Georgia State University received a nearly $5 million grant to provide college scholarships to Latino students and provide them with internships, mentors and other support to help them become community leaders. The gift is the third the college has received from the Goizueta Foundation to recruit, retain and graduate students. Latino students are the fastest-growing population among college students and Georgia State historically enrolls the most Latinos among the 35 campuses in the University System of Georgia.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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