In addition, the county purchased 160 acres of land located off Georgia 316 and Collins Hill Road in 1994 to solely designate it for the development of a college campus.

[2] Five years later, the Georgia Legislature allocated nearly $20 million for the signature building which serves as the focal point on the campus today.

Major site construction began in June 2000 to establish the Gwinnett University Center (GUC).

The board of regents approved a public-private venture to construct the first classroom building on the new campus.

In October 2004, the Georgia Board of Regents voted to create a new four-year college in Gwinnett County.

The Georgia General Assembly passed legislation calling for the foundation of the college in March 2005.

In May 2014,[19] Chancellor Hank Huckaby announced that the board of regents approved his recommendation to name Preczewski, president of Georgia Gwinnett College.

In July 2016, a college official stopped a student from distributing leaflets about his religious faith in an outdoor plaza.

The student, Chike Uzuegbunam, was told he could only engage in this sort of activity by getting permission three days in advance and only at one of the two free speech zones on campus.

After getting permission, Uzuegbunam was then told by campus police that he could not speak in the free speech zone because "someone complained".

[27] In April 2023, GGC broke ground on a new 72,280 square-foot Convocation Center as part of a $48 million state-funded capital project that is expected to be completed in fall 2024.

The college offers the following degrees: There are teacher certification tracks in some programs for students interested in teaching at the secondary level.

The college's location near downtown Lawrenceville, and its convenient access to the big-city amenities of Atlanta and the many recreational opportunities in the Georgia mountains, make it attractive to a wide variety of students.

[34] A new model in public higher education, Georgia Gwinnett College is an access institution built from the ground up to facilitate student success, its hallmark.

[29] Faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College are not eligible for tenure, but are instead hired through renewable one- to five-year contracts.

As of July 2019, the GGC Athletic programs have captured 11 national championships, achieved over 1,000 victories and won more than 77 percent of their games during the past seven seasons of existence.