Mercer’s Board of Trustees approved promotions, tenure and emeriti status for faculty from the University’s 12 schools and colleges, as well as the University Libraries, during its April 21 meeting.
This Week at Mercer University
Sept. 30 - Oct. 4
This is the weekly installment of story ideas and news items from Mercer University. For more information on these or other stories, please contact Lance Wallace at (800) 837-2911 or (478) 301-4037 or send an e-mail to wallace_le@mercer.edu.
What's Coming Up:
o Nursing Education Transformed from Apprenticeship to Academic Model
o Mercer to Host Pulitzer Prize Winner for National Endowment for the Humanities Lecture on Civil Rights
o Just How Fast is Light?
o What Women Preachers Need to Hear
o As Schools Shrink Arts Education Budgets, Mercer's GrandKids Program...
MACON -Grammy nominated violinist Robert McDuffie returned to his hometown of Macon to perform a special concert benefiting violin students at Mercer University at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 5, at the Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building.
(MACON) Mercer University will host its annual Holiday Open House at the Woodruff House Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 6-8 p.m. nightly. The Woodruff House, one of Macon's grand antebellum homes, is located at 988 Bond St., adjacent to the University's Walter F. George School of Law.
For the past decade, residents and visitors alike have made this holiday event a family tradition. Each year, the rooms throughout the Greek Revival mansion are adorned with new decorations and themes, making the annual tour an exciting event for all - even the most frequent guest. Visitors follow an illuminated path to the front door where they will be greeted by deans and alumni of Mercer University.
The Holiday Open House features a 12-foot Christmas tree trimmed with more than 500 hand-painted eggs, performances by students from Mercer University's Music Department, and holiday cookies and punch for all guests.
The holiday event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jennifer Joyner at...
Mercer Engineering Research Center (MERC) engineers Peter Bryant and Steven Boswell will be among the presenters during The Association of Old Crows (AOC) 39th annual Dixie Crow Symposium at the Robins Air Force Base Museum of Aviation, March 23-27.
ATLANTA – Dr. Charles Camosy, associate professor of theology at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, and a leading scholar in the field of bioethics, will visit Mercer University's Cecil B. Day Campus, Sept. 29-30, as a guest of the Center for Theology and Public Life, McAfee School of Theology and the Office of Student Affairs in Atlanta.
"I consider Dr. Camosy one of the most important young voices in Christian bioethics today. His work ranges across such issues as neonatal intensive care issues, abortion, Christian treatment of animals, the work of Peter Singer and more. He exemplifies a holistic commitment to the sacred worth of all human beings and the dignity of animal life, as well," said Dr. David Gushee, director of the Center for Theology and Public Life and Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, who invited Dr. Camosy to visit Mercer.
Dr. Camosy will speak at four venues on the Atlanta campus, beginning with a lunch presentation on the theme "Can We Do Bioethics Without Religion?" on Sept. 29 at noon in the Trustees Dining Room. This event is open to the public, and a free meal will be provided to the first 75 Mercer students in attendance.
He will dialogue with students in Dr. Gushee's Pastoral Bioethics course about his upcoming book on abortion, on Sept. 29 from 6-9 p.m.
Dr. Camosy will speak in McAfee School of Theology chapel on "Moral Consistency" on Sept. 30 from 10:45-11:45 a.m.
He will dialogue with students in Dr. Gushee's Christian Ethics course on the themes of love and justice on Sept. 30 from 6-9 p.m.
"Dr. Camosy will anchor the bioethics work at Fordham University for years to come. He is well-versed in bioethics, secular and Christian moral thought, and a range of specific issues. He is loyal to his Catholic faith tradition while broadly engaged in the global bioethics conversation," said Dr. Gushee. "His is an important voice to bring to Mercer University. I am grateful to the Office of Student Affairs and to McAfee School of Theology in partnering with the Center for Theology and Public Life for these events."
Dr. Camosy earned his Ph.D. in Christian ethics at the University of Notre Dame, where he also earned a master's degree in systematic theology and a bachelor's degree in philosophy as well as communication and theatre.
He has published three books – For Love of Animals: Christian Ethics, Consistent Action (Franciscan Media, 2013), Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Too Expensive to Treat? Finitude, Tragedy, and the Neonatal ICU (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2010).
Dr. Camosy was a founding member of the organizing committee for Open Hearts, Open Minds and Fair Minded Words, an international conference designed to think and speak differently about abortion. He is founder and co-director of the Catholic Conversation Project and an editor and contributor to catholicmoraltheology.com.
He serves on the ethics committee of the Children's Hospital of New York and on the advisory board of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good. He co-convenes the bioethics section for the Catholic Theological Society of America and the ethics section for the College Theology Society, and is a member of the international working group "Contending Modernities," which explores how Catholicism, Islam and Secular Liberalism can productively interact in regard to ethical issues.
About the Center for Theology and Public Life
The Mercer University Center for Theology and Public Life (CTPL) promotes public dialogue, research and constructive solutions related to important public issues to which theology and ethical reflection can make a significant contribution. The CTPL plans, hosts, and supports events that model civic, constructive and substantive conversation about major issues in public life such as poverty and economic justice, human rights, crime and the death penalty, international peacemaking, biomedical ethics, family and sexuality, church-state relations, national identity, immigration, etc. The CTPL seeks whenever possible to encourage dialogue toward constructive solutions for the common good. For more information, visit ctpl.mercer.edu/.
About the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology
The James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology was established in 1996. Located in Atlanta, on Mercer University's Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus, the School of Theology offers degree programs leading to a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry, Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry. The School of Theology also offers several joint programs: an M.Div.-Master of Business Administration, M.Div.-Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and M.Div.-Master of Science in Organizational Leadership with a Concentration in Non-Profit. For more information, visit theology.mercer.edu.
Atlanta -- The Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education (ARCHE) has announced the election of its board of trustees officers for the 2002-03 academic year.
The annual Holiday Open House at Mercer University's Woodruff House will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2 to Thursday, Dec. 4.
MACON - Bethany Marie Rezek received the George Waldo Woodruff Award of Excellence - the Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University's top honor at commencement May 12 in the Macon City Auditorium.
For those who are still undecided about that perfect Valentine's gift, mark your calendar for next Saturday, Feb. 10. That's the day of the 22nd Annual Mercer Big Dance, presented by Riverside Ford, at the Edgar H. Wilson Convention Center at the Macon Centreplex.This year's featured groups for The Big Dance, with all proceeds benefitting Mercer Athletics, are The Grapevine and The Swingin' Medallions. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the music begins at 7:30 p.m. Tables of eight can be reserved for $190 or individual tickets are $25 each. Those who attend should bring their own food and beverages.The Big Dance is sponsored by Cumulus, LaQuinta, Kroger, Farm Bureau Insurance and Cox Media.For reservations or for more information, contact Myra Cameron at (478) 301-2733 or cameron_m@mercer.edu
