ATLANTA - Two Mercer University pharmacy students have been awarded pre-doctoral fellowships from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education. Both students are candidates in the dual Doctor of Pharmacy/Ph.D. program. The candidates, Delaram Moshkelani, of Duluth, and Rebecca L. Neal, of Marietta, will each receive stipends to continue their studies at Mercer's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
MACON, Ga. -- Mercer University undergraduate students from the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Nursing recently returned from a 20-day visit to Thailand as part of Mercer on Mission (MOM) '09. The purpose of the program is to transform students' lives through academic study and hands-on service learning in international settings. Mercer on Mission '09 Thailand focused the majority of its service in Northern Thailand supporting efforts to provide education and health care to the hill tribe minority peoples in the cities of Lampang and ChiangMai.
The Macon Area Habitat for Humanity will dedicate the 2009 Mercer University Build home on Wednesday, July 15, at noon. The home is located at 4160 Marion Ave. in Lynwood Estates is now owned by the Baldwin family. The Mercer University Build home is the result of a partnership between Mercer University and Mercer's Habitat Student Chapter. The University and the chapter contributed volunteer work as well as money to help build the home.
ATLANTA - Lindsay Watters, a second-year physician assistant student at Mercer University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, was recently elected as the junior director of external affairs for the Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the national organization for physician assistants. Watters' election marks the first national office for a student in the program, which began less than two years ago.
McDONOUGH/LITHIA SPRINGS - Beginning in August, Mercer University's College of Continuing and Professional Studies will offer a new undergraduate major, human resources administration and development, at the Henry County and Douglas County Regional Academic Centers. The program will be offered in a flexible evening and weekend format that also includes hybrid online and face-to-face courses.
MACON - Campus Compact, a national coalition committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education, has selected Mercer University Senior Vice Provost Dr. Peter C. Brown as a finalist for the Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award. Dr. Brown, who is also a professor of philosophy and interdisciplinary studies in the College of Liberal Arts, is one of only seven finalists from a group of 53 distinguished nominees for this national award.
What: Mercer University, the city of Macon and the College Hill Corridor Commission have scheduled a news conference to announce a major new grant for the College Hill Corridor.
MACON - Mercer University will add men's NCAA Division I lacrosse to its intercollegiate athletic program during the 2010-2011 academic year and will add a Division I women's team in 2011-2012, Athletic Director Bobby Pope announced today. Mercer is the first NCAA Division I institution in the state to announce the addition of lacrosse to its athletic program.
