Where Did Georgia State University Come From?
Group portrait of the first class to graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce. Back row: Floyd Fenn, A.C. Keise (president), Lib Goodman. Second row: P.L. Clower,...
View ArticleThe Gift of Activism: Which Side Are You On?
Every October, archives and repositories across the country celebrate Archives Month in order to showcase their collections and raise awareness of their work. In Georgia, the theme for this year’s...
View ArticleU.S. Poet Laureate Scheduled for Georgia State University Centennial Series
Courtesy of Library of Congress The United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will be a featured speaker in the Georgia State Centennial Series January 16th, 2pm in the Rialto Center. See the...
View ArticleCentennial Presentation on 2nd Obama Administration
As part of Georgia State University’s Centennial events, the Honors College is sponsoring a presentation from Christopher Preble, PhD. Dr. Preble is the Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy...
View ArticleGood Chemistry: GSU’s First Location
Lyman Hall Chemistry Laboratory, Georgia School of Technology, ca. 1913. Photograph courtesy of the Georgia Tech Archives In 1913, the Georgia School of Technology’s School of Commerce held its first...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of GSU: The Road To Diversity
Mrs. and Miss Homecoming queens Gloria Shurbutt Beachham (left) and Marcia Briscoe celebrate their victories in 1970 To mark Georgia State University’s centennial, the university library will host a...
View ArticleLittle-Known and Unappreciated Facts about GSU History
School logo in the 1940s It is well known that Georgia State University traces its origins to the Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce. Nighttime classes appealed to workers in...
View ArticleBlank Slate: GSU’s First Downtown Location
Walton Building (Walton Street, NW at Cone Street), 1973 The Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce (now Georgia State University) was housed in the Walton Building from 1914 to...
View ArticleExtinguished Luminaries of GSU: Robert R. Johnson
Robert Rosser Johnson In the pantheon of distinguished GSU luminaries, the names of George Sparks (first president and recipient of the “Shining Light” award) and Wayne Kell (founder and first...
View ArticleBazaar Education: Night School in the Peachtree Arcade
Peachtree Arcade (Peachtree St. at Wall St.), 1957 In 1917, at the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War I, the Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce (now Georgia State...
View ArticleGeorgia State University Computes Over 100 Years with World Community Grid
By now everyone on campus knows that Georgia State University turned 100 in 2013. But did you know that over 100 years of research computing time was processed on GSU computers in just the last six...
View ArticleGeorgia State University’s Urban Pioneers
People and Places: Georgia State’s Urban Pioneers is a new exhibit celebrating Georgia State’s centennial by focusing on the people and places that define our campus. This exhibit is next to the...
View ArticlePhoto of Overlooked GSU Landmark Rediscovered
Murphy Building, 18 Auburn Ave, 1950s; Same view, 2013 Director George Sparks’ earliest memory of what is now Georgia State University was when it was located at Pryor St. (now Peachtree Center Ave.)...
View ArticleMoment in GSU History: “Building Jarred,” 1949
Collapsed building at 6 Ivy Street (Peachtree Center) with the Hurt Building across the street. (LBGPNS6-034a) In 1949, the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia—precursor to Georgia State...
View ArticlePanther Pride: Georgia State Sports & Recreation
Friday, September 6 • 10:00 a.m. Library South, Second Floor Panther Pride: Georgia State Sports & Recreation is an exhibit that highlights the growth of athletics at GSU, from the early Spur Club...
View ArticleLearning Technologies Expert to Speak at Georgia State
Dr. Stephen Harmon will speak on “Changing Minds: How Technology Is Transforming the Landscape of Learning.” Dr. Harmon is Professor and Chair of the Learning Technologies Division in the College of...
View ArticleAstronomer Hal McAlister to Speak on Georgia State University’s CHARA Array
Image courtesy of Davefoc on Wikimedia Commons. (CC BY-SA 3.0) Georgia State University Professor Emeritus of Astronomy Hal McAlister will be giving a talk, “Georgia State’s CHARA Array Zooms in on the...
View ArticleCentennial Speaker Series – Psychology Professor Rose Sevcik
Dr. Rose Sevcik, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, will present “Developing Symbols: From Communicating to Reading and Calculating,” as part of GSU’s Centennial Speaker Series. Dr....
View ArticleGeorgia State University’s Scholarly Enterprise
Students celebrate becoming a university by removing “COLLEGE” from the entrance to Sparks Hall, 1969. Scholarly Enterprise is a new exhibit celebrating Georgia State’s centennial. The exhibit theme...
View ArticleDr. Altman and Dr. Barzegar Awarded NEH Grant
Dr. Andrew Altman Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Altman and Dr. Abbas Barzegar who have been awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities for the purpose of developing and teaching a new...
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