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Psychology and Sociology Department. The red-brick building boasts a full-glass entrance with modern design elements in the interior.


The Carter family and Drs. Kendall and Connie Blanchard stand around the statue of former First Lady and GSW Alumna Rosalynn Carter.


guests to count were on hand for the event that was capped with the unveiling of a beautifully sculpted statue of Mrs. Carter sitting on a bench holding a copy of her book, “The First Lady from Plains.”


The bronze statue was sculpted by acclaimed artists Don Haugen and Teena Stern, a husband and wife team out of Marietta. The base of the sculpture is made from keystone blue granite mined in Elberton, Georgia.


Mrs. Carter is a GSW graduate from the class of 1946, and President Carter attended Georgia Southwestern before transferring to Georgia Tech and then on to the US Naval Academy.


The new building within the complex or “Carter II,” as it will be called on campus, stands at roughly 35,000 square feet and is home to the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) and the Georgia Southwestern


The Rosalynn Carter Health and Human Sciences Complex is adjacent to GSW’s Education Center and the Wheatley Administration Building. Phase I of the project houses state-of- the-art classrooms and clinical space for the School of Nursing, the University Health Center and a wonderful display portraying Mrs. Carter’s lifetime commitment to caregiving and advocating for mental health awareness.


Allstate Construction lead the Rosalynn Carter Health and Human Sciences Complex project and architectural firm Andras, Allen and Starr designed it. Allstate Construction President Bill Weldon is also a Georgia Southwestern alumnus.


For additional information about this project or for info regarding Georgia Southwestern, please call (229) 931-2037.


Did You Know 16


Known as Third District Agricultural & Normal College at the time, Georgia Southwestern maintained a nine-hole golf course in the late 1920s and ‘30s where Hurricane Baseball Field is currently located. All students were eligible to participate, and free lessons were taught by Mr. L.R. Towson, professor of math and chemistry. Pictured here, the 1930 women’s team, La Cynthia Circle, included Ella Ligon Maunde, Bertha Moore, Ruby Clements, Ina Collins, Mattie Lee Sykes and Gertrude Exum.


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Southwestern State U By Mildred Tietjen


chievement, 1906-2006: Georgia niversity


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