ATLANTA - The class of 2006 at Mercer University's Southern School of Pharmacy has set a record for academic achievement. For the first time in the School's history, nine fourth-year students have 4.0 grade point averages and will receive the R.C. Hood Award for academic excellence during graduation. One of these outstanding graduates, Adina Hirsch, stands out for her personal as well as for her academic accomplishments.
Hirsch's commitment to academic excellence became apparent even before she graduated first in her class from Yeshiva High School, Atlanta, in 1982. She attended summer school at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and took classes at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., during her senior year of high school.
Soon after graduation, Hirsch traveled abroad, planning to spend a year experiencing Israel. Instead, she stayed for over a decade, during which she attended the Hadassah School of Dental Medicine and earned a...
ATLANTA - Guests at the 2006 commencement ceremony of Mercer University's Southern School of Pharmacy will witness two significant moments in the history of the pharmacy school. Eight candidates will receive Ph.D. degrees, a record number for the research program. Candidates in the Pharm.D. program also set a record, with nine graduating with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
The following students will receive doctor of philosophy degrees on May 6: Naveen Kumar Bejugam of Hyderabad, India for "Development and Evaluation of Albumin Based Microparticulate System as a Platform Technology for Oral Delivery of Proteins, Vaccines and Drugs"; Aniket V. Badkar of Mubmai, India for "Effects of Formulation and Processing Stress on the Physical Stability of Protein Solutions"; Alphia K. Jones of Macon, Ga. for "Microparticulate Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Drug Resistant Melanoma"; Yin Hwa Lai of Kuching, Malaysia for "Formulation and Evaluation of Polymeric...
MACON, Ga. - The search for the nation's best high school violinists, cellists and violists is nearing completion, as the application deadline approaches for the second annual Robert McDuffie & Friends Labor Day Festival for Strings. Applications and audition materials are due by Friday, May 19, for the four-day festival, which will be held Aug. 31-Sept. 4. The festival provides an exceptional opportunity for outstanding young string musicians to study with an elite group of concert artists in a strings immersion workshop.
The innovative program provides full scholarships covering tuition, housing and meals for 16 strings musicians to study in Macon, Ga., with Robert McDuffie, an internationally renowned concert violinist and distinguished university professor of music at Mercer University, as well as six master teachers. McDuffie developed the four-day course in collaboration with the Mercer music faculty and has designed an intense string festival to allow students both...
MACON - A new line-up has been announced for Mercer University's largest commencement, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, in the University Center on the Macon campus. Mercer President and CEO R. Kirby Godsey will deliver the commencement address, followed by a short performance by jazz and rock and roll musician Chuck Leavell, who is, most notably, keyboardist for the Rolling Stones. Four hundred sixty-seven students from the College of Liberal Arts, Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, the School of Engineering and the Tift College of Education will receive degrees during the ceremony. The University will hold 10 commencements during May.
Two honorary degrees will be awarded during the Macon commencement: Doctor of Music to Chuck Leavell, musician and conservationist; and Doctor of Humanities to Philip Walden (posthumously), founder of Capricorn Records and Velocette Records.
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(Published Thursday, April 27 in The Macon Telegraph)
MACON/ATLANTA - Mercer University will hold 10 commencements in two cities over three weekends during the month of May as more than 1,500 graduates receive their degrees. This year's exercises will be the final ceremonies that Dr. R. Kirby Godsey will preside over as president and CEO of Mercer. Dr. Godsey, the longest serving president in the University's history, will step down as president on June 30 after more than 27 years and will become chancellor and university professor.
President Godsey will give the address on Saturday, May 13, at the Macon Commencement, which includes the School of Engineering, the College of Liberal Arts, the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics and the Tift College of Education. During his address, President Godsey will also introduce special guest, highly respected jazz and rock and roll musician Mr. Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for the Rolling Stones, who will perform a special musical selection.
Two...
MCDONOUGH - Mercer University's Henry County Regional Academic Center will hold an information session this week for its two summer sessions as well as the two fall sessions. Adults interested in earning a bachelor's degree through the Center's evening and weekend programs are invited to the free open house at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27. Academic advisors, professors, financial planning representatives and admissions counselors will be available to answer questions and discuss programs.
MACON - Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics will hold a free MBA information session at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, in Warner Robins. The drop-in session will be held at the Mercer Engineering Research Center, located at 135 Osigian Boulevard in the Advanced Technology Park.
Participants will have an opportunity to meet with faculty and learn more about Mercer's Master of Business Administration program taught on the Macon campus. With its focus on ethical leadership and problem-solving skills, Mercer's MBA program in Macon enables students to apply their knowledge to the demands of their careers and to the realities of the workplace, giving them a competitive edge in the business world. The two-year, evening program is tailored to meet the needs of individuals already employed as managers, as well as persons preparing for advancement into middle-management or administrative levels.
The Stetson School of Business and Economics holds...
Macon, Ga. - The Board of Trustees of Mercer University, in its annual spring meeting, approved several historic motions today. The two-and-a-half-hour session was the last regular Trustees meeting of Mercer President R. Kirby Godsey's 27-year administration. Trustees took action to amend the University's charter, establish a school of music, and name the historic Administration Building.
In a final step in the discontinuance of the University's relationship with the Georgia Baptist Convention, the Trustees amended Mercer's charter to give the Board of Trustees "the exclusive authority to determine the eligibility and qualifications of any person for service on the Board of Trustees, and said determination shall be final and conclusive." This action removed all authority the Georgia Baptist Convention had in the approval process of electing Trustees.
As part of the University's commitment to sustaining its Baptist identity, the Trustees added to the...
WHO: Thirty teams of computer programmers from more than a dozen colleges and universities across the Southeast, including Georgia Tech, Wofford College and Augusta State University. Mercer University's Binary Bears will field five teams in the event. WHAT: Mercer's computer science department's Spring Programming Competition WHEN: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 22 WHERE: The Computer Science Building off College Street on Mercer's Macon Campus. WHY: Teams are competing for awards in two divisions. The competition will pit three-person teams in the divisions against one another to see who can program their way through six to 10 problems the fastest and with the fewest errors. There will be many opportunities for video and photos. Media interested in doing interviews with students or professors or getting still photographs or video should contact Mark Vanderhoek at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 952-5514.
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