Georgia southern university mascot. Trilby 1894 georgias first canine mascot trilby was a solid white female bull terrier owned by student charles black sr. Ultimately our emblem found itself on the endangered species list. The statesboro campus the armstrong campus in savannah and the liberty campus in hinesville.
175 west memorial drive hinesville ga 31313 912 877 1906. Georgia southern university gs is a public research university in the us. The georgia southern eagles are the athletic teams of georgia southern universitythe eagles compete in the division i football bowl subdivision fbs formerly i a and are members of the ncaa division i sun belt conferenceprior to joining the sun belt conference in 2014 the eagles were members of the trans america athletic conference presently known as the atlantic sun conference and the.
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After trilbys 1894 reign there is no official mascot acknowledged by the university for 50 years. Gus has visited the georgia capitol posing with business and political leaders and other dignitaries as an ambassador for the university. Gus has even been an espn favorite mascot nominee.
Eagles in georgia like the peregrine falcon brown pelican and other species our national symbol suffered a great fall due to pesticides ddt employed by man during the 1950 60s. In 2018 armstrong state university and georgia southern university consolidated creating a an institution that retained the georgia southern university name comprised of nine colleges on three campuses. 1332 southern drive statesboro ga 30458 912 478 4636.
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