Golf, tennis, fishing, and hunting are popular. A resident symphony orchestra, dance and theatre groups, and visiting entertainment groups regularly perform at the Civic Center. Special celebrations and other festivals are scheduled throughout the year. The historic past lives in harmony with today's progress in Savannah. As a living laboratory for history, Savannah is unsurpassed, yet the Savannah port is one of the busiest on the Atlantic coast.
Community oriented leisure activities complement on-campus happenings.
A growing NCAA intercollegiate athletic program, active intramurals, concerts, plays, and special entertainment mean lots to do without leaving campus. Return To Index History of the University Armstrong Atlantic State University was founded in 1935 as Armstrong Junior College to enhance educational opportunities in the community. The city-supported college was housed in the historic Armstrong House, a gift to the city from the family of George F. Armstrong. Over the years, the college occupied eight additional buildings in the Forsyth Park and Monterey Square areas. In January 1966, the college moved to its present 250-acre site, a gift from Donald Livingston and the Mills B. Lane Foundation.