MACON - Mercer University's Macon Regional Academic Center will begin its second session of spring semester on Friday, March 10. Adults interested in earning a bachelor's degree through the Center's evening and weekend programs should apply at www.mercerdegree.com.
Conveniently located within Mercer's Macon campus, the Center is designed specifically with an evening and weekend format for adult learners who want to begin or complete a bachelor's degree at one of the nation's top universities. Classes are held one evening per week or on Saturdays in eight-week sessions. Financial aid is available for students who attend half time or more.
Three of the University's 10 schools and colleges have undergraduate degree programs at the Macon location and accept students for the second session. For students interested in business, the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics offers a bachelor of business administration degree. Tift College of Education provides...
MACON, Ga..- The Mercer men's basketball team opens its final two-game homestand facing Gardner-Webb in a Thursday night contest. Tip off is at 7 p.m. at the University Center. Game Notes (pdf)
The Bears finished their road schedule with a flourish, recording the squad's first three-game road winning streak since the 2002-03 conference championship season, and a win would give Mercer its longest winning streak since a four-game span in December 2003.
Mercer (9-16, 7-11 A-Sun) enters the final two games of the regular season fighting for position in the post-season conference tournament, while also battling injuries that have chipped away at both the Bears' starting lineup and shortened the bench. Freshman Montavious Waters is listed as doubtful because of a strained hamstring, but forward Brian Pfohl, who sprained an ankle last Friday, and guard Michael Slonaker, who injured a knee Sunday in the UNF contest, are expected to see...
ATLANTA - The Honorable Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security and former Governor of Pennsylvania, will be the featured speaker at The Executive Forum on Thursday, March 9. He will give a lunch presentation at noon at The InterContinental Buckhead, 3315 Peachtree Road N.E. in Atlanta. The presentation is sponsored by the Center for Health and Learning, a partnership of Piedmont Healthcare and Mercer University.
MACON - The Honorable Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security and former Governor of Pennsylvania, will be the featured speaker at The Executive Forum on Thursday, March 9. He will give a dinner presentation at 6:30 p.m. at The University Center at Mercer University in Macon.
MACON, Ga. - With its first television game of the season coming up on Sunday, Feb. 26, against new in-state Atlantic Sun rival Kennesaw State, the Mercer women's basketball team is asking fans to pack three buses for the short ride up I-75.
Three buses with 150 available spots will depart from the Connell Student Center at 10 a.m. for Kennesaw State's campus with tip-off scheduled for 1 p.m. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to sign up for a spot at the Student Center throughout this week and next. Students will be able to purchase a $1 tickets at the KSU Convocation Center with their Bear card; faculty and staff will also receive $1 tickets when presenting their Bear Card.
The game will be featured as the A-Sun/CSS Game of the Week, and will be broadcast throughout the Southeast. Fans are asked to wear orange and black for the game to show their support for the Bears on TV.
ATLANTA - Ashley Adams, a third-year pharmacy student at Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy, was one of six students nationally to be awarded the Zada M. Cooper Scholarship by the Kappa Epsilon (KE) Foundation. The scholarship recognizes pharmacy students with superior academic standards who have also contributed substantially to the activities of their KE chapter and pharmacy school.
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer baseball team once again took the lead early and held on for a 6-4 win on Sunday at Claude...
JACKSONVILE, Fla.- Behind a balanced offensive attack, the Bears placed five players in double figures as the Mercer men's basketball team topped first-year Atlantic Sun Conference member North Florida, 77-71, Sunday afternoon at UNF Arena.
"It was a big effort on both the offensive and defensive ends," said Mercer head coach Mark Slonaker. "Our guys really stepped up on both ends."
In only the second meeting between the two schools, Mercer (9-16, 7-11 A-Sun) started slowly. The Ospreys jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but the Bears answering with an 11-2 run, powered by Shaddean Aaron's four points and guard Andrew Brown's jumper and 3-pointer, giving Mercer an 11-6 lead.
Coming out of the first media timeout, UNF started using full-court pressure, and it paid dividends, with the Bears turning it over three consecutive trips upcourt, leading to six straight points for the Ospreys. The North Florida run reached 11 straight points, giving the Ospreys a 15-11...
LITHIA SPRINGS - Mercer University's Douglas County Regional Academic Center will begin its second session of spring semester on Friday, March 10. Adults interested in earning a bachelor's degree through the center's evening and weekend programs are invited to a free open house Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. Academic advisors, professors, financial planning representatives and admissions counselors will be available to answer questions and discuss programs.
MACON - David Schnarch, Ph.D., founder of the Marriage and Family Health Center in Evergreen, Col., will be the featured speaker at the Seventh Annual Armour Lecture Series to be held at the School of Medicine, March 2 and 3. He will speak on intimacy, sexuality and relationships.
