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Chasing a degree
Emma Gaskins, George Brannen return to GSU to earn degrees, a task each first started in the 1970s
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George Brannen, 64, center, chuckles at some ribbing by classmates during a critique session for his creative non-fiction class at Georgia Southern.
Both Emma Gaskins and George Brannen began their college careers in the 1970s, and both left school without earning a degree, only to return years later, determined to complete their journey for a diploma. Though Gaskins and Brannen have taken very different routes in life, each has landed back in the same place, enrolled in classes at Georgia Southern University after age 50. Emma Gaskins For Gaskins, 52, the journey to obtaining a degree from Georgia Southern has been something of a bumpy road to travel.
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