Blue Knight Football News Feed. Wallace to Compete in First of Three Postseason All- Star Games on Sunday. Dec. 4th, 2. 01. 5. URBANA, Ohio (Dec. Looking to continue an outstanding playing career, Urbana senior linebacker D'Gary Wallace will have an opportunity to put his skills on full display at the Fourth Annual National Bowl this weekend in Miami, Florida.
Home Football Games at Scott Stadium Visitors. The Carl Smith Center, home of Scott Stadium, provides fans a unique college football experience. Although reserved. Official site of the Blue Knights with news, schedule, roster and statistics. The University of Georgia Bulldogs football team is a member of the East Division of the Southeastern Conference. The Georgia Bulldogs football team is one of the. Georgia State University (commonly referred to as Georgia State, State, or GSU)is a public research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Georgia State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Georgia State University. Motto. Veritas valet et vincent (Latin)Motto in English. Truth is Powerful and Will Conquer[1]Established. Type. Publicuniversity. Endowment$1. 86 million (2. President. Mark P.
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Becker. Administrative staff. Students. 52,0. 00 [3]Undergraduates. Postgraduates. 8,1. Location. Atlanta, Georgia, U. S. Campus. Urban; 5. Colors. Blue, White, Red[4] Athletics.
NCAA Division I – Sun Belt Conference. Nickname. Panthers. Mascot. Pounce, the blue panther. Affiliations. University System of Georgia. Websitewww. gsu. edu. Georgia State University (commonly referred to as Georgia State, State, or GSU)is a publicresearchuniversity in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Georgia State has announced that the Panthers will open the 2017 season hosting Tennessee State on Sept. 2. ATLANTA–The Board of Regents granted final approval today (Jan. 6) to the creation of the new Georgia State University from the consolidation of Georgia State.
Founded in 1. 91. University System of Georgia's four research universities. It has a student population of approximately 5. Georgia State University offers more than 2.
Georgia State University is the largest university in the University System of Georgia and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.[8][9] Approximately 2. The university is classified as a 'Research University/Very High Activity', according to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[1. Since its inception, 1. The university has a full- time faculty count of 1,1. GSU has two libraries, University library and Law library, which hold over 4. The university has an economic impact on the Atlanta economy of more than $1. Coordinates: 3. 3В°4.
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History[edit]Initially intended as a night school, Georgia State University was established in 1. Georgia School of Technology's Evening School of Commerce.[1.
A reorganization of the University System of Georgia in the 1. Atlanta Extension Center of the University System of Georgia and allowed night students to earn degrees from several colleges in the University System.[2. During this time, the school was divided into two divisions: Georgia Evening College, and Atlanta Junior College.[2. In September 1. 94. University of Georgia and was named the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia.[2. The school was later removed from the University of Georgia in 1.
Georgia State College of Business Administration.[2. In 1. 96. 1, other programs at the school had grown large enough that the name was shortened to Georgia State College.[2. It became Georgia State University in 1. In 1. 99. 5, the Georgia Board of Regents accorded Georgia State "research university" status, joining the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Georgia, and the Georgia Regents University.[2. The center of campus is less than a half- mile from CNN Center, Centennial Olympic Park, Philips Arena and the Georgia Dome.[2. View of (from L- R) the Sports Arena and Library South on Decatur Street. The first African- American student enrolled at Georgia State in 1.
University of Georgia and Georgia Tech.[2. Annette Lucille Hall was a Lithonia social studies teacher who enrolled in the course of the Institute on Americanism and Communism, a course required for all Georgia social studies teachers.[3. The Peachtree Road Race, was started in 1.
Georgia State cross country coach and dean of men Tim Singleton, heading it in its first six years before turning it over to the Atlanta Track Club.[3. The second year, he created the first valuable collectible T- shirt.[3. Campus expansion[edit]1. Over its 1. 00- plus year history, Georgia State's growth has required the acquisition and construction of more space to suit its needs. During the late 1.
Pullen Library (1. Classroom South (1. Pullen Library in 1. Arts and Humanities Building (1. General Classroom Building (1. Sports Arena (1. 97.
Urban Life Building (1. In addition, a raised plaza and walkway system was constructed to connect these buildings with each other over Decatur Street and parking structures.[3. In the 1. 98. 0s, another round of expansion took place with the acquisition of the former Atlanta Municipal Auditorium in 1. Alumni Hall in 1.
