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Mayor commutes from Statesboro to GSU – in Hinesville

McCollar’s role at Liberty Campus predates consolidation

At Georgia Southern University's Liberty Campus in Hinesville, biology student Miranda Wells, 18, shows Assistant Campus Director Jonathan McCollar a bee she caught during a class insect-collecting expedition. McCollar, Statesboro's mayor, spontaneously joined in the hunt Thursday when a professor tossed him a net. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

McCollar%40Liberty 9420 (3b)).jpg — At Georgia Southern University's Liberty Campus in Hinesville, biology student Miranda Wells, 18, shows Assistant Campus Director Jonathan McCollar a bee she caught during a class insect-collecting expedition. McCollar, Statesboro's mayor, spontaneously joined in the hunt Thursday when a professor tossed him a net. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

Five days a week, Statesboro Mayor Jonathan McCollar commutes an hour each way from the hometown of Georgia Southern University’s largest campus to his job as assistant director of the smallest of the three main campuses, the Liberty Campus in Hinesville.

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