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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.
A near-impossible feat by the Mercer Bears was recognized by national sports giant ESPN when the nation's cable sports provider ranked the Bears' miracle win over Stetson the number two highlight of the week.
For more details and to see the thrilling last second shot and victory celebration, click here.
A-Sun Conference Bracket
A few years ago, there was a television comedy every Tuesday night on ABC called "Grace Under Fire."
The Mercer Law School has been ranked 11th nationally by the National Jurist magazine on its "Technology Honor Roll." In its January 2005 issue, the magazine ranked Mercer 11th among the nation's 190 American Bar Association-accredited law schools for its use of technology.
MACON-Mercer University students Stephanie Cox, a junior music education major from Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and John Jenkins, a senior music major from Macon, will perform in Alice Tully Hall of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on Feb. 25. Cox and Jenkins were chosen from small universities across the United States to participate in the Small College Intercollegiate Band, as part of the College Band Directors National Association's biannual convention. Dr. Larry Livingston will serve as conductor of the band.
According to Dr. Douglas Hill, director of instrumental ensembles in Mercer's Music Department, "This is a great honor and privilege for these students to have the opportunity to perform in such a prestigious hall with a famous conductor."
Cox studies clarinet under Dr. Monty Cole, and Jenkins studies trombone under Charles Anderson.
Founded in 1833, Mercer University has campuses in Macon and Atlanta as well as three...
Larry Hall, an MBA student at Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, this month was named Student of the Year for the 2004-2005 academic year by the Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives.
(MACON) Theatre IV, the nation's second largest touring theatre for young audiences, will present the children's musical The Ugly Duckling at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. March 22 at The Grand Opera House. Tickets are $6 each and can be purchased through Mercer Ticket Sales at (478) 301-5470 or online at thegrand.mercer.edu.
Most children are familiar with the fable of the swan that grows up "ugly" in a family of ducks, later to find his appearance changing as he discovers his true identity. However, folk traditions of other cultures use different animals to teach the lesson of the "ugly duckling." Theatre IV unites the classic ugly duckling with the Burmese mole that hates dirt and the Inuit bald eagle with a full head of hair. These three "misfit" heroes work together to earn their home on the King's estate and to find the self-confidence that only friendship and accomplishment can provide. Both educational and entertaining, children will love this all-singing, all-dancing, all-delightful...
