Georgia State University

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Georgia State University
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Former names
Georgia Tech Evening School of Commerce (1913–1947)
Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia (1947–1955)
Georgia State College of Business Administration (1955–1961)
Georgia State College (1961–1969) [1]
MottoVeritas valet et vincet (Latin) [2]
Motto in English
Truth shall overcome [2]
Type Public research university
Established1913;111 years ago (1913)
Parent institution
University System of Georgia
Accreditation SACS
Academic affiliations
Endowment 170.8 million (2020) [6]
Budget$1.149 billion (2020) [7]
President M. Brian Blake [8]
Provost Nicolle Parsons-Pollard [9]
Academic staff
1,586 (Fall 2018) [2]
Administrative staff
3,627 (Fall 2018) [2]
Students50,521 (Fall 2023) [10]
Undergraduates 43,807 (Fall 2023) [10]
Postgraduates 6,714 (Fall 2023) [10]
1,971 (Fall 2023) [10]
Location,
U.S. [11]

33°45′13.3″N84°23′09.5″W / 33.753694°N 84.385972°W / 33.753694; -84.385972 [12]
CampusUrban (main campus) and suburban (Perimeter College campuses);
Downtown Atlanta campus (main campus):
109.87 acres (0.445 km2);
All instructional sites (including Perimeter College campuses):
440.06 acres (1.781 km2);
All facilities:
771.41 acres (3.122 km2) [2]
Newspaper The Signal
Colors     Blue and White [13]
Nickname Panthers
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division ISun Belt Conference and C-USA
Mascot Pounce, the blue panther
Website www.gsu.edu OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Georgia State University Logo.svg

Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia. [14] Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the largest institution of higher education by enrollment based in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation with a student enrollment of around 50,000, including approximately 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus downtown. [15]

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Georgia State is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". [16] The university is the most comprehensive public institution in Georgia, offering more than 250-degree programs in over 100 fields of study spread across 10 academic colleges and schools. [17] Georgia State has two libraries: University Library, which is split between Library North and Library South on the main campus and also divided among the Perimeter College campuses, and Law Library, which is located on the main campus. Together, both libraries contain over 13 million holdings and serve as federal document depositories. [2] [18] [19] Georgia State has a $2.5 billion economic impact in Georgia. [20]

Georgia State University's intercollegiate athletics teams, the Georgia State Panthers, compete in NCAA Division I's Sun Belt Conference. Georgia State is a founding member of the Sun Belt Conference.

Academic rankings
National
Forbes [21] 513
THE / WSJ [22] 501–600
U.S. News & World Report [23] 227
Washington Monthly [24] 147
Global
ARWU [25] 501–600
QS [26] 751–800
THE [27] 401–500
U.S. News & World Report [28] 477

History

Initially intended as a night school, Georgia State University was established in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's Evening School of Commerce. [34] A reorganization of the University System of Georgia in the 1930s led to the school becoming the Atlanta Extension Center of the University System of Georgia and allowed night students to earn degrees from several colleges in the University System. [35] During this time, the school was divided into two divisions: Georgia Evening College and Atlanta Junior College. [36] In September 1947, the school became affiliated with the University of Georgia and was named the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia. [37]

For its first four decades, the school was treated as an offsite department of its parent institution, Georgia Tech, until 1947, and UGA after 1947. Accordingly, its chief executive was called a director. [38] However, in 1955, the Board of Regents made it an autonomous four-year college under the name Georgia State College of Business Administration. [39] Walter Sparks, who had served as director since 1927, became the newly autonomous institution's first president. In 1961, other programs at the school had grown large enough that the name was shortened to Georgia State College. [38] It became Georgia State University in 1969. [40]

In 1995, the Georgia Board of Regents accorded Georgia State "research university" status, joining the University of Georgia, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Augusta University. [41] [42]

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View of (from L-R) the Sports Arena and Library South on Decatur Street

The first African-American student became enrolled at Georgia State in 1962, a year after the integration of the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech. [43] [44] 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. [45]

The Peachtree Road Race was founded in 1970 by 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. [46]

Expansion periods

1913–1975

Over its 100-plus-year history, Georgia State's growth has required the acquisition and construction of more space to suit its needs. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, numerous buildings were constructed as part of a major urban renewal project, such as the Pullen Library in 1966, Classroom South in 1968, the expansion of the Pullen Library in 1968, the Arts and Humanities Building in 1970, the 10-story General Classroom Building in 1971 (now called Langdale Hall), the Sports Arena in 1973, and the 12-story Urban Life Building in 1974. [47] In addition, a raised platform and walkway system was constructed to connect these buildings over Decatur Street and various parking structures. [48]

