Panther located at Unity Plaza

This is a life-size bronze panther that stands in Unity Plaza that is right in from of Student Center East back entrance at Georgia State University. The statue was given to the university by the Alumni Association in 2004 to celebrate their 75th anniversary as an organization. You can see from the image that the panther’s nose is relatively lighter than the rest of it’s body that is because this panther has became a part of many Georgia State traditions that include rubbing it’s nose. Such as, during Freshman Incept, which is like orientation, the freshman are recommended to touch the panther’s nose for a successful academic year. The luck of the university continues on if you rub the panther’s nose before sporting events and exams. Then when it’s time for graduation many graduates post pictures with the panther while either standing beside it or touching it’s nose as an reminder of where they first became a part of the panther family .

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