Research center GSU began as night school

Although busy teaching, raising small children and keeping up with life, Carolyn Curry still wanted to pursue her passion for women’s history. A few hours between dropping the kids off at preschool and lunch gave her a small enough window to squeeze in one class. And there was only one place in the metro area that accommodated her hectic schedule.

“That was — and is — the great thing about Georgia State,” said Curry, who graduated in 1987. “It took me 14 years to earn an undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. in history, but I could do it without being a ...