MACON/SAVANNAH - Mercer University President William D. Underwood announced today that the Georgia Cancer Coalition has funded two Distinguished Cancer Scholars for the School of Medicine in Savannah. Distinguished scientists Dr. Shi-Wen Jiang and Dr. Edward Perkins will join the teaching and research faculty in Mercer's doctor of medicine program early this winter, with joint research appointments in the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial University Medical Center.
MACON - Mercer dedicated its new Science and Engineering Building and celebrated the School of Engineering's 22-year partnership with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center during a ceremony on Monday, Nov. 26. United States Sen. Saxby Chambliss, U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall and Logistics Center Commander Maj. Gen. Tom Owen spoke at the event.
WHAT: Mercer University celebrates the School of Engineering's 22-year partnership with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center and formally dedicates its state-of-the-art Science and Engineering building, which opened this year to house portions of the School of Engineering and the Physics Department of the College of Liberal Arts. Tours of the building will follow the program.WHO: United States Senator Saxby Chambliss, U.S. Representative Jim Marshall and Maj. Gen. Thomas Owen, commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base will join Mercer University students, alumni, faculty and administrators to celebrate this facility equipped with leading edge technology.WHEN: Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at 11 a.m. WHERE: The auditorium of the new Science and Engineering Building on Mercer University's Macon campus. To access the building, use the South Campus entrance, off Mercer University Drive. WHY: The Science and Engineering Building is a state-of-the-art...
MACON, Ga. - Before a record standing-room-only crowd, Alabama escaped with a 90-83 win past the Bears in men's basketball action Tuesday night at the University Center.
For those unsuccessful in securing a ticket to tonight's Alabama at Mercer basketball game, there are three other options for following the contest. The game will be available for viewing via A-Sun video streaming. Go to the Athletics Web site at MercerBears.com and click on "live video." Cost is $5.99 for the one game or one can purchase a monthly pass for $9.99 or an all-event pass for the remainder of the year for $69.99.Another option is to listen on the Mercer Web site to the audio feed at no charge. Again, go to MercerBears.com and click on "live audio," beginning at 7:15 p.m.For those in the middle Georgia area, the origination of the broadcast can be heard on ESPN Radio, the Fan, at 105.5 on the FM dial. Rick Cameron, the Voice of the Bears, will provide the play-by-play on each of the three broadcasts. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m.
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- The Mercer Wind Ensemble of Mercer University's Townsend School of Music will give a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Mount de Sales Academy's Zuver Performing Arts Center, 851 Orange Street, Macon. Dr. Douglas Hill, professor of music and Director of Instrumental Ensembles at Mercer, will be conducting.
MACON, Ga. - Fresh off its stunning upset of 18th-ranked USC, the Mercer men's basketball team opens its 2007-08 home slate by playing host to Alabama Tuesday night at a sold-out University Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - In one of the biggest upsets in school history, the Mercer men's basketball team went toe-to-to-toe with 18th-ranked Southern Cal, coming out on top of the Trojans, 96-81, Saturday afternoon at the Galen Center.
WHO: An estimated 200 high school students from across the state, including teams from Macon's Central High School, Westside High School, Mount De Sales Academy, Tattnall Square Academy and First Presbyterian Day School as well as Warner Robins' Houston County High School and Northside High School and Gray's Jones County High School. WHAT: High school teams will face off in a daylong math competition with a pen and pencil component in the morning and a fast-paced ciphering contest in the afternoon, in which students will have two minutes to complete complex math problems. Mercer's Department of Mathematics faculty and students will serve as judges. WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 10, written competition: 9:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., ciphering competition: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., awards presentation to follow. WHERE: Mercer University School of Medicine Auditorium, 1550 College Street, Macon campus. BACKGROUND: This is the 23rd year Mercer University has hosted this statewide high school math...
Chair will help establish new Ph.D. program in Nurse Education at Mercer
