is that North Georgia was also the first college in Georgia to admit and graduate a woman. And now, for the first time in its history, the university is led by a woman, President Bonita Jacobs, who also has the distinction of being the second woman to lead one of the six senior military colleges in the United States. [Full story...]