More than 20,000 people packed into Georgia Southern University’s Paulson Stadium May 8 to honor a record number of graduates at Spring Commencement. Approximately 2,400 graduates participated in the ceremony.

Local students receiving diplomas were: Mary Brown, Garfield, Bachelor of Science; Virginia Fordham, Millen, Master of Education; Pamela Herrington, Millen, Bachelor of Business Administration; LaCosta Hicks, Garfield, Bachelor of Arts; Megan Lever, Millen, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Jessica Murray, Perkins, Bachelor of Business Administration; Jamese Oliver, Millen, Bachelor of Science in Education.

Richard Robinson, Millen, Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology; Nathan Saxon, Perkins, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Ebony Sherrod, Millen, a Master of Education; Stacey Warren, Millen, Bachelor of Science.