Dahlberg Hall in 2. Georgia State's administrative offices.[3. That same year, the College of Law was founded in the Urban Life Building,[3. Title Building on Decatur Street was acquired and converted into the College of Education's headquarters and classroom space.[4. In 1. 98. 8, the nine- story Library South was constructed on the south side of Decatur Street, which was connected to the Pullen Library via a three- story high foot bridge (officially referred to as a "link") and effectively doubled the library's space.[4. Georgia State continued this growth into the 1.
Alumni Hall in 1. Natural Science Center in 1.
C& S Bank Building on Marietta Street in 1. Robinson College of Business.[4.
Georgia State's first move into the Fairlie- Poplar district was the acquisition and renovation of the Standard Building, the Haas- Howell Building, and the Rialto Theater in 1. The Standard and Haas- Howell buildings house classrooms, offices, and practice spaces for the School of Music, and the Rialto is home to GSU's Jazz Studies program and an 8. In 1. 99. 8, the Student Center was expanded toward Gilmer Street[4. A new Student Recreation Center opened on the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Gilmer Street in 2.
In 2. 00. 2, the five- story high Helen M. Aderhold Learning Center opened on Luckie Street[4. Most recently, in 2. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies was moved to the former Wachovia Bank Building at Five Points.[4. After the release of the 2. A $2. 0 million refurbishment to the Pullen Library complex was completed during the 2. Multiple new units of on- campus housing were built, including the 2,0.
University Commons in 2. Freshman Hall (later renamed Patton Hall) 2.
Wyndham Garden Hotel and a Baymont Inn & Suites into a new, 1,1. Piedmont North.[4. New Greek housing was built in 2. Edgewood Avenue.[4. The Citizens Trust Building on Piedmont Avenue was purchased by the University to make room for offices and student services in 2. The Parker H. Petit Science Center was completed in 2.
The newest incarnation of the Strategic Plan gives an outline for the universities growth from 2. Several parts of this plan are in the process of being executed, including the donation of land at 8. Park Place, which will become the new Law and Business schools,[4.
Classroom South,[4. Irwin Street for the building of on- campus student recreation fields,[4. Suntrust Tower.[4. Plans exist for the building of graduate student housing next to the Petit Science Center, and another building for expansion of the science center on the same lot of land.[5. On the May 3. 1, 2. The plan includes upgrades and renovations to the GSU Sports Arena[5.
These would replace the current stadiums in Panthersville, and would be built as close to campus in and around downtown as possible. No land has yet been identified, nor has any date. Instead, the University will build as soon as funding becomes available.[6. In May 2. 01. 4, the University announced its intentions to pursue the 7. Turner Field site once the Atlanta Braves. Major League Baseball club moves into Sun.
Trust Park in 2. 01. The University intends to retrofit Turner Field into a 3. Atlanta- Fulton County Stadium, incorporating the wall where Hank Aaron hit his record- breaking 7. Additional retail and student housing development is also planned for the parking areas surrounding Turner Field.[6. On December 2. 1, 2.
Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority announced that Georgia State's bid to redevelop Turner Field has been accepted.[6. Consolidation with Georgia Perimeter College[edit]On January 5, 2. Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter College would merge.[6. Over a year later, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the merger of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. The board also announced that the current president of GSU, Dr. Mark Becker, would remain the president of the combined university, which retained the name Georgia State University.[6.
The merger created the largest university in the state of Georgia at about 5. Full implementation of the consolidation plan is expected to be complete by the beginning of fall semester 2. Coat of arms[edit]The school's coat of arms is registered in the College of Arms in London.[6. The Latin motto means "Truth is strong and will conquer" (or alternatively, "Truth is valuable and shall overcome"). The panther holds the symbol of education, with the quill in red to symbolize the fire in Atlanta's city emblem. The gold coin indicates the university's beginnings as a business school.
The crown august is a representation of the Stone Mountain granite. The center flame is an eternal flame in honor of the first president, George Sparks, and represents flames of scholarship and the burning of Atlanta.[7. Organization[edit]The President of Georgia State University (currently Mark P. Becker)[7. 1] is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. The University is composed of ten colleges (although those divisions use "college", "school", or "institute", those titles do not indicate any distinction between them): Schools and colleges[edit]*It should be noted that unlike the other colleges that make up the university, students accepted to Perimeter College only have access to those campus' and not the main campus, and must apply for acceptance to the main Downtown campus for access to bachelors degrees.[7. View of (from L- R) the Student Center, Urban Life Building, and University Center.
From Georgia State's days as a single building night school into the university it is today, Georgia State has built itself into the heart of urban Downtown Atlanta. Whereas the school's nickname—dating from the early 1. Concrete Campus" was once a source of mild embarrassment,[7. The university embraced the slogan, "a part of the city, not apart from the city" as its growth into Downtown Atlanta increased.[7.