FROM TOP LEFT: Georgia Women of Achievement hall of fame induction ceremony was held at Wesleyan College on March
8. Honorees: Phyllis Jenkins Barrow, Alice Coachman, Luck Flanders Gambrell, and Dorothy Rogers Tilly. | Career Women's
Network honored Starr H. Purdue as the 2023 Woman of Achievement at the Methodist Home. | Board Works graduation
was at Triangle Arts Macon on April 1. This was an effort brought to fruition through the consistent effort of the Middle
Georgia Regional Libraries with a generous sponsorship from the Knight Foundation. | On Tuesday, March 7, Macon-Bibb
County Commission approved a resolution to recognize March 2023 as Women's History Month in Macon-Bibb County.
| Thanks to the continued generosity of faculty and staff, Mercer University surpassed its United Way goal for the sixth
year in a row. University President Bill Underwood and Mercer's United Way Campaign Committee presented a check for
$132,463 to United Way of Central Georgia on Feb. 8 during the Mercer men's basketball game in Hawkins Arena. | Historic
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