1980–1989

In the 1980s, another round of expansion took place with the acquisition of the former Atlanta Municipal Auditorium in 1979, [49] which was subsequently converted into Alumni Hall in 1982 and then to Dahlberg Hall in 2010, [50] and currently houses Georgia State's administrative offices. [51] That same year, the College of Law was founded in the Urban Life Building, [52] and the Title Building on Decatur Street was acquired and converted into the College of Education's headquarters and classroom space. [53] In 1988, 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. [54]

1990–2004

Georgia State continued this growth into the 1990s, with the expansion of Alumni Hall in 1991, [55] the opening of the Natural Science Center in 1992, [56] and the acquisition of the former C&S Bank Building on Marietta Street in 1993, which is now the home of the Robinson College of Business. [55] 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 1996. [55] The Standard and Haas-Howell buildings house classrooms, offices, and practice spaces for the School of Music, and the Rialto is home to Georgia State's Jazz Studies program and an 833-seat theater. [57] In 1998, the Student Center was expanded toward Gilmer Street [55] and provided a new 400-seat auditorium and space for exhibitions and offices for student clubs. [58] A new Student Recreation Center opened on the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Gilmer Street in 2001. [55] In 2002, the five-story Helen M. Aderhold Learning Center opened on Luckie Street [59] amid controversy over the demolition of historical buildings on its block. [60] Most recently, in 2004, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies was moved to the former Wachovia Bank Building at Five Points. [61]

2005–2015

After the release of the 2006 master plan update, a host of new building activities occurred on campus. A $20 million refurbishment to the Pullen Library complex was completed during the 2006–07 school year. [62] Multiple new units of on-campus housing were built, including the 2,000 bed University Commons in 2007, a new dormitory named Freshman Hall (later renamed Patton Hall) in 2009 and a conversion of a former Wyndham Garden Hotel and a Baymont Inn & Suites into a new 1,100 occupancy dormitory named Piedmont North. [55] [63] [64] New Greek housing was built in 2010 along Edgewood Avenue. [55] The Citizens Trust Building on Piedmont Avenue was purchased by the university to make room for offices and student services in 2007. [55] The Parker H. Petit Science Center was completed in 2010, opening up state-of-the-art science laboratories and teaching space. [55] In 2013, Georgia State started operating from the original home of the Trust Company of Georgia and the SunTrust Bank, the 25 Park Place Building, a 26-floor skyscraper located adjacent to Woodruff Park in the heart of downtown Atlanta. The building currently houses many academic units of the College of Arts and Sciences, including the Dean's Office, the University Advisement Center, and facilities of the School of Public Health. In May 2015, the College of Law was moved to its new building at 89 Park Place after the land was donated to the university. [55] [65]

2016–present

The newest incarnation of the university's strategic plan gives an outline of the university's growth from 2011 until 2016 and a brief overview that will be amended for up to 2021. [66] In 2016, an extension to the Petit Science Center was completed. Plans exist for the building of graduate student housing behind the center. [66]

On May 31, 2012, the athletics department released a new facilities master plan. [67] The plan includes upgrades and renovations to the GSU Sports Arena [68] including new outdoor sand volleyball courts (which have since been completed) [69] as well as plans to build new baseball, softball, and soccer stadiums. [70] [71] [72] These would replace the current stadiums in Panthersville. In May 2014, the university announced its intentions to pursue the 77-acre (312,000 m2) Turner Field site once the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball club moves into Truist Park in 2017. The university intends to retrofit Turner Field into a 30,000-seat open-air football stadium and build a new baseball field on the site of the former Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, incorporating the wall where Hank Aaron hit his record-breaking 715th home run. Additional retail and student housing development is also planned for the parking areas surrounding Turner Field. [73]

On December 21, 2015, the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority announced that Georgia State's bid to redevelop Turner Field had been accepted. [74] On August 18, 2016, Georgia State and the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority reached a tentative purchase agreement for Turner Field, and the purchase and redevelopment plan was approved by the Board of Regents on November 9, 2016. [75] [76] On January 5, 2017, Georgia State's acquisition of Turner Field, since renamed Georgia State Stadium, was officially closed, with the stadium conversion project beginning in February 2017. [77] Georgia State Stadium hosted its first game on August 31, 2017. [78]

