COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 11 -- Columbus State University issued the following news release:

On Tuesday, campus and civic leaders, joined by more than 300 students and community supporters, celebrated the grand reopening of Columbus State University's Main Campus Davidson Student Center. Most of the building-where students connect through social and campus organization activities-was offline during the 2025-26 academic year as its interior underwent a $4.8 million, state-funded modernization.

The Davidson Student Center [map] was among the first structures built when then-Columbus College began operations in 1963 on what is now its Main Campus. In 1969, the building was named after Joseph Quentin Davidson, a Columbus lawyer, education champion ...