FROM TOP LEFT: Pictured fifth from left, Mercer University alumna and Macon resident Pearlie Toliver, who was among Mercer's first
Black female students, delivered the 2023 Founders' Day address on Feb. 1 on the Macon campus. Before attending Mercer from 1965
– 1968, Toliver was one of the first Black graduates of a racially integrated public school system in Macon. | Mercer University alumna
and 2023 Founders' Day speaker Pearlie Toliver is pictured with Sam Oni, the first Black student accepted to Mercer and who enrolled
at the University in 1963. | The OUT Georgia Business Alliance for our Business Builder Lunch (BBL) Macon, hosted by Dr. Annise Mabry
and Scott Mitchell kicked off in March at Piedmont Brewery & Kitchen. OUT meets on the second Tuesday of each month. The Business
Builder Lunch networking series brings small groups together across Atlanta and Georgia with a focus on building business connections
and driving referrals over lunch. | Ramona Sheridan, Annette Anderson, Theresa Ferrari, Lori Snow, Amy Roberson, and Sarah Harris were
just girls having fun with their favorite magazine in Lisboa, Portugal this March. | Rutland High School students were invited to present
at the National Leader in Me Symposium Conference in Washington, D.C. | On Saturday, March 4, Ms. Kristin Stephens, upper school
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