In June 2021, M. Brian Blake became Georgia State University's first African-American and person of color president. [79]

Consolidation with Georgia Perimeter College

On January 5, 2015, news broke that Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter College would merge. [80] 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, a 2-year college with five campuses. The board also announced that the president of Georgia State would remain the president of the combined university, which retained the name Georgia State University. [81] The merger created the largest university in the state of Georgia at about 52,000 students. [82] Since Georgia State's consolidation with Georgia Perimeter College in 2016, graduation rates at Perimeter College have almost tripled. [83]

Organization

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GSU College of Law

The President of Georgia State University (currently Dr. M. Brian Blake) [84] is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents.

The university is composed of 11 colleges (although those divisions use "college", "school", or "institute", those titles do not indicate any distinction between them):

Schools and colleges

† Unlike the other colleges that make up the university, students accepted to Perimeter College only have access to the five suburban campuses associated with that college and not the main campus. A Perimeter College student must apply for acceptance to the main downtown campus for access to bachelor's degrees. [85]

Campus

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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 1960s—of "the Concrete Campus" was once a source of mild embarrassment, [86] the name has been embraced by the university community. [87] The university embraced the slogan, "a part of the city, not apart from the city" as its growth into Downtown Atlanta increased. [88] This has led to the widening of sidewalks around the campus, and a focus on Decatur Street as becoming the "Main Street" of the campus. [89]

25 Park Place

25 Park Place is a mixed-use classroom and office building that houses several departments at Georgia State University. The building was previously the Trust Company of Georgia Building, and before Georgia State University acquiring the building was the SunTrust Bank Building. The Georgia State University Foundation acquired the building in 2006 for $52 million. [90]

Sparks Hall

Sparks Hall was the first building designed and built specifically for the school. It was designed by the Atlanta architectural firm of Cooper, Barrett, Skinner, Woodbury, and Cooper. Construction took place between 1952 and 1955 and cost about $2 million. The first classes were held in the building on April 21, 1955. On June 8, 1960, the building was named for George McIntosh Sparks, former president of the college. [91] Currently, the building houses Undergraduate Admissions and the Financial Management Center. It also primarily houses classrooms and computer laboratory space.

Housing

After the 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia State acquired its first on-campus dormitories in the 2,000-bed Olympic Village housing complex located at the southeast corner of Centennial Olympic Park Drive (formerly Techwood Drive) and North Avenue that was used to board Olympic athletes during the Games. [92] The Village was later sold to the Georgia Institute of Technology and renamed the North Avenue Apartments. [93]

University Lofts

In August 2002, [55] the 450-bed University Lofts opened at the corner of Edgewood Avenue and Courtland Street on the northeast side of campus as housing for undergraduate students and student-athletes, as well as students with families and graduate students. [94] In 2008, the Lofts were converted into multiperson dormitories as well as apartment-style dorms, raising the bed counts to its current number of 550 residents in 231 apartments. [95]

University Commons

On August 10, 2007, Georgia State opened the University Commons, a US$165 million complex housing 1,992 students, occupying a city block bounded by Ellis Street, Piedmont Avenue, John Wesley Dobbs Avenue and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive. [96] A GSU economics professor estimated the new dorm could have an economic impact of $10–12 million on downtown Atlanta. [96] The university plans to ultimately accommodate 20% of its enrollment in housing near the downtown campus. [96] With the planned opening of University Commons, it was announced on March 7, 2007, that the Georgia Institute of Technology was acquiring the Olympic Village housing, which is located across North Avenue from the institute. [97] In 2011, the Commons were voted "best overall dorms in the country" by DormSplash.com. [98] This was followed in 2012 by The Fiscal Times rating the Commons as some of the most luxurious dormitories in the country, rated third most "insanely luxurious." [99]

Patton Hall

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Hurt Park

In the fall of 2009, Georgia State opened a 325-bed residence hall exclusively for freshman students, originally named Freshman Hall. Renamed Patton Hall in 2013 after former Georgia State President Carl Patton, [100] [101] the dorms are located on the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Edgewood Avenue, approximately 0.2 miles from the heart of GSU's campus. [102] The facility includes a 24/4.5 dining hall offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner in a buffet style. [103] The dining hall is open to all Georgia State students, and all residents of Patton Hall are required to have meal plans for the dining hall. [104]

