{"id":184410,"date":"2024-04-18T15:40:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T19:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=184410"},"modified":"2024-04-18T15:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T19:40:26","slug":"what-does-the-wolf-outside-the-chick-fil-a-in-carrollton-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=184410","title":{"rendered":"What Does The Wolf Outside The Chick-fil-A in Carrollton Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83c\udfa8 <strong>The Gist:<\/strong> A wolf and a cow walk into a fast-food restaurant&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been to the Chick-fil-A in Carrollton recently, you might have noticed a statue of a wolf outside the building. A University of West Georgia student-led project resulted in the unique wolf statue at the local Chick-fil-A, embodying the spirit of partnership between the university and the business community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who aren&#8217;t familiar, the mascot for the University of West Georgia is the wolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcda <strong>The Details:<\/strong> Reese Scott, a marketing major at UWG, along with her classmates, took part in a creative endeavor as part of their Art as Business class led by Brandy Barker. Their assignment culminated in the creation of a cow-print wolf statue, merging the identities of UWG, whose mascot is the wolf, and Chick-fil-A, famous for its cow-themed marketing. This project facilitated direct interactions with community business leaders and was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that included figures such as UWG President Dr. Brendan Kelly and Chick-fil-A owner\/operator David Daniels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf10 <strong>The Big Picture:<\/strong> Partnerships between universities and local businesses are crucial for giving students practical experience and enhancing community relations. These collaborations allow students to apply theoretical knowledge in real-world scenarios, thus bridging the gap between academia and the commercial sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfa8 The Gist: A wolf and a cow walk into a fast-food restaurant&#8230; If you&#8217;ve been to the Chick-fil-A in Carrollton recently, you might have noticed a statue of a wolf outside the building. A University of West Georgia student-led project resulted in the unique wolf statue at the local Chick-fil-A, embodying the spirit of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":184437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5790],"tags":[11924,12002],"class_list":["post-184410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-chick-fil-a","tag-university-of-west-georgia","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}