The Mills B. Lane Foundation and Donald Livingston donate a new campus site of 250 acres on southside Savannah. 1964 The Board of Regents confers four-year college status upon Armstrong. B.A., B.S., and B.B.A. degrees are offered. Henry L. Ashmore is appointed the fourth president. The new southside campus, with eight buildings, is completed.
Classes begin on new campus in winter quarter.
The first baccalaureate degrees are awarded. The Board of Regents authorizes Armstrong and Savannah State to offer joint graduate programs leading to the M.B.A. and the M.S. in education. SACS reaffirms accreditation of the college. The Board of Regents designates Armstrong State College as a Regional Health Professions Education Center. Due to a federally-mandated desegregation plan, Armstrong State College offers all teacher education programs in the area and no longer offers business administration programs.