Walking Under The Arch

Four years. Four years of school work, of late nights, of drama, of countless cups of coffee, of new friends, of philanthropy, of learning (both personal and academic), of life. All of this and so much more was running though my mind as I walked downtown after giving my final presentation of my college career this afternoon. As I approached The Arch, just like I had so many times before, part of me didn't want to walk under it. Walking through the pillars meant that college was really over... It's a little scary and daunting. It has been drilled into my mind to walk around The Arch for years, even before I began college. So, the fact that I was about to walk through it made me a little scared. Fists clenched and eyes closed, I finally walked under The Arch.

After that I was running figure eights through it! My group, whom I had just presented with in my final campaigns class, went and got a celebratory drink, but when I walked back by on the way to my car I was overcome with pride. It seems so trivial, walking under an arch, but for a UGA student and for me, it signifies so much of that dedication and determination over the four years when exhaustion never seemed to leave you. I still can't believe that I'm done, but what a ride it has been! All the work and late nights were worth it, just to walk under The Arch and graduate from The University of Georgia. I will forever bleed red & black! Go Dawgs!

Athens Bulldog Statues

As part of my UGA bucket list, I wanted to find all of the bulldog statues. All of the news articles and blogs that I have read said that there are 36 bulldogs, however I have counted/heard of 49. Below is the list of bulldogs that I know/heard of listed by location... Can you find them all?

Downtown Athens
1. BB&T (475 E. Broad St.)

2. Chastain Building (272 W. Hancock Ave.)

3. Biotest Pharmaceuticals (233 W. Hancock Ave.)

4. Thomas N. Lay Community Center & Park (297 Hoyt St.)

5. UGA Alumni Association Wray-Nicholson House (298 S. Hull St.)

6.* Classic Center (300 N. Thomas St.)
          NOTE: Normally this bulldog is inside at the top of the escalators, however they do put it in storage during large events.

7. Old Jittery Joe's Warehouse (across from 805 E. Broad St.)

Milledge Avenue Area
8. Five Points Eye Care (698 S. Milledge Ave.)

9. Silver & Archibald Milledge Offices (997 S. Milledge Ave.)

10. Georgia United Credit Union (1710 S. Lumpkin St.)

11. Jittery Joe's at Five Points (1230 S. Milledge Ave.)

12. UGA Foley Baseball Field (1 Rutherford St.)
          NOTE: Only accessible during baseball games. 

13. Memorial Park Playground (293 Glen Ellen Dr.)

14. UGA Golf Course (2600 Riverbend Rd.)
          NOTE: This dog is only brought out for special occasions. I had a friend who worked at the course.

Baxter Street
15. Baxter Street Bookstore (360 Baxter St.)

16. Bulldog Sporting Goods (1068 Baxter St.)

17. St. Mary's Hospital - just before you go into the Visitor's Parking Deck (1230 Baxter St.)

18. Athens-Clarke County Library (2025 Baxter St.)

East Side
19. Chick-fil-A (1870 Barnett Shoals Rd.)

20. Athens First Bank & Trust Co. (1855 Barnett Shoals Rd.)

21. Fire Station #7 (2390 Barnett Shoals Rd.)

Prince Avenue Area
22. Georgia Power (1001 Prince Ave.)

23. UGA Health Sciences Campus - in front of Winnie Davis Hall (HSC: 1425 Prince Ave, bulldog: intersection of Fox Rd. & Buck Rd.)

24. Power Partners, Inc. - just past Terrapin on the right (200 Newton Bridge Rd.)

25. AT&T Offices (2319 Prince Ave.)

26. Athens YMCA (915 Hawthorne Ave.)

27. Athens Family Dental (3380 Old Jefferson Rd.)

Broad St. to Atlanta Hwy
28. Steak n' Shake (2033 W. Broad St.)

          NOTE: There is a bulldog outside of I DO I DO Bridal Center (2045 W. Broad St.), however it is a wannabe bulldog statue. It's smaller and a different mold as the rest of these statues.

29. Robins Federal Credit Union (2636 Atlanta Hwy.)

30. American Pest Control, Inc. (3145 Atlanta Hwy.)

31. Dalton Carpet One Floor & Home (3690 Atlanta Hwy.)

32. Athens Church (10 Huntington Rd.)

33. Bulldog Kia (4305 Atlanta Hwy.)

34. Community & Southern Bank (3990 Atlanta Hwy, Bogart, GA 30622)

Inside UGA Buildings
35. Terrell Hall - 2nd floor, North Campus entrance (210 S. Jackson St.)

36. Terrell Hall - 1st floor,S. Jackson St. entrance (210 S. Jackson St.)

37. Aderhold Hall - Carlton St. entrance, bottom floor (110 Carlton St.)

38. Coliseum Training Facility - Carlton St. entrance, upstairs by a window (100 Smith St.)

39. College of Veterinary Medicine (1070 D. W. Brooks Dr.)

40. College of Pharmacy - inside the secretary's office (250 W. Green St.)

41. Graduate School Office (279 Williams St.)

42. UGA Visitor's Center (405 College Station Rd.)


Outside of Athens
43. Watkinsville Storage (67 Greensboro Hwy, Watkinsville, GA 30677)

44. Athens-Ben Epps Airport (1010 Ben Epps Dr.)

45. Southeast Clarke Park (535 Whit Davis Rd.)

46. Georgia Welcome Center (938 County Road 84, Lavonia, GA 30553)

47. Gnat's Landing (310 Redfern Village, St. Simons Island, GA 31522)

48. Blackwater Grill Parking Lot (260 Redfern Village, St. Simons Island, GA 31522)

49 Humane Society Penny Dawg (1619 Frederica Rd., St. Simons Island, GA 31522)


*Not sure if there is still a bulldog at this location