The Board of Regents authorizes the college to apply to the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare for surplus property known as the Armed Forces Golf Course. The Augusta Golf Association manage the course, which is again called Forest Hills. The Cullum Lecture Series is selected by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities as one of ten finalists for the G. Theodore Mitau Award. The first Commitment to Excellence Fund Drive is held, combining the efforts among the foundation, alumni association, and athletic associations. Education's Diagnostic Center is opened.
Computer science is approved as a major under the existing Bachelor of Science degree program.
The Small Business Development Center is opened. J. B. Fuqua's gift establishes a television studio in Hardy Hall and provides TV support for the learning center. The first computer science degree program at a senior college in the university system is offered. The Board of Regents approves the Specialist in Education degree. ROTC is upgraded from an extension of UGa to full host status serving students of AC, Paine College, and the University of South Carolina, Aiken.