Page 11 - MGA President's Annual Report - 2021

PEYTON T. ANDERSON

ENROLLMENT CENTER
Atlanta Gas Light Endows Construction on the $3 million Peyton T. Anderson Enrollment

Scholarship for Students Center was completed in summer 2021. Funding for the
privately funded facility came from The Peyton Anderson
in STEM Majors Foundation, which provided the largest grant at $1.5 million,
as well as other donors, including the Community Foundation
of Central Georgia. The 8,000-square-foot center provides
a central location for prospective students to apply for
admission, secure financial aid, register for classes, and, as
Atlanta Gas Light established an endowed scholarship they approach graduation, transition into careers. In addition, it
through the MGA Foundation to help students pursuing is the centerpiece of the University’s significantly transformed
front entrance to the Macon Campus. Along with a Macon-
STEM-related degrees pay for their education. Bibb-financed major roadwork and roundabout project, as well
as new signage that is highly visible to motorists on I-475 and
Company leaders presented a $30,000 check to Eisenhower Parkway, the new entrance serves as a west-end
anchor to the area’s central business corridor.
University representatives in early 2021. The investment
by Atlanta Gas Light included two funding components:
$20,000 to establish the endowment and $10,000 to
help students in STEM majors beginning fall 2021.

STEM-related degrees are those that focus on various
aspects of science, including health sciences,
and technology, engineering, and math.

L-R are Dr. Dawn Sherry, chair of the Department of Natural Sciences; Dr. Christopher Blake, MGA
president; Dean Marianos, vice president of operations at Atlanta Gas Light; and Pedro Cherry, Atlanta
Gas Light president and CEO.

Student Highlight

Eleven MGA graduates were selected as “Teacher of the Year” for 2021-2022 at their respective schools. These graduates of
MGA’s teacher education program were honored by their students and colleagues at schools in Houston, Bibb, and Bleckley
counties.