North Georgia Nighthawks North Georgia Nighthawks The North Georgia Nighthawks are the athletic teams that represent the University of North Georgia (formed after the merger of North Georgia College & State University and Gainesville State College in 2013), located in Dahlonega, Georgia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Nighthawks compete as members of the Peach Belt Conference in 12 of their 13 varsity sports; with rifle competing in the Division I Southern Conference. All 13 intercollegiate programs are hosted on the university's Dahlonega campus. The merged school inherited the athletic legacy of NGCSU, which competed under the nickname "Saints" with a mascot
Peach State Summer Theatre Theatre reps travelled to Jekyll Island to present three musicals during a 9-week period. By 2005, budget restraints within the state’s university system resulted in moving the program from Jekyll to Valdosta and the creation of Peach State Summer Theatre, or PSST. Peach State has maintained the repertory tradition of the Jekyll Island Musical Theatre Festival by presenting three musicals each summer in VSU’s Sawyer Theatre in the Fine Arts Building. Casting notices take two to three years to reach potential employees. In the summer of 2010 Peach State Summer Theatre celebrated 20 years of professional musical theatre in South