Brenau University conferred degrees to the following local students at its spring commencement.

Baketria Raquelle Elam received a bachelor of business administration degree; Lacey Lynn Goldman received a bachelor of business administration degree; Brooks Leigh Biles received a bachelor of science degree; Linda Alspaugh Kimberly received a master of business administration degree; and Alexander D. Cooper received a master of business administration degree, all of Lincolnton

Tracy Lynn Beggs from Tignall received a bachelor of science.

Founded in 1878, Brenau University currently enrolls about 2,600 students in graduate, undergraduate, and preparatory programs in the Academy; Women's College; Evening and Weekend College; and Online College.

The main campus of the Georgiabased liberal arts institution is in Gainesville with satellite campuses located in suburban Atlanta, Augusta, and Kings Bay. Brenau's 2008 ranking as the 10th-best higher education value in the Southeast by U.S. News & World Report marks the university's third consecutive year in that position for the magazine's America's Best Colleges guidebook.