MACON - Novelist Bharati Mukherjee will deliver the keynote address for the Women's History Month celebration at Mercer University at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, in the Recital Hall of the McCorkle Music Building on the Macon campus. Her speech, entitled Transcultural Feminism: My Continuing Journey Towards Self-Empowerment, is free and open to the public.
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University President and CEO R. Kirby Godsey announced today that the university has signed a letter of intent to construct a 101-room Hilton Garden Inn on the campus off Mercer University Drive, near I-75. The construction is the first step in the university's redevelopment efforts to have Mercer University Drive become the main entrance to the campus.
LITHIA SPRINGS - Mercer University will offer two Praxis I exam preparation workshops for prospective teachers at its Douglas County Regional Academic Center, 975 Blairsbridge Road, in Lithia Springs off Interstate 20, exit 44 at Thompson Road. The Praxis I exam is one of the steps required to become a certified teacher in Georgia.
The Praxis I Verbal Workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 22. Individuals will receive hands-on practice at taking the reading and writing sections of the PPST or CBT exam, and will learn a variety of strategies and approaches that will help them tackle reading comprehension and on-the-spot essay writing with confidence. Sample readings, questions and essay prompts will be analyzed. The workshop will also have a refresher of grammar basics.
The Praxis I Math Workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 6. The workshop will cover all the major components of the Mathematics section on the PPST or the...
ATLANTA - On Saturday, March 25, Mercer University will host the third annual Statewide Student Counseling Fair on its Cecil B. Day Campus, located at 3001 Mercer University Drive. Hosted and produced by Master's-level students from Mercer's Community Counseling program, the fair will offer an array of speakers on topics of interest both to current and prospective students in the field of counseling.
MACON, Ga.- A total of 60 Mercer University student-athletes in seven fall and winter sports earned Academic All-Conference accolades as recently announced by the Atlantic Sun Conference.
MACON, Ga. - The Mercer chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. will host an event Friday, March 24, from 6 to 10 p.m. on Mercer's Macon campus for invited guests from Mercer, Macon State College and Fort Valley State University. Guests must show a valid student ID to be admitted to the event.
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MACON, Ga. - The Mercer men's tennis team has been recognized in the latest edition of The NCAA News for its hard work in the classroom. The NCAA honored them for being in the top-10 percent of all Division I tennis squads, based on the Academic Progress Rate.
ATLANTA - Mercer University's business program in Atlanta aims to bring real world experience into the classroom, and that's just what the 28 students in Bob Anservitz's undergraduate Marketing Promotions class did. The students put the knowledge they were learning in the classroom to work developing a strategic marketing plan for PAWS Atlanta, one of the area's oldest and most well-regarded animal welfare organizations.
Editor's Note: All media are invited to attend, and are allowed to videotape the event. If you are interested in covering this event, please contact Nancy Fullbright at 478-301-2716.
ATLANTA, Ga. - The Georgia Senate honored Mercer President R. Kirby Godsey at the State Capitol on March 9 with a resolution highlighting the many accomplishments during his 27-year presidency. The resolution marks the second time in as many weeks that Godsey has been honored by Georgia legislators. On Feb. 28, the Georgia House of Representatives honored Godsey with a similar resolution.
