In 1785, the Georgia General Assembly chartered the University of Georgia, the first state university in the nation.  In the summer of 1801, John Milledge purchased 633 acres for $4,000 and donated them to the state, and thus the University of Georgia, along with the city of Athens, was formed.  Classes, led by Josiah Meigs, the first president and professor of the university, began in September, taught under the trees of what is now North Campus. The first permanent building on campus was completed in 1806. We now know this building as Old College, but at the time it, as well as the university, was unofficially referred to as Franklin College. Old College was modeled after Connecticut Hall at Yale, … Continue reading UGA Is Getting a New Vet School and Business College