McDonough - Officials from Mercer University and Henry County broke ground today on a 30,000-square-foot regional education center, to be located at I-75 and exit 218 in Henry County.
MACON-Former congressmen Jim Bilbray (D-NV) and Orval Hansen (R-ID) will visit Mercer University's Macon Campus April 11-12 as part of the Stennis Center for Public Policy's "Congress to Campus" program-which brings Congress members to institutions of higher education to discuss policy, citizenship and civic responsibility.
In addition to meeting with various classes and student and faculty groups, the former congressmen will give two community talks on the Macon campus: "The Importance of Serving Your Community" at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 11, in the Medical School Auditorium and "Citizenship, Service and Civic Duty" at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, in Newton Hall. The presentations are free of charge and open to the public. The former congressmen will be available for media interviews.
After serving in the Nevada State Senate for seven years, Bilbray served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995. He was on numerous committees, including the House Foreign...
ATLANTA - Mercer University will hold a free information session, beginning at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, Nov. 4, for individuals with two years of college who are interested in completing their bachelor's degree. Academic advisors, professors and admissions counselors will be available to discuss the program in detail. The information session will be held in the Trustees Dining Room at Mercer's Atlanta Campus, 3001 Mercer University Drive, located just off Interstate 85 inside the northeast perimeter.
A 16-month degree-completion program, Organization Leadership has an interdisciplinary focus, leading to a bachelor's degree. The curriculum provides a practical, real-world approach to administration, emphasizing leadership, interpersonal relations, and implementation of change in a global environment.
The program is designed for mid-career adults who already have two years of college credit and are seeking leadership roles and career advancement in private or public...
Sixteen exceptionally talented high school strings musicians from eight states selected to participate in the fourth annual Robert McDuffie & Friends Labor Day Festival for Strings will be featured in the Festival Concert, scheduled for 3 p.m., Monday, Sept. 1, in Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building on the Macon campus. The students will perform classical chamber music selections by Beethoven, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, and Schubert and also Mozart's Divertimento in D major, K136 alongside their master teachers. Faculty performing in the concert include Robert McDuffie, Distinguished University Professor of Music; Amy Schwartz Moretti, director of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings and former Concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony; Andr'es Diaz, renowned concert cellist and Distinguished Artist of the McDuffie Center; David Halen, Concertmaster, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Distinguished Artist of the McDuffie Center; Christopher Rex, Principal Cellist, Atlanta Symphony...
Faculty-Staff Appreciation Day October 12, 2013 Noon Mercer Bears vs. Valparaiso Crusaders Anderson Field
Mercer's October 12 game against Valparaiso has been designated as...
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For a growing number of high school seniors, spring is no longer time to swap homework for college applications.
MACON - Mercer University will dedicate the Emily Parker Myers Admissions and Welcome Center on Friday at 11 a.m. The building is located at the corner of Winship Street and Montpelier Drive and serves as the welcome center for campus visitors, including prospective students. It is also is the University's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified building.
Macon and Atlanta, GA - First-year students at Mercer University School of Medicine will be cloaked in their white coats on Sunday, Aug. 18, as part of the annual White Coat Ceremony marking their formal induction into the discipline of medicine. For the first time ever, students from Mercer's Southern School of Pharmacy will be given their white coats during a similar ceremony in Atlanta on Tuesday, Aug. 20.
The second annual Teaching and Learning with Technology Summer Faculty Institute was held May 12-16 on the Macon campus. Eleven faculty members from schools and colleges across the university were selected for participation in the program which focused on engaging students more actively in learning through integration of the most advanced technology into course experience. Areas of focus for this year's institute included the incorporation of new media into course components in order to deepen student learning and understanding; digital storytelling; use of Web CT to engage students in the learning process; experimental instruction with IPODS; Fair Use; Cognition and Technology; and Assessment of Learning with Technology. The institute is sponsored each year by the Mercer Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Provost DuBose. Most institute sessions were held in the University's new Media and Learning Technologies Studio (MaLT) and the new Teaching with Technology Clasroom...
