SAVANNAH-Within minutes of the explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth on Feb. 7, students from Mercer University School of Medicine began springing into action. Several students were on call Thursday evening and immediately received "mass casualty" pages from Memorial Health University Medical Center, where three dozen Mercer medical students are completing their clinical studies. Others saw footage of the disaster on television and headed to the Emergency Room to see if they could help.
The Telegraph published an article about the two Founders' Day events held in Macon on Wednesday which kick off the 175th anniversary celebration of the University. The article was published Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, to view photos and video, as well as the story, click here.
Students in the Mercer Law School Law and Public Interest program are sponsoring a Showcase and Benefit Concert on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Cox Capital Theatre in downtown Macon. Proceeds from the event will fund stipends for students in unpaid public interest summer internships.Two distinguished individuals will be recognized at the event for outstanding leadership in public service: the Honorable Bryant Culpepper and Tomieka Daniel of the Georgia Legal Services Program.The event will be held from 6:30 p.m. - 12 midnight with the awards and raffle to begin at 8 p.m. Among the many items in the raffle include a Waterford crystal lamp and a framed Sterling Everett print.Live entertainment will be provided by two bands composed of faculty and staff from the Law School.Admission is $25. All contributions are tax-deductible. For more information, contact Courtney Dickey at dickey_ca@mercer.edu or (478) 301-5023.
This article was published Monday, Feb. 11, 2008, in the Macon Telegraph. Click here to read.
MACON - The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University is kicking off its Spring Strings Series with a special performance of the D'iaz Trio Friday, February 15, at Neva Langley Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building, located at 1329 Adams Street on Mercer University's Macon campus. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. and is free to the public. Seating is limited, and doors open 30 minutes prior to the performance. For more information, call Mercer's Townsend School of Music at (478) 301-2748 or visit www.mercer.edu/mcduffie.
Teams of first-year students from the School of Engineering competed against each other on Feb. 6 and 7 to see which team could build the strongest bridge out of toothpicks as part of a class project teaching them the fundamentals of engineering design, management, and documentation.In all, more than 100 students in five sections of EGR 107 participated in a series of competitions to test the toothpick bridges, which are weighted down until they break, often after being loaded with as much as 50 pounds.Six Middle Georgia media outlets covered the events, for links to coverage see the bottom of the page. The students are enrolled in EGR 107 - Introduction to Engineering Design - have been designing and building their toothpick bridges over the past several weeks. The exercise is meant to prepare them for their final project, a competition in which students team to build vehicles out of kits and household goods that will compete against each other in a variety of events. That...
MACON - Prominent evangelical scholar the Rev. Dr. Anthony Campolo, professor emeritus at Eastern University, and founder and president of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, has been named the 2008 Harry Vaughan Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor of Christianity. Campolo will give three lectures as part of his appointment. The lectures are free and open to the public.Campolo will deliver his lectures in Newton Hall on Mercer's Macon campus; each lecture will build upon the theme "A Sociological Deconstruction of American Christianity." The times and subjects of each lecture are: Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 10:50 a.m. "Durkheim and Marx Considered and Critiqued;" Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m., "Being Christian in a Post-Modern Society;" and Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. "Becoming Red Letter Christians.""Tony Campolo's deep and broad understanding of society and his unwavering commitments to justice make him an excellent selection for this professorship,"...
MACON - Mercer University, which is celebrating its 175th year, will mark the anniversary with several special Founders' Day activities, including the traditional convocation on the Macon campus, as well as a Feb. 26 event on the Atlanta campus and an event featuring a discussion with five "Mercer Legends" on the Macon campus. Both Macon events will be held on Feb. 13 in Willingham Auditorium.
This article was published Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, in the Macon Telegraph. To read, click here.
MACON - M. Dayne Aldridge, Sc.D., P.E., announced today that he will retire as dean of the Mercer University School of Engineering, effective June 30, 2008, completing a distinguished 9-year career as dean of the School and more than 45 years in engineering.
