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Students return to Brenau University for the 2018-19 school year

By AccessWDUN Staff

Brenau University’s Gainesville campus was a little livelier on Wednesday as new and returning day students moved into dormitories and sorority houses for the start of the 2018-19 school year. 

Students from as far away as Puerto Rico and as close as their hometown of Gainesville will call the campus home this year. 

Move-in day included orientation programming for both students and parents. After a lunch break, parents attended an information session in Pearce Auditorium, and new students took part in an opening ceremony ritual with welcome remarks from Brenau President Ed Schrader, who is in his final year at the helm of the unversity. 

“Do seriously consider the opportunities you have ahead of you the next four years,” Schrader said to the freshman class. “Take some of this time to do some of the things that you may not ever have the chance to do again. Life has this crazy way of catching you, pulling you into a current and pushing you along, until suddenly you say, ‘I wish I had done that.’ Your life will never be the same because you came to Brenau, and we hope and believe that will be a positive thing for you.”

Monday, Aug. 27, marks the first day of class for Brenau, which, as a private institution, starts a week later than nearby state schools.

As of Wednesday, total current enrollment for the fall semester across all Brenau campuses was 2,667, 800 of whom are Gainesville day students. Enrollment numbers are expected to increase as new- and continuing-student registration goes until the end of drop/add week on Aug. 31.

 

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