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Georgia State traces its origins to day and nighttime commerce classes on the all-male Georgia Tech campus.  The night classes attracted older students seeking continuing education opportunities…

Continue reading Making HERstory: Admission of Women to the Evening School of Commerce

Georgia State University traces its origins to day and evening commerce classes that began on the Georgia Tech campus in 1913.  In 1914 some of…

Continue reading Too Many Walton Buildings: Early GSU History Revisited

[caption id="attachment_53821" align="alignleft" width="300"] August 1927 catalog[/caption] We know that Georgia State University was “founded” in 1913. Or was it? University Archives includes many early…

Continue reading 1913 or 1914: When was Georgia State “Founded”?

Determining when Homecoming began as a named “tradition” at Georgia State is not an easy task. Sources disagree, are unclear, and sometimes are mistaken. The…

Continue reading Chasing Clues: Identifying the First Homecoming

[caption id="attachment_34696" align="alignleft" width="175" caption="Robert Rosser Johnson"][/caption] In the pantheon of distinguished GSU luminaries, the names of George Sparks (first president and recipient of the…

Continue reading Extinguished Luminaries of GSU: Robert R. Johnson