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School News, Oct. 29
LakeviewAcademy SemiFinalist Commended Students
From left, John Cox, Grant Hocker, Marissa Baer, Joris trip, Vidya Mani-Medepalli and Austin Montgomery of Lakeview Academy were recognized by the National Merit Scholar Program for exceptional academic promise.
Brenau University sophomore Suzette Meza won the Georgia Woman of the Year scholarship from the Georgia Commission on Women. Meza, a conflict resolution and legal studies major, was one of five undergraduates from colleges and universities around the state to receive the $1,000 unrestricted grants at a ceremony that honored Georgia Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein as Georgia Woman of the Year — the 16th Georgian accorded the honor since the program began in 1996. Others include former first lady Rosalynn Carter, former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and SPANX founder Sara Blakely.