Dec 29, 2024 · Jimmy Carter, the former Georgia governor and peanut farmer who became the 39th president of the United States, died on Sunday, December 29, at his home in Plains, Ga., at age 100, according to a statement released by his son, James E. Carter III.

Jan 7, 2025 · Carter’s advocacy for a centralized department culminated in the Department of Education Organization Act of 1979. Officially operational in 1980, the department assumed responsibilities including administering federal student aid, enforcing Title IX protections and promoting educational research.

Dec 29, 2024 · Former President Carter’s postpresidential life lasted decades, putting his career in the White House in a deep rearview mirror in many ways. Carter died Sunday, according to the Carter Center.

Jan 7, 2025 · Former U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter died on December 29 th, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100 years old and the longest-living president in U.S. history.

Jan 9, 2025 · The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found that they overstepped the president...

Jan 9, 2025 · FEMA and the Department of Education play a significant role in campus safety. Learn about their histories and President Jimmy Carter's involvement.

Jan 10, 2025 · The late President Jimmy Carter also lay in state under the Capitol Rotunda before his state funeral. The same week, a Biden administration regulation expanding Title IX protections from sex discrimination to include students who identify as transgender was blocked by a federal judge, while the U.S. Supreme Court declined to delay President ...

Dec 29, 2024 · Jimmy Carter, who as the 39th president of the United States created the Department of Education, died Sunday. He was 100. As president, he tackled discrimination in intercollegiate athletics,...

Georgia Southwestern State University is deeply saddened by the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States and a cherished alumnus of our institution. He passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at the age of 100.

We pay tribute to the late, remarkable Jimmy Carter, who died today at age 100, by recalling his historic visit to Bates in 1985 to honor his friend Edmund Muskie '36 and to praise the greatness of another Bates friend, civil rights leader Benjamin E. Mays.