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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WHO: Mercer University first-year engineering students
WHAT: Students are designing and constructing vehicles using a K'Nex based building kit to compete in the following categories: tugboats-o-war, amphibious, cable car, rampster and tug-o-war.
WHEN: 3 to 5 p.m., Friday, April 21
WHERE: University Center on Mercer's Macon Campus
WHY: The students enrolled in EGR 107 - Introduction to Engineering Design - have been designing and building vehicles using K'Nex building kits. These vehicles will compete in a variety of events at the School of Engineering. Each design category will have five to seven design teams competing. This is a fun and challenging way for students to put their designs to the test and learn the skills necessary to succeed in the engineering field.
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...
MACON, Ga.- Mercer University Director of Athletics Bobby Pope was inducted into the Macon Sports Hall of Fame Tuesday night during the annual ceremony at the Macon Coliseum.
"I'm humbled and very honored," said Pope. "I'm not sure I actually deserve it. To be inducted along with the quality of athletes and the other people associated with athletics in Middle Georgia is very flattering."
Pope had his plaque join those of 12 other honorees on the Wall of Fame in the Coliseum's foyer prior to the induction banquet in the Coliseum.
The dean of athletic directors in the Atlantic Sun Conference, Pope is in his 17th year at the helm of Mercer athletics. During his tenure at Mercer, he has seen the growth of the program to 14 sports, as well as the addition of the first full-time coaches for men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis and cross country.
Facility upgrades have been a priority since he became athletics director, as...
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University has developed a unique study abroad program that will take students to the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands to spend three weeks engaging in adventure sports and studying photography or archeology. Dubbed, the Mercer Caribbean Experience, the first program participants will study in the tropics during Mercer's first summer session, May 31-June 21.
LITHIA SPRINGS - Mercer University's Douglas County Regional Academic Center will begin its first session of the summer term on Friday, May 19. Adults interested in earning a bachelor's degree through the center's evening and weekend programs are invited to a free drop-in informational session at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18. Academic advisors, professors, financial planning representatives and admissions counselors will be available to answer questions and discuss programs.
The Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University continues to advance in the national rankings due in good part to the opinions of the nation's judges and lawyers. In the 2007 U.S. News and World Report edition of America's Best Graduate Schools now hitting the stands, the school was rated an average of 3 out of a possible 5 by judges and lawyers across the nation, which accounts for 15 percent of a school's overall ranking.
MCDONOUGH, Ga. - Mercer University's Tift College of Education will hold an informational session for teachers and school administrators interested in Mercer's Educational Leadership program, including the Master of Education in Educational Leadership and the new Ph.D. in Educational Leadership. The drop-in open house will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, in Room 128 of Mercer's Henry County Regional Academic Center in McDonough, 160 Henry Parkway.
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University's Tift College of Education will hold an informational session for teachers and school administrators interested in Mercer's Educational Leadership program, including the Master of Education in Educational Leadership and the new Ph.D. in Educational Leadership. The drop-in open house will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 10, in the W.G. Lee Alumni House at the corner of College Street and Ash Street on Mercer's Macon campus.
ATLANTA - Mercer University's Tift College of Education will hold an informational session for teachers and school administrators interested in Mercer's Educational Leadership program, including the Master of Education in Educational Leadership and the new Ph.D. in Educational Leadership. The drop-in open house will be from Tuesday, April 11, 4:30-6:30 p.m., in the Trustees Dining Room at Mercer's Cecil B. Day Campus in Atlanta, 3001 Mercer University Drive.
MACON, Ga. - A longtime Washington, D.C., religious liberty advocate, once called the "quintessential religious lobbyist on Capitol Hill" will deliver the inaugural Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State April 4-5 on the Mercer University campus.