Greek housing

For the 2010 academic year, Georgia State opened its Greek Housing facility, located adjacent to Patton Hall on Edgewood Avenue. [55] Each townhome in the complex features a chapter room, kitchen, and bedrooms ranging from 9–19 beds. [105]

Piedmont North

Most recently, Georgia State acquired two hotels in downtown Atlanta, the Wyndham Garden Hotel and Baymont Inn and Suites on Piedmont Avenue. [64] The hotels and grounds have been renovated and changed into dorms, Piedmont North Buildings A and B, contributing to the university's transformation into a more traditional campus. [106] The complex now includes living and study space for approximately 1,100 students, as well as green space, recreational areas, and a brand new 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) dining hall, the Piedmont North Dining Hall. [63]

Piedmont Central

On May 14, 2014, the ground was broken on a new, 1,152-bed residence hall named Piedmont Central. [107] The hall received its first residents in fall semester of 2016. [107] The facility includes a 15,000-square-foot dining facility, conference rooms, communal kitchens, study rooms, and laundry facilities. [108]

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A Georgia State police vehicle on campus in Atlanta.

Campus security

The department is composed of more than 160 state-sworn police officers, 60 full-time security guards, 10 part-time security guards, 16 communications dispatchers and eight staff members, making it the largest campus law enforcement agency in Georgia. [109]

Perimeter College

Perimeter College consists of five different campuses around the Metro Atlanta region. Campuses in Alpharetta, Clarkston, Decatur, Dunwoody, and Newton County each offer different amenities. The Alpharetta campus consists of two buildings, with students enrolled at that campus having free access to a nearby private gym, as well as access to the other Perimeter campus amenities. The Clarkston campus is a full campus with athletic facilities, (tennis courts, soccer field, gym) and 14 buildings. The Decatur campus includes greenhouses, tennis courts, as well as six academic buildings including a Student Success Center. The Dunwoody campus includes a gym, weight room, soccer field, tennis courts, an observatory, a gazebo, and eight academic buildings. The Newton campus consists of a baseball field, a softball field, a health and recreation center, and two academic buildings. [110]

Student life

Student media

Georgia State University Student Media is divided into five organizations: [111]

Additional student-produced media outside of this division include:

Diversity

Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
Race and ethnicity [114] Total
Black 41%41
 
White 21%21
 
Asian 15%15
 
Hispanic 13%13
 
Other [lower-alpha 1] 7%7
 
Foreign national 3%3
 
Economic diversity
Low-income [lower-alpha 2] 52%52
 
Affluent [lower-alpha 3] 48%48
 

Georgia State University has achieved the most ethnically diverse campus in Georgia and one of the most ethnically diverse in the nation. [115] [116] Since the early 2010s, Georgia State has been the nation's leading non-profit institution to annually produce the most African Americans with bachelor's degrees. [117] [118]

Student facilities

Student Recreation Center

The on-campus Recreation Center features racquetball courts, a squash court, a 7,000-square-foot free-weight area, an aquatic center, a 35-foot climbing wall, [119] game rooms, [120] exercise rooms, aerobics, dance, and martial arts studios, and a gymnasium containing four basketball/volleyball courts. The top level includes a running track and omni gym. [121] The aquatic center features a 9-lane lap pool, a "leisure pool" with vortex, a spa, and a sauna. [121] The omni gym is outfitted to allow for different sports, including badminton, basketball, fencing, arena flag football, indoor soccer, and volleyball. [122]

Indian Creek Lodge

Land in Indian Creek was purchased by the university in 1938, and in 1974 operation of the swimming pool in the facility was taken over by Recreation Services. [121] Tennis courts, Indian Creek Lodge, and the rest of the 15.5 acres were taken over by Recreation Services in 1991. [121]

Panthersville

The university's outdoor intramural fields are currently located in Panthersville, a suburb of Atlanta. [121] These facilities include two large lighted fields, a sundeck, restrooms, and parking. [121] New land has been purchased by the university east of the University Commons to make room for new intramural fields. [55]

