Tift College
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Tift College was a private liberal arts women's college located in Forsyth, Georgia. Its 275-acre campus was situated 20 miles outside of Macon. Tift closed in 1986 after merging with Mercer University.
The college was founded in 1849 as the Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute. It was renamed Monroe College in 1857 and became Bessie Tift College in 1907 in honor of an alumna. The name was finally shortened to Tift College in 1956.
In 1898, it became affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention.
The Tift College of Education at Mercer is named after the college.
In 2008, the campus will become home to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
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- "Governor Announces Relocation of Corrections Headquarters to Forsyth." Georgia State Office of the Governor. Accessed June 10, 2006.
- "Tift College State Historical Marker." GeorgiaInfo. Accessed June 10, 2006.
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