In the second half of the 20th century Atlanta and Fulton county became the location of numerous national and international headquarters for leading companies attracting highly skilled employees from around the country This led to the city and county becoming more cosmopolitan and diverse, Black or African American 51.4% 67.1% 51.3% 34.6% Bulk handling represents a key advantage for rail transport Low or even zero transshipment costs combined with energy efficiency and low inventory costs allow trains to handle bulk much cheaper than by road Typical bulk cargo includes coal ore grains and liquids Bulk is transported in open-topped cars hopper cars and tank cars. Georgia Tech's Evening School of Commerce began holding classes in 1912 the evening school admitted its first female student in 1917 although the state legislature did not officially authorize attendance by women until 1920 Annie T Wise became the first female graduate in 1919 and was Georgia Tech's first female faculty member the following year in 1931 the Board of Regents transferred control of the Evening School of Commerce to the University of Georgia (UGA) and moved the civil and electrical engineering courses at UGA to Tech Tech replaced the commerce school with what later became the College of Business the commerce school would later split from UGA and eventually become Georgia State University in 1934 the Engineering Experiment Station (later known as the Georgia Tech Research Institute) was founded by W Harry Vaughan with an initial budget of $5,000 (equivalent to $93,644 in 2018) and 13 part-time faculty, Georgia 42 Connector.svg State Route 42 Connector. Main article: Rail subsidies, 70/21 90/32 Brittain Dining Hall the main dining hall for East Campus, 2.1 Southern colonies 50/10 83/28.
Atlanta also has Georgia's largest Bosnian American population with approximately 10,000 in the metro area mainly in Gwinnett County, Transit systems 3 See also, Eventing (2) The skyline of Midtown (viewed from Piedmont Park) emerged with the construction of modernist Colony Square in 1972. Main article: Education in Georgia (U.S state), Hapeville pop 6,373 2003 2,401,084 30,393 60.7% 10th 14th Atlanta has a rich tradition in collegiate athletics with two NCAA Division I programs in the city and a third in the metropolitan area, See also: List of Fraternities and Sororities at Georgia Institute of Technology. . Traditions 50 168 Films set in Georgia include two pictures both set in Atlanta that were awarded the Oscar for Best Picture: Gone with the Wind (1939) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Other films set in Georgia include Deliverance (1972) which was based on the novel of the same name by James Dickey Parental Guidance (2012) and Vacation at Six Flags Over Georgia. .
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