Augusta University's main campus in Augusta, Georgia, encompasses more than 200 acres and has four local campuses. It is made up of the former campuses between
Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University, with additions from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.
Health Sciences The medical college of the university, its oldest and founding college, began as the Medical Academy of Georgia in 1828, moving into the now historic
Old Medical College Building in 1835. The present Health Sciences campus was formed in 1913 as the college moved to the Newton building and expanded from there, with the Dugas Building in 1937 marking the earliest building currently on the campus. The first clinical facility opened as the Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital in 1956. Located in Augusta's
Medical District, the Health Sciences campus features all medical programs of the university, as well as the Health Sciences Building, Interdisciplinary Research Building, Wellness Center, Cancer Center,
Medical College of Georgia, The Dental College of Georgia, and the College of Science and Mathematics. The Health Sciences campus also contains the
Augusta University Medical Center, the Children's Hospital of Georgia, and Augusta University's two residence halls, Oak Hall and Elm Hall, which opened in Fall 2016.
Summerville The
Summerville campus was originally used as a
United States Army arsenal, established in downtown Augusta in 1816 and relocated to the campus in 1827. By the turn of the twentieth century, the arsenal's prominence waned, beginning with the
Spanish–American War in that the arsenal produced manufacturing equipment, seacoast targets, and was a repair station. In World War I, the station repaired rifles and small arms, but produced ordnance material and fire control operations for
World War II. In 1955, the arsenal was closed, and two years later the land was given to the local Board of Education, which used it to open the
Junior College of Augusta. In 1958, the name changed to
Augusta College, and in 1996 to
Augusta State University. Located on
Walton Way, the Summerville campus houses many of the undergraduate programs and the Jaguar Student Activities Center. The Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, the History Walk, the Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art, The Honors Program, and the Maxwell Alumni House are all found on this campus. In addition, the
James M. Hull College of Business, College of Education and Human Development, and
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences are located here. The campus was formerly well known for the
Arsenal Oak, a tree that contained wood believed to be 250–400 years old, until it was cut down in June 2004 because of disease. A dedication ceremony of the replanting of the new Arsenal Oak took place on Friday, April 29, 2016, on the front lawn of the Benét House. The descendant was grown from an acorn of the original Arsenal Oak.
Forest Hills Then-Augusta State University opened a second campus in 1991 for athletics, complete with a 3,800-seat arena—Christenberry Fieldhouse, named in 2003—and softball and baseball fields. The campus contains
Forest Hills Golf Club, home of the men's and women's golf teams and a public course available for play, and the 500-bed University Village student housing.
The Nathan Deal Campus for Innovation The former
Georgia Golf Hall of Fame riverfront property in Downtown Augusta has been redeveloped to house the Augusta University Cyber Institute and the
Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center which opened in July 2018. The Riverfront Campus was named in honor of Georgia Governor
Nathan Deal who was on hand for the opening ceremony of the Hull McKnight Building on the campus. The building is also the home of the university's newest School of Computer and Cyber Sciences. The second building, Shaffer MacCartney Building, opened in January 2019 with potential plans to expand more on the property.
Other Augusta University has three satellite campuses for medical student clinical study, in
Albany,
Rome, and
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