Augusta University
Georgia
1828
Formerly “Georgia Regents University”, created through a consolidation of the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta State University
The colors of the Medical College of Georgia were red, light blue, and silver, and the colors of Augusta State College were blue and white. When, how, and why each college adopted their colors is not currently known.
Today, Augusta University has carried over the three colors of the Medical College of Georgia, with one modification: the light blue formerly used by MCG was changed to the medium shade of blue formerly used by Augusta State College.
The Medical College of Georgia created a very unusual academic hood lining pattern for itself in the 1960s. According to Academic Dress and Insignia of the World (1970) by Kevin Sheard, it was divided per pale (vertically) into light blue (left) and silver (right) halves, with a red saltire (“X”) superimposed over those two colors. A 1972 list by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume inaccurately said that a red chevron was superimposed over the light blue and silver. Today Augusta University continues to use the Medical College of Georgia’s former hood lining pattern, except the light blue has been replaced by the medium blue color formerly of Augusta State College, which was a “true blue”.