Cinefest

Georgia State University operates Cinefest Film Theater, a student-run movie theater in the school's University Center. [123] Cinefest exhibits a wide array of motion pictures including international cinema, art house films, revival house movies, and second-run Hollywood fare. Cinefest also has had numerous classic 35-mm film festivals including the Film Fatale Film Festival, and the Summer Camp Nightmare Festival. These festivals often feature rare prints that cannot be seen anywhere else. [124] It has played host to various special events including screening films for The Atlanta Underground Film Festival, the Atlanta Asian Film Festival, the Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival, and DragonCon. [125] The theatre has 135 seats and is free to all Georgia State students, or $3 before 5 pm and $5 after 5 pm. [126] The theatre was first named Cinefest in 1991, but was known as the Lyceum Film Series. [126]

Panther Dining

Three dining halls are at Georgia State, one in Patton Hall, one in Piedmont Central, and another in Piedmont North dorms. [63] [103] In addition to these, food courts are in the University Center and in the Student Center. [127]

Campus transportation

Panther Express

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GSU Panther Express

The university provides shuttles circulating campus following four different routes. [128] The blue route circulates from the parking lots of Turner Field to the heart of campus with stops at Langdale Hall and Sparks Hall, and is active on weekdays from 7:00 am to 2:00 am. [128] The red route circulates between the main campus and the Aderhold Learning Center with stops at the Arts and Humanities buildinnd at the Rialto Center/Aderhold. It is active on weekdays from 7:00 am to 2:00 am. [128] The green route is active from 7:00 am to 2:00 am on weekdays with stops at the Student Center, the University Commons, and Piedmont North. [128] The purple route is active on weekends from 5:00 pm to 12:00 am with stops at the Arts and Humanities building, the Student Center, the University Commons, Piedmont North, and the Rialto Center/Aderhold.

MARTA

Atlanta's mass transit system, MARTA, provides Georgia State students with access to the system at a reduced rate when bought through the university. [129] Georgia State is served by three MARTA rail stations; the Georgia State Station next to the Petit Science Center on the Blue and Green lines, Five Points Station on the Red, Gold, Blue, and Green lines with accommodations for both the Aderhold Learning Center and main campus, and the Peachtree Center Station on the Red and Gold lines, giving access to the Aderhold Learning Center, the University Commons, and the Piedmont North dormitories. [130]

Streetcar

In December 2014, streetcars returned to Atlanta for the first time in 60 years. The Atlanta Streetcar’s current route transverses the campus along Edgewood and Auburn Avenues. It connects the main campus to the Aderhold building and Rialto Center for the Arts in Fairlie-Poplar, as well as the Sweet Auburn Curb Market, the Sweet Auburn Historic District, and popular dining and nightlife establishments along Edgewood Avenue.

Parking

The university has numerous parking locations, with restrictions in some to faculty and staff. [131] Parking attendants are only on duty from 6:30 am to 10 pm on weekdays, after which parking permits must be used. [131] Some dormitories have built-in parking such as Piedmont North and the University Commons, but parking in these dorms is restricted to students living in them. [132] [133] The University Lofts allow access to permit holders who are primarily residents of the Lofts, the Greek Housing, and Patton Hall. [134] It also allows access to some nonresident holders, faculty, and staff. [134] The G Deck is reserved for use by Georgia State faculty and staff, although on days in which the Sports Arena is in use, it becomes visitor parking for that game or event. [135] [136] The K and T Decks are available for students using cash or a budget card with a valid student parking permit. [137] [138] The N and S decks are for general parking, while the M Deck is reserved for students with a lottery-won permit. [139]

Georgia State students are allowed access to the Georgia State Stadium parking lots just south of campus at the former site of Turner Field, although access to those lots is limited to weekdays between 7:00 am and 11:00 pm. [140] During the Atlanta Braves' tenure at Turner Field, those times were further limited on home game days. [140] With the conversion of the Turner Field site from a professional baseball venue to GSU's football venue, it is expected that parking restrictions beyond the regular hours will be limited to days of Panthers home games. Due to its distance from the university, shuttle services run from the parking to the main campus. [128]

Greek life

Georgia State University is home to 31 fraternities and sororities: [141] seven of the North American Interfraternity Conference (IFC), five of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), seven of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), and 12 multicultural organizations operating as the Multicultural Greek Council (MGC). Georgia State added traditional Greek housing in 2010 to house five sororities and four fraternities. [142]

Arts

Rialto Center

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Rialto Center

Georgia State University makes notable contributions to the cultural vitality of the downtown Atlanta community. A prominent cultural stage is the Rialto Center for the Arts, an 833-seat performing arts venue located in the heart of the Fairlie-Poplar district in downtown Atlanta. The venue is home to the Rialto Series, presenting the best of national and international jazz, world music, and dance; School of Music performances; the Atlanta Film Festival, and many others. The School of Music holds concerts featuring faculty, students, and guest performers in the Kopleff Recital Hall throughout the year. In addition, the Art Galleries, based in the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, feature special exhibitions, student and faculty works, and visiting artist collections.

