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unusual facts about Georgia State University


World Affairs Council

World Affairs Council of Atlanta, a non-profit, non-partisan international affairs organization based in Atlanta, Georgia with ties to Georgia State University


Doris Derby

Doris Derby joined the University System of Georgia at Georgia State University GSU as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Founding Director of the Office of African American Student Services and Programs (OAASS&P).

Georgia Rail Passenger Program

The Athens route will connect nine of Georgia's colleges and universities, including Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Emory University, Georgia Gwinnett College, and the University of Georgia.

Henry W. Grady High School

The Advanced and Chamber Choruses form Grady's performance chorus, and have performed at Spivey Hall (Clayton State University), Falany Hall (Reinhardt College) and the Recital Hall of Georgia State University.

John P. Yates

After attending school in Spalding, Georgia, he attended Georgia State University where he graduated with a BPA.

Mandy Van Deven

Van Deven was able to attend Georgia State University with the financial assistance of the HOPE Scholarship while also working full-time at an indie record store in Little Five Points and the university’s Women’s Studies Institute.

Marietta Street

Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, formerly the Fourth National Bank (built 1905, 2—4 Marietta St.)

Orinda Dale Evans

On May 11, 2012, Evans decided the Cambridge University Press v. Becker case, ultimately determining that Georgia State University was the prevailing party and awarding attorneys' fees to GSU from the plaintiffs (Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and SAGE Publications).

Taj McWilliams-Franklin

After attending T. W. Josey High School in Augusta, Georgia, she attended Georgia State University in 1989 and played on the school's basketball team for one season.


see also

Decision Sciences Institute

DSI’s home office is located in Atlanta, Georgia, where it receives support from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University.

Susan Kelley

Susan J. Kelley, Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Georgia State University

Textile Workers Union of America

Georgia State University Special Collections Department, Georgia State University Library Atlanta, GA 30303-3202.

Townsend Prize for Fiction

The Townsend Prize for Fiction is awarded biennially (that is, every two years) to a writer from the U.S. state of Georgia for the best novel published during those years, by the Georgia Center for the Book and The Chattahoochee Review at Georgia Perimeter College, which assumed sponsorship of the award in 1997 from Georgia State University.