Pam Austin (left) and Michonda Austin pose with Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr. before graduating at the Troy Campus.
Among a sea of graduates Friday at Troy University’s summer commencement were two Atlanta women for whom the experience was doubly special.
Pam Austin and her daughter, Michonda, both walked across the stage at Trojan Arena to accept criminal justice diplomas Friday — Pam’s a bachelor’s and Michonda’s a master’s.
The two women said they’ve…
Irene Whitehurst Johnson knows a little something about perseverance.
For more than 50 years, she took college courses off and on while working in civil services and raising her children, all in an attempt to attain a college degree.
On Sunday, May 15, her perseverance paid off when the 75-year-old Enterprise resident walked across a…