The women's basketball team hits the University Center floor for the final two times in the 2008-09 season this weekend, starting its final homestand with a Thursday clash against A-Sun foe Lipscomb, tipping off at 7 p.m.
WATCH VIDEO OF PRESIDENT CLINTON RECOGNIZING MERCER UNIVERSITYAUSTIN, Texas - The Clinton Global Initiative University - a program of the William J. Clinton Foundation - recognized Mercer University's efforts to help amputees in Vietnam and other developing nations as "as an exemplary approach to addressing a specific global challenge" during the organization's annual conference in Austin, Texas, last week. The University's Mercer On Mission project was one of only four "commitments" by universities around the country to be recognized by President Bill Clinton during the conference's opening plenary session.
MACON - Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law will remain the host law school for the Legal Writing Institute until at least 2016, renewing a previous five-year contract, which began in 2003.
MACON - Paul D. Clement, former United States Solicitor General and current partner in the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding law firm, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the annual Law Day luncheon at Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law on March 6. During the visit, Clement will also give a lecture during a class of first-year Mercer law students.
By Sarah TarrStudent Newswriter
MACON - Mercer alumnus William "Bill" Yoast, who was chronicled in the movie "Remember the Titans," earned a standing ovation following his speech Wednesday from more than 1,000 students, faculty and staff gathered for Mercer's Founders' Day celebration in Willingham Auditorium.
MACON - Internationally renowned violinist Robert McDuffie will perform in concert Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Neva Langley Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building, 1329 Adams St., on Mercer's Macon campus. The program will include a variety of music styles and periods and will also showcase the Center's outstanding string students. McDuffie will perform several solo pieces for violin, as well as collaborate with Director of the McDuffie Center Amy Schwartz Moretti and students to perform pieces by Bach, Stravinsky, Vivaldi and others. The concert will culminate with McDuffie and the Center Orchestra performing the last movement of Mendelssohn's Octet in E flat major, Op. 20. The orchestra is composed of 11 string students from the Center, along with critically acclaimed violinist Moretti, who serves as the concertmaster. Tickets are required for concert admission and are $25 for the general public or free with a Mercer ID. Public and free tickets are available through...
MACON - Coach William "Bill" Yoast, 1949 graduate of Mercer University who was chronicled in the movie, "Remember the Titans," will be the keynote speaker at Founders' Day on the Macon campus Wednesday, Feb. 11. The program will begin at 10 a.m. in the Willingham Auditorium on the Macon Campus.
MACON/ATLANTA/SAVANNAH - Mercer University has earned the highest federal recognition for community engagement, the Corporation for National and Community Service announced today. For the University's exemplary service efforts and service to the community, the Corporation named Mercer to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2008.
MACON - The following students were named to the Dean's List at Mercer University for the 2008 fall semester. Inclusion on the dean's list requires students to meet rigorous grade point average standards specific to their school within the University.
MACON - The following students were named to the President's List at Mercer University for the 2008 fall semester. Inclusion on the president's list requires students to meet rigorous grade point average standards specific to their school within the University.
