GAINESVILLE - Brenau University awarded the first doctoral degrees in the university's 135-year history on Saturday.
Those doctorates, presented at the second of two commencement exercises on the front lawn of the historic campus, were among more than 735 undergraduate and graduate diplomas Brenau awarded for 2014.
On Friday, Brenau Women's College conferred 190 undergraduate degrees to members of the Brenau Women's College Class of 2014. Saturday, the university celebrated graduation for degree recipients from its coeducational graduate and undergraduate programs