ATLANTA - Mercer University will host the Atlanta 2008 Fall Forum of the U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association on its Atlanta campus at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 19. The forum will feature a presentation titled "Why the World's Energy Future Depends on the U.S. and China" by Jay Hakes, Ph.D., author of the book, "A Declaration of Energy Independence." The event is co-sponsored by the China Research Center at Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics.
ATLANTA - The China Research Center at Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics will inaugurate a new event series with a lecture by noted historian and author Kenneth Pomeranz, Ph.D., at 7 p.m., Oct. 15, in the Rich Auditorium at the High Museum in downtown Atlanta. He will discuss his recent work on China's state, society and economy in a presentation titled "Chinese Development and World History: Putting the East Asian Model in Perspective."
ATLANTA/ MACON - The Princeton Review named Mercer University's law and business programs among the nation's best today, announcing that the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics in Atlanta and Macon was among the "Best 296 Business Schools" in its 2009 book and that the Walter F. George School of Law was among the "Best 174 Law Schools" in the 2009 edition of its law schools guidebook.
Former U. S. Ambassador to United Nations John Bolton will be the featured speaker at Mercer University's Executive Forum, presented by BB&T, on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Bolton will give a lunch presentation in Atlanta at The Capital City Club, 7 Harris Street, and a dinner presentation at 6:30 p.m. at The University Center on Mercer's Macon campus.Bolton served as United States permanent representative to the United Nations from August 2005 to December 2006. At the U.N., Bolton was an outspoken advocate of U.S. efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, push Syria out of Lebanon and bring African peacekeepers into Somalia. Bolton helped shepherd a major sanction resolution against North Korea through the U.N. Security Council within days of Pyongyang's Oct. 9, 2006, nuclear test. Bolton and France's ambassador led the Security Council to approve a unanimous resolution to end the summer 2006 Hezbollah war on Israel. During his tenure at the United Nations, Bolton was an advocate...
This fall, Georgia voters have a rare opportunity to elect a member of the Georgia Court of Appeals. Judge John H. Ruffin Jr. is retiring from the court and seven attorneys have qualified as candidates to replace him on the bench. Dean Daisy Floyd and the faculty of the Mercer University School of Law hope to put the spotlight on the Court of Appeals race by hosting a Judicial Candidates Forum in the Moot Courtroom at the Law School on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 6 p.m. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. "Judicial races often suffer from a lack of media coverage and attention from the public, and this election season - highlighted as it is by presidential and congressional elections - has proven particularly challenging," according to Dean Floyd.The candidates include: o Tamela Adkins - family law practitioner, Lawrenceville, www.tamelaadkins.com o Sara Doyle - partner, Holland & Knight, Atlanta, www.saradoyle.com o Christopher McFadden - appellate attorney, Atlanta,...
MACON - Mercer University's Townsend School of Music and Department of Art of the College of Liberal Arts are joining together this month to raise support and awareness for an important health issue, breast cancer.
Rizza Bella Ibanez, 22, of Milledgeville, Ga., has been accepted into the Peace Corps.Ibanez departed for Mozambique on Sept. 30 to begin pre-service training as a community health development Peace Corps Volunteer. Upon graduating from Volunteer training in December, Ibanez will be assisting local organizations with training techniques to improve HIV/AIDS programs.Ibanez is the daughter of Lenon and Ester Ibanez, and a graduate of Baldwin County High School in Milledgeville, Ga. She then attended Mercer University in Macon, Ga., where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, graduating in 2008. Ibanez previously traveled as a volunteer to Nicaragua on mission trips with Burford-Based Amigos for Christ."I chose Peace Corps because of its reputation and mission," said Ibanez. "Peace Corps stresses adaptation to the host country's culture and helps empower locals to meet their needs."During the first three months of her service, Ibanez will live with a host family in Mozambique to...
MACON- A year and a half after students at Mercer University imagined a "College Hill Corridor" connecting Mercer to downtown, a design firm has been hired to plan what the Corridor will look like. After a series of competitive public presentations among three finalists, the College Hill Corridor Commission selected Interface Studios LLC to complete this master plan. Planners from the Philadelphia, Pa.-based firm will make their first trip to Macon on Oct. 13 to begin work on the plan by meeting neighbors and exploring the Corridor.
By Bob Perkins Jr.
By Sarah TarrMercer Student Newswriter
MACON - Twenty-one of Mercer's international students, representing 13 countries, volunteered to talk about their cultures with young students at Alexander II Magnet Elementary School on Sept. 25. The student's presentations were a part of Alexander II's International Day celebration called "Oh, the Places You Go."
