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MACON - Mercer University Provost Wallace L. Daniel has announced the appointment of a search committee to lead the process of recommending a dean for the Walter F. George School of Law to succeed Daisy Hurst Floyd. Dean Floyd, who has led Mercer Law School since 2004, announced in September her intention to step down as dean at the end of the current academic year to become University Professor of Law and Ethical Formation following a sabbatical.Mercer Law Professor James Fleissner will chair the search committee. Other search committee members include Anthony Baldwin, professor of law; Linda Berger, professor of law; Suzanne Cassidy, professor of law and director of Mercer's Furman Smith Law Library; Frank C. Jones, a 1950 Mercer law graduate and of counsel at Macon law firm Jones, Cork & Miller; Patrick Longan, William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics at Mercer Law School; the Honorable Yvette Miller, a graduate of Mercer's College of Liberal Arts and Mercer Law School and chief...
MACON - Mercer University will serve as the host institution for the upcoming 29th Annual Southeastern Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Oct. 16-17. More than 75 faculty and graduate students from across the Southeast will come to Mercer's Macon campus to present research on differential equations, one of the most essential areas of calculus.
The Leadership Macon Class of 2009 will sponsor the Celebrity Grand Slam exhibition game this Saturday, Oct. 17, benefiting the Central Georgia Chapter of the American Red Cross.
MACON - Dr. Stephen L. Morgan, an expert in forensic chemistry, will give the Fourth Annual Sigma Xi Distinguished Science Lecture at Mercer University on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Morgan's lecture is titled "Forensic Analytical Chemistry: Basic Research behind CSI." The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the auditorium of the Science and Engineering Building on the University's Macon campus.
Mercer senior Drayton Perkins spent his summer crossing America on a bike - it was his second trip cross country helping PUSH America's Journey of Hope. Perkins worked this summer as crew chief for trans-America cycling route. Perkins, a professional accounting major in the MAPS program at Mercer, is from Barnesville.
MACON - James Gregory, known as the "Funniest Man in America," is bringing his famous homespun comedy straight to downtown Macon. Gregory will be performing at The Grand Opera House, a performing arts center of Mercer University, on Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $28 and group discounts are available for 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased through Mercer Ticket Sales at (478) 301-5470 or online at www.TheGrandMacon.com.James Gregory, dubbed "the funniest man in America," has been performing home-spun comedy to sold-out crowds for over 25 years. Delivering common-sense wisdom, old-fashioned values and politically incorrect humor, Gregory is known for inspiring fanatic devotion, whether it's the first or 15th time you've seen him.The James Gregory show turns the clock back to a time when life was simpler; to a better time, before the death of common sense; a time when people sat on the front porch and actually talked to each other without a cell phone in their ear. Refusing the...
ATLANTA/MACON -- College basketball analyst Dick Vitale, considered by many to be college basketball's biggest ambassador, will speak to Mercer University audiences on Monday. "Dickie V," who joined ESPN during the 1979-80 season - just after the network's launch - will speak twice, at lunchtime in Atlanta at The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North, and Monday evening in Macon at the University Center. His visit to Mercer is being presented by the Mercer Athletic Foundation and The Executive Forum. His thorough knowledge of the game is brought forth in an enthusiastic, passionate, sometimes controversial - but never boring - style. Vitale called ESPN's first-ever NCAA basketball game between Wisconsin and DePaul on Dec. 5, 1979. Since then, he has called almost a thousand games.While his knowledge, preparation and enthusiasm are unparalleled, his "Vitale-isms" on ESPN broadcasts have unwittingly taken on a life of their own. Just a few of his many household phrases: "Awesome,...
ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue has appointed Mercer University Trustee Dwight J. Davis as the Fourth Congressional District Representative on the Board of Natural Resources. Gov. Perdue announced the confirmation on Oct. 1. As a member of the Board of Natural Resources, Davis will be responsible for setting the regulations that the Georgia Department of Natural Resources enforces.
MACON - Mercer Theatre is now presenting Henrik Ibsen's play, "An Enemy of the People," as adapted by Arthur Miller. The play will continue through Oct. 11 at the Back Door Theatre in Willingham Hall. Nightly performances run through Saturday, Oct. 10, and begin at 7 p.m. the final performance is 2 p.m. matinee on Oct. 11. The play is being presented in conjunction with Mercer's conference "Caring for Creation: A Scientific and Theological Response," which will take place Oct. 29-31 on the University's Macon campus. To read more about the conference, go>.Tickets are $5 and are available through Mercer's Department of Communication Studies and Theatre. Tickets may be purchased by telephone or email, at the office, or at the door 30 minutes prior to opening. Reservations are strongly encouraged. See more of Mercer University Theatre at its Web site, go>.
