Tonia Dee Thornton of Cusseta, Ga., Graduates from Brenau University

2011 Jun 15

Tonia Dee Thornton from Cusseta, Ga., graduated from Brenau University with a Master of Business Administration degree after majoring in business administration.

Thornton was one of 750 Brenau undergraduate and graduate degree recipients in ceremonies May 6 and May 7 ceremonies at the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville, Ga. All told, Brenau awarded 771 degrees – 341 graduate diplomas and 430 undergraduate diplomas – some in dual degree programs like occupational therapy and interior design.

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ABOUT BRENAU – Founded in 1878, Brenau University currently enrolls about 2,800 students in graduate, undergraduate programs on campuses and online. The main campus of the Georgia-based liberal arts institution, which includes the Brenau Women's College, is in Gainesville with other campuses in Augusta, Kings Bay and in two metro Atlanta locations, Norcross and Fairburn. The university offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs, including a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. Brenau's 2011 ranking as one of the top 15-best higher education values in the Southeast by U.S. News & World Report marks the university's sixth consecutive year in that position for the magazine's America's Best Colleges guidebook. Brenau University also has been cited as one of the best colleges and universities to work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education and one of the best universities in the Southeast by The Princeton Review.