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\nGeorgia Southern University\u2019s Herty Advanced Materials Development Center (AMDC) welcomed Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to the Savannah, Ga., facility for a 75th anniversary celebration. Herty was established by the state of Georgia to provide research and development support to the pulp and paper industry, and it has since become a world leader in materials research and product development.<\/p>\n
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\nGeorgia Southern University hosted its 85th annual spring commencement during two ceremonies, awarding a record number of degrees to more than 3,000 students.<\/p>\n

Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku served as the graduate commencement speaker in Hanner Fieldhouse. The following day, Luis Aguilar (\u201976), a commissioner on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, addressed a crowd of more than 20,000 people in Allen E. Paulson Stadium for the undergraduate ceremony.<\/p>\n

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\nEagle fans arrived for an exciting weekend of Georgia Southern Athletics, capped off by the Blue-White football game, an annual inter-squad exhibition. This year\u2019s game, however, was a mixture of football and film: a film crew arrived to shoot crowd shots for \u201cErk,\u201d a biopic about the life of legendary football coach Erk Russell. Georgia Southern alumni Beau Turpin and James Kicklighter are producing and directing the film.<\/p>\n
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\nSweetheart Circle was the setting for a celebration of the visual and performing arts during ArtsFest, a springtime festival sponsored by the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. Visitors of all ages had a chance to create their own art, buy one-of-a-kind treasures and enjoy cultural performances during this annual tradition on campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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