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Regents OK East Georgia-GSU merger
Regents OK East Georgia-GSU merger
East Georgia State College President David Schecter, left, and Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero chat near the entrance to EGSC’s Statesboro program space inside the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center on the Georgia Southern campus. The Board of Regents had just voted, in the nearby conference room, to launch the consolidation of the two institutions. Al Hackle/Statesboro Herald
Meeting in the same building on the Georgia Southern University campus that houses East Georgia State College’s Statesboro program, the state Board of Regents on Tuesday unanimously approved University System Chancellor Sonny Perdue’s recommendation to make the Swainsboro-based college a part of the university.
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