Macon, Georgia- Mercer University Press author Andrew M. Manis was presented with the Georgia Author of the Year Award for History for his book Macon Black and White: An Unutterable Separation in the American Century on June 4 at the Robert Ferst Center for the Arts on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus in Atlanta. The presentation was made at the 41st Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards Dinner hosted by Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College, the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, the Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne Jr. Chair in Poetry and the H. Bruce McEver Chair Visiting Chair in Writing.
MACON-Mercer University senior Nancy David of Fayetteville was recently selected from college students across the state to receive the Jack Mangham Experiential Learning Award from the Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers.
The award is given to college students in Georgia who exemplify the characteristics of an outstanding student in experiential learning. One winner is selected from across the state in three categories- business, arts and sciences, and engineering/technology. David won the award in the business category in recognition of her outstanding performance as a summer intern with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals last year.
After completing training in New York City, David worked at Pfizer's Atlanta office. For two weeks she shadowed one of Pfizer's Pharmaceutical representatives. She was then allowed to venture out by herself into the world of sales for three weeks. David was in charge of presenting three drugs and their benefits to doctors.
"Through my...
Lithia Springs - Mercer University will hold a free open house at its Regional Academic Center in Douglas County, 975 Blairs Bridge Road, Lithia Springs from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 25. Alumni, current students, faculty and staff will be on hand to talk about the various undergraduate and graduate programs the University offers in Douglas County and the Mercer experience.
Mercer's Regional Academic Center in Douglas County has convenient, weekend and evening classes that can fit into a busy family and career schedule. Mercer's Stetson School of Business and Economics, Tift College of Education and College of Continuing and Professional Studies offer a number of undergraduate programs, including business administration, early childhood/special education and middle grades education, human services, criminal justice, information systems, individualized major and organization leadership.
For more information, call (678) 547-6200 or visit www.mercerdegree.com.
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Macon--Contrary to the popular argument that comprehensive sex education that includes information about abstinence, contraception and sexually transmitted disease prevention provides confusing, "mixed messages" to teens, today's youth are rarely confused by such courses, according to research by Mercer University School of Medicine Professor Dr. Mike Smith.
Smith, who also serves as director of AIDS education and research, will present a new study regarding mixed messages as they relate to sex education at the National HIV Prevention Conference at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta on Tuesday.
In fiscal year 2005, the United States federal government provided $155 million in funding for sex education programs that promote "abstinence only until marriage." Professional organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association, however, support comprehensive sex education, arguing that there is extensive evidence that...
ATLANTA - Gregory Scott Newton of Mableton received the top student honor for Mercer University business students in Atlanta at commencement on Saturday, May 21.
ATLANTA - Ruth Gregg Coney of Lawrenceville received the top student honor in the Specialist in Education program of Tift College of Education of Mercer University. The award was presented at commencement on Saturday, May 21, on the University's Cecil B. Day Campus in Atlanta.
ATLANTA - Haley Marie Moncrief Herrick of Loganville received the top student honor in the Master of Education program of Tift College of Education of Mercer University. The award was presented at commencement on Saturday, May 21, on the University's Cecil B. Day Campus in Atlanta.
MACON- Beginning in August, Mercer University will offer a revised joint J.D./M.B.A. degree program that can be completed in just three years. While the University has offered such programs in the past, this is the first in which participants can complete requirements for both professionally accredited degrees over a span of just three calendar years, while still gaining clerking experience during the summers.
"I am excited that we were able to capitalize on the synergies between the two programs, enabling us to offer the joint degree on a three-year basis," said Dr. Linda Brennan, Associate Professor of Management and Director of Graduate Programs for the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics. "This is not something that is commonly found in professionally accredited schools."
The university's Walter F. George School of Law also will begin offering law students opportunities to complete two certificate programs through the business school this...
