It's been almost a year since Dr. Brooks Keel assumed his role as Georgia Southern University's 12th president on Jan. 1, 2010. He's had the tough task of slashing a budget three months into the job, but also the joy of Georgia's Board of Regents approving a full engineering program for the university. All in all, he said, "it's been a year, frankly, of no surprises." "...In all sincerity, one of the biggest surprises I've had since coming here is that there really haven't been that many surprises," Keel said.