![First year students at the University of Georgia are still getting to know each other two days before the start of classes on Thursday.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2020-08/081820_uga_covid_file_329a.jpg?itok=Isb1bPOu)
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University of Georgia students get acquainted in August 2020. This year, this and many other public campuses in the state are set to reopen in-person attendance without a vaccine mandate. Many private colleges are requiring COVID-19 vaccination.
Credit: Grant Blankenship/GPB