ATLANTA - Beginning this summer, Mercer University's James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology will offer a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry. The degree is designed for mid-career professionals seeking to deepen their ministry without pursuing a full-time Master of Divinity.
ATLANTA - Noted author and professor The Rev. Dr. Robert Smith Jr. will deliver the 2010 William L. Self Preaching Lectures, April 5-6, for Mercer University's James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta. Dr. Smith will speak on the theme "Doctrine that Dances." All events will be held in the Atlanta Administration and Conference Center on Mercer's Atlanta Campus, 2930 Flowers Road.
ATLANTA - Melissa Denno and Destin Sampson, both third-year Doctor of Pharmacy students in Mercer University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, have been selected for prestigious summer internships sponsored by the Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy (FMCP) in collaboration with the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP). Denno and Sampson were among 12 students interviewed from a national applicant pool for the highly competitive internships and ended up taking both slots - the first time the internships have gone to students from the same institution.
MACON - Mercer University's Phronesis Project will host a conference, titled "Character Across the Disciplines," April 9-10. The conference commences Friday, April 9, with a panel discussion, titled "Character in Disciplinary Perspective," by three of the nation's leading experts on character development. The panel begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Medical School Auditorium and is free and open to the public.
MACON/ATLANTA - Reviews by Master of Business Administration students at Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics place the program among the top 15 in the nation in two categories of The Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools." The MBA students cited Mercer's preparation as superior in the categories of marketing and accounting, putting the University in the same company as Duke, Harvard, Indiana, Michigan and Northwestern. The list appears in the April 2010 issue of Entrepreneur magazine.
MACON - For the first time Mercer University will host an American Cancer Society Relay for Life event. The event, MACRelay, is organized for teams from the area's colleges and will be held April 9-10 at Porter Patch on Mercer's Macon campus. Opening ceremonies begin at 7 p.m., April 9, and the survivor reception and survivor/caregiver celebration lap will begin at 7:30 p.m. The event concludes at 7 a.m. on April 10.
MACON - "Defending the Caveman," the longest running solo play in Broadway history, is set to perform at The Grand Opera House on March 25-26 at 7:30 p.m. and on March 27 at 3p.m. Tickets are $39.50 and can be purchased through Mercer Ticket Sales at (478) 301-5470 or online at www.TheGrandMacon.com.
CNBC senior analyst and financial industry expert Ron Insana will address Mercer University's Executive Forum on March 23. Insana will give a lunch presentation at the Capital City Club, 7 Harris St., Atlanta, at noon and a dinner presentation at 6:30 p.m. in Macon at the University Center. Insana's presentation is titled "Now What? Managing Money through the Economic Storm."
MACON - Mercer University senior forward Daniel Emerson has been named the Georgia college men's basketball "Player of the Year" for the 2009-10 season by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, it has been announced.
WHO: Sixty senior medical students at Mercer University School of Medicine
