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.
== Alumni and faculty ==
Since its opening, Georgia State has graduated more than 227,000 alumni. Currently, an estimated 100,000 alumni live in the metro Atlanta area.
== See also ==
Cambridge University Press v. Patton, a copyright infringement case in which GSU was a defendant
NOC at Georgia State University
List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Atlanta
== Notes ==
== References ==
== Further reading ==
Reed, Merl E. Educating the Urban New South: Atlanta and the Rise of Georgia State University, 1913–1969 (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2009. xiv, 321 pp.) ISBN 978-0-88146-148-0
== External links ==
Official website
Georgia State Athletics website
