糖心Vlog

糖心Vlog has selected Georgia Sen. Tommie Williams and Major General Jim Butterworth, Adjutant General, Georgia National Guard as speakers for its commencement ceremonies on May 11 and May 12. Sen. Williams will address the Graduate Commencement which will be held on Friday, May 11 at 1 p.m. in Georgia Southern鈥檚 Hanner Fieldhouse. Major General Butterworth will address the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 12 beginning at 9 a.m. at Paulson Stadium. 鈥溙切腣log is privileged to have these two influential leaders in our state address our graduates,鈥� said University President Brooks Keel, Ph.D. 鈥淭heir message of leadership and service to others will inspire and challenge our graduates as they leave Georgia Southern and begin the next phase of their lives.鈥� Williams is Georgia鈥檚 Senate Pro Tempore who represents Appling, Jeff Davis, Long, Montgomery, Toombs, Wayne and Wheeler counties, as well as portions of Liberty and Tattnall counties. Williams earned his master鈥檚 of education at Georgia Southern. In addition to being a public school teacher, Williams has also worked as a farmer and is currently a tree farmer in Toombs County. He has served as a missionary in China, Belize and Israel with the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. In 2007, Williams was named to聽Georgia Trend鈥檚聽100 Most Influential Georgians list. As Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard, Butterworth oversees more than 14,000 personnel in the Georgia Department of Defense, which includes the state鈥檚 Army National Guard, Air National Guard and State Defense Force. In addition to military service that includes time in聽Georgia鈥檚 own 116th Bomb Wing as a B-1B aircraft commander and flight lead,聽Butterworth has also worked as a Delta pilot.聽Butterworth recently completed service as a member of the Georgia State Senate, where he served as chairman of the Higher Education Committee and vice chairman of the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee. For more information about Georgia Southern鈥檚 spring commencement ceremonies, please visit聽.