DAEL

The Digital Arts and Entertainment Laboratory (DAEL), housed in the Department of Communication, offers equipment and facilities for digital media research and production. The DAEL also holds a media festival featuring different productions and media produced by students. [143]

Digital Aquarium

Georgia State hosts a multimedia lab allowing students access to multimedia-editing workstations, professional software, technology training workshops, and equipment that can be checked out. [144] The facility also hosts a pro-level recording studio featuring full soundproofing, a dual-screened Mac Pro, a keyboard, and two microphones, although the area is set up to allow for students to bring r own equipment. [145]

Research and innovation

GSU is one of four research universities in the University System of Georgia. In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked GSU the No. 2 most innovative university in the nation. [146] Georgia State University's research and development expenditures of over $200 million for the 2018 fiscal year ranked first in the nation among universities without an engineering or medical school. [147] [148] In 2013, Georgia State University was one of six universities in the nation and the only in Georgia to be named a "Next Generation University" by New America for its proven commitment to expanding enrollment, focus on the neediest of students, and the success of its ethnically diverse student body. [149]

Libraries

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View of the plaza with Library North, Library South, and the Classroom South Building in the background

Georgia State houses three university libraries. Additionally, many academic departments provide libraries for their students. The University Library (formerly known as the William Russell Pullen Library), housed in Library North and Library South, contains more than 1.4 million volumes, including 8,000 active serials and nearly 22,000 media materials. The library provides access to numerous electronic periodical and resource indexes (many with full text), more than 14,000 electronic journals, and about 30,000 electronic books. It is also a Federal Document Depository and holds more than 820,000 government documents with electronic access to many additional titles. [150] From December 2015 through February 2016, the University Library received significant media attention for several armed robberies and other crimes against GSU students within the facility. [151]

SURAgrid

On August 31, 2006, Georgia State announced that it would be participating in a supercomputing grid with the installation of an IBM P575 Supercomputer in its Network Operations Center. Through an initiative known as SURAGrid, eventually, 24 universities in 15 states throughout the Southeast United States will form the research backbone and at its peak, the network will be able to perform over 10 trillion calculations per second. University of Georgia and Kennesaw State University are also part of the SURAGrid. [152]

Physics and astronomy

Physics at Georgia State is split between physics and astronomy. Areas of research range from atomic physics, biophysics, condensed matter physics, neurophysics, nuclear physics, and physics education and innovative instruction. The astronomy program uses many observatories, including the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona and the Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System (or SMARTS) in Chile, and the CHARA array on Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles County, California, Hard Labor Creek Observatory in Rutledge, Georgia, and the Urban Life Observatory, all of which are operated by Georgia State. Astronomy is now also a partner in the Apache Point Observatory 3.5-m telescope. [153]

Biology

Biological research at Georgia State is divided into four categories; applied and environmental microbiology (AEM), cellular molecular biology and physiology (CMBP), molecular genetics and biochemistry, and neurobiology and behavior. The AEM program concentrates on the environmental, industrial, and medical aspects of microbiology, including bioremediation, toxicology, genetics, cellular responses, and natural product biosynthesis. [154] [155] Cellular and molecular biology and physiology focuses on the function and regulation of eukaryotic cells and organisms, doing research including signal transduction, cancer immunology, virology, immunology, and diabetes research. [156] The MGB program ranges from lower eukaryotic programmed cell death to viral RNA replication. [157] The neurobiology and behavior program is involved in research focusing on topics such as neurobiology, behavior, hormonal action, developmental neurobiology, and vertebrate sexual plasticity, to name a few. [158]

Georgia State is currently the only university in the United States operating a BSL-4 lab (the highest bio-safety level) at level 4 conditions. These labs are currently used to investigate herpes B virus, hantavirus, and ebola. [159]

Research centers

The College of Arts and Science is home to several centers, inst,itutes and areas of focus, under which the departments of chemistry, biology, psychology, and other college-wide departments can collaborate on interdisciplinary subjects. [160]

Likewise, several university-level institutes exist, allowing collaboration between departments throughout the university as a whole.

The Institute for Biomedical Sciences operates as own college within the university.

