Macon--Mercer University Commons, the English Department, the Women's & Gender Studies Program, and the Wesley Foundation are co-sponsoring The Adrienne Moore Bond Memorial Symposium March 16-17 on the Macon Campus. There is no charge for the event, and it is open to the public. The symposium will feature three of Mercer's most prominent writers:   David Bottoms: Georgia Poet Laureate; Mercer grad (BA '71); current Ferrol A. Sams Distinguished Chair in English at Mercer; author of two novels & several volumes of poetry, including the Robert Penn Warren Prize-winning Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump (1979) and most recently Waltzing through the Endtime (2004).   Pattiann Rogers: Former Sams Chair at Mercer; has taught writing on several other college campuses, including the University of Montana (where she was Richard Hugo Distinguished Poet-in-Residence in 1988); winner of several literary prizes, including the Theodore Roethke Prize from Poetry...
Guest artist John Wustman, piano, will accompany Mercer University voice faculty members Kyle Ferrill, baritone, and Martha Malone, soprano, in "An Evening of Art Song." The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. on March 18 in Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon campus. The event is free and open to the public. Call the Department of Music at (478) 301-2748 for more information. Often called the "dean of American accompanists," John Wustman has enjoyed a musical career in which he has worked with some of the greatest singers around the world. During his New York years, Wustman was the rehearsal pianist for the American Opera Society's presentation of Bellini's II Pirata in Carnegie Hall. He later traveled abroad to teach master classes in German Lieder in Uruguay, Peru and Argentina. His greatest career highlights include a series of televised recitals with Luciano Pavarotti. Founded in 1833, Mercer University has campuses in Macon and Atlanta as well as three...
MACON - Dr. Paul Seale, a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine and a physician at the Medical Center of Central Georgia, has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to train primary care faculty and medical residents in alcohol screening and intervention. The project, which will train 430 physicians in Georgia and Texas over the next two years, will build on the successful pilot program conducted at the Family Health Center, a Medical Center of Central Georgia facility that serves as the primary training site for Mercer's family medicine residency program.
Editor's Note: All media are invited to attend. If you are interested in covering this event, please contact Nancy Fullbright at 478-301-2716.
  MACON, Ga.-  Mercer senior forward Wesley Duke has been invited to compete in the Slam Dunk portion of  ESPN's Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championships. The Norcross native will travel to St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday, March 30....
ATLANTA - Southern School of Pharmacy of Mercer University is one of only two private pharmacy schools selected to compete in the national Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Competition of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) and the Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy (FMCP). The program is designed to challenge students to gain a real-world perspective on the formulary management process, which helps managed health care systems achieve the challenging goals of controlling costs and improving the quality of care.  
ATLANTA – A Georgia Baptist College of Nursing student was recently selected from approximately 40 American and Puerto Rican applicants to receive a $1,000 scholarship from Minority Nurse magazine. Atlanta resident Tonya L. Brown, who will graduate in spring...
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Macon and Atlanta-In January, Mercer University established a Tsunami Relief Committee to raise $15,000 from the university community to support the recovery efforts in South Asia hit by the Dec. 26, 2004, disaster. Mercer faculty, staff and students have been participating in a variety of activities. The next big fundraiser is Bandfest, a benefit concert featuring contemporary Christian artists "By the Tree" at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, in Willingham Auditorium on the Macon campus. Tickets are $5 for Mercer and Wesleyan students, faculty and staff and their families; $8 for a groups of 15 or more from outside of the University; and $10 for general admission. Tickets are available at the door or by calling (478) 301-2868.  Other activities held by the Mercer community have included: Collection points on the Macon and Atlanta campuses and at the Regional Academic Centers; Candlelight vigil service  on the Macon campus on Feb. 9; Pie-a-Professor event on the...
MACON, Ga. - In a time when superior performance in athletics and academics don't always go hand-in-hand, Mercer University men's basketball junior forward Will Emerson has successfully combined the two. He was named to ESPN the Magazine's Academic All-America first team, the day after he was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Conference first team.

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