Georgia State University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Coat of arms=== The school's coat of arms is registered in the [[College of Arms]] in the [[City of London]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Registrar Gives Winthrop Coat of Arms|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1979&dat=19801216&id=e2IlAAAAIBAJ&pg=2955,8683264|publisher=The Sumpter Daily Item|date=December 1980}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Symbols, Seals, and Logos|url=http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/pages/pages.asp?ldID=105&guideID=549&ID=3673|publisher=Georgia State University|access-date=April 14, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405030331/http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/pages/pages.asp?ldID=105&guideID=549&ID=3673|archive-date=April 5, 2012}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page