The College of Arts and Sciences also maintains several areas of focus for cross-disciplinary study:

Athletics and traditions

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Center Parc Stadium

Sports

The 16 Georgia State varsity athletic teams compete in the NCAA's Division I, with their football program being in FBS. They are founding members of the Sun Belt Conference. Georgia State's beach volleyball team, competes in Conference USA. The university has won conference championships in basketball (men's and women's), baseball, golf (men's and women's), softball, soccer (men's and women's), women's tennis, and beach volleyball. The beach volleyball team has been ranked among the top ten programs in the country every year since its inception in 2013.

Georgia State began competition in all sports in the Sun Belt Conference in 2013, although it had already played all individual sports in the Sun Belt during the 2012–13 season. [174] This marked a return to the conference that Georgia State had helped found in 1976. [175] Before returning to the Sun Belt Conference, GSU played in the CAA from 2005 to 2013, participating for only one season (2012) as a football school. [176] Before joining the CAA, the Panthers competed in the (then Trans America Athletic Conference, or TAAC) Atlantic Sun Conference, joining in 1983 and leaving for the CAA in 2005.

Georgia State Convocation Center, a multi-purpose venue opened in 2022 and home of GSU basketball Georgia State Convocation Center.jpg
Georgia State Convocation Center, a multi-purpose venue opened in 2022 and home of GSU basketball

Georgia State University charges a fee to each student who enrolls at the school. This fee is used for athletic scholarships and other costs associated with competitive athletics. The athletic fee allows students to use their Panther Card (student identification card) for free access to athletic events. [177]

The Panthers' most historic rivalry is with the Georgia Southern Eagles with basketball being played between the two since 1972. However, rivalries have grown since, including with South Alabama with the two programs starting football within a year of one another and playing each other and having played one another every season since Georgia States football's inception except one.

Georgia State University's first-ever national championship win was in esports in 2019. The university's SMITE: Battleground of the Gods team played against Arizona State University at Dreamhack Atlanta and won with a final score of 2 - 0. [178] The team has since won two additional championships, and participated in a third, becoming the winningest sport in the school's history.

The university also boasts several nonvarsity sports, including badminton, rowing, rugby, and wrestling [179]

1996 Summer Olympic Games

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The Olympic flag waves at the 1996 games

Georgia State University was used during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, with the GSU Sports Arena hosting the badminton matches. Georgia State's prominent position in downtown Atlanta allowed the city to build some of its venues with adaptive reuse in mind to be used by the university. [180] The first on-campus dormitories at the university, the Village, was constructed as part of the Olympic Village to house athletes. [181] This began the metamorphosis of GSU from a commuter college to a massive urban research institute, as well as one of the largest universities in the United States. [182] Centennial Olympic Stadium, host of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics, was after the games converted to Turner Field, home of MLB's Atlanta Braves. After the Braves moved to SunTrust Park in suburban Cobb County, Turner Field and the surrounding grounds were purchased by Georgia State in January 2017. [183] The university converted the stadium to a football field for the school's football team, now called Center Parc Stadium (named Georgia State Stadium until 2020), and is building a new campus baseball stadium on the site of the former Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, and new classrooms and housing on the lot. [184]

Marching band

In 2010, Georgia State University established its first-ever marching band. The marching band began its inaugural season in the fall of 2010. 150 students successfully auditioned for the band. In its first year, the band performed at all home football games, a high school marching band exhibition, and (most notably) during the Georgia State vs. Alabama football game on November 18, 2010, in Tuscaloosa. The band is a drum corps-style unit that focuses on precision musicality and movement. Like most ensembles, the band features a colorguard section, but in a departure from typical marching bands, the traditional auxiliary front sideline percussion section, or pit, has been replaced by a four-piece rock band consisting of a lead guitar, bass guitar, drum set, and keyboard synthesizer.

The Georgia State marching band has received many honors, includecludes performing in 2013 for the Second inauguration of Barack Obama, the 2014 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the 2019 Super Bowl LIII halftime show, and the 2022 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.

Coat of arms

The school's coat of arms is registered in the College of Arms in the City of London. [185] 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. [186]

Alumni and faculty

Since its opening, Georgia State has graduated more than 227,000 alumni. [187] Currently, an estimated 100,000 alumni live in the metro Atlanta area.[ citation needed ]

See also

Further reading

Notes

  1. Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
  2. The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
  3. The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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