An Agnes Scott College alumna who was one of the first women to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court left the the college $2.1 million to support the Agnes Advantage Award program, which provides students with $3,000 awards to help them afford internships, study abroad programs and research projects. The donation was a gift from the estate of Patricia Butler, who died in 2009 at age 101.

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Students line up after school for school buses at Sequoyah Middle School in Doraville on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. The school’s principal told teachers not to talk to students about ICE, and teachers and activists are pushing back. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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