MACON - Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. President Bryan Moss will be the featured speaker at The Executive Forum on Thursday, Feb. 16. He will give a breakfast presentation at 7:30 a.m. at The University Center at Mercer University in Macon.
MACON, Ga.- Junior forward Will Emerson was named to the 2006 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Men's Basketball District III team announced Thursday.
ATLANTA - Nursing students who are interested in continuing their nursing education beyond a baccalaureate degree and registered nurses who plan to return to school to receive a bachelor of science in nursing degree are invited to a tea at Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University. The program, to be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, February 23, will provide information about the Master of Science in Nursing Program and the RN-BSN program. The tea will be held at Mercer University's Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus, 3001 Mercer University Drive, just off I-85 inside the northeast perimeter.
MACON, Ga.- Mercer plays host to Stetson in the renewal of the oldest rivalry in school history on Homecoming weekend for the Bears Tip-off Friday night will be 7:30 p.m. in the University Center. Game Notes (pdf)
In a setting very similar to last season's meeting in Macon, the game has again been chosen as the A-Sun/CSS Game of the Week and, once again, both teams are battling for a spot in the Atlantic Sun Conference post-season tournament. The Bears claimed an 82-81 overtime victory earlier this season in DeLand. Junior guard Ross Alacqua came off the bench to lead the Bears with 18 points, hitting four three-pointers and going a perfect six-of-six from the line. Forward Will Emerson notched his fourth double-double of the season as he poured in 14 points to go along with 14 boards. Mercer (6-15, 5-10 A-Sun) has won four straight and six of the last seven contests with the Hatters and swept last season's regular-season...
MACON, Ga. - After dropping two straight on the road, the Mercer women's basketball team returns to the friendly confines of the University Center to face Stetson Friday. Game Notes (pdf)
The Bears (10-9, 7-5 A-Sun) are undefeated at home in conference play this season, building a 6-0 mark with upsets of Belmont and East Tennessee State. Despite their successes this season, February has been traditionally a tough stretch for the Bears under Brenda Welch-Nichols. Mercer is 24-11 (.686) in January under Nichols, but just 11-16 (.407) in February, including two road losses last weekend.
The Hatters (5-15, 3-10 A-Sun) have been up and down all season, failing to put together anything more than a two-game winning streak. Stetson is 0-12 on the road this season, including a 0-7 mark against conference opponents.
Preseason Atlantic Sun Player of the Year Nefertiti Walker is the motor that makes the Hatters go, leading the team and...
The following article was published Wednesday afternoon on the Web site of The Macon Telegraph.
MACON, Ga.- It doesn't get any easier for the men's basketball team who is playing its third game in six days. Mercer (5-15, 4-10 A-Sun) plays host to yet another one of the top three teams in the conference and looking to snap a three-game winless streak as Florida Atlantic invades the University Center Tuesday night for a 7 p.m. tip off. Game Notes
Mercer is in the midst of a four-game homestand that has the Bears playing four games in nine days and hosting three of the A-Sun's top teams. The span of four straight home games for the Bears is the longest conference homestand for Mercer since Feb. 7-16, 2002. Florida Atlantic has clinched a spot in the A-Sun postseason championship and currently sits in a two-way tie for third with Belmont. The Owls downed Mercer, 91-80, in the first meeting between the two teams on Jan. 7 in Boca Raton.
"Once again, we find ourselves playing one of the top teams in the conference,"...
MACON - Mercer University's Master of Public Health Program, housed in the School of Medicine, was recently granted accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health. Mercer's program is one of only three such programs in the state of Georgia to receive this prestigious accreditation.
Freshman guard Montavious Waters hit a buzzer-beating jumper from the right baseline to give the Mercer men's basketball team a 74-73 win over Florida Atlantic in Atlantic Sun Conference action Tuesday night at the University Center.Mercer (6-15, 5-10 A-Sun) had taken a 72-70 lead on senior Will Emerson's traditional three-point play with 21 seconds remaining in the game, only to see FAU senior Rodney Webb drop in a 3-pointer from the left corner six seconds later, giving the Owls a one-point edge with 15 ticks on the clock.Following Webb's bucket, Mercer coach Mark Slonaker called a timeout to set the final play. Waters drove to the hoop and missed the shot, but the ball was kept alive by sophomore Sam Dolan, who missed the stickback, with Emerson grabbing the rebound but missing the point-blank attempt. The ball kicked out to the right side where Waters collected it and stuck it home as the horn sounded."It was a great win for us," said Mercer head coach Mark Slonaker. "Montavious...
ATLANTA - The Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University cordially invites you to an undergraduate open house to be held on Sunday, February 26, at 2 p.m. Activities will take place at the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing Building on the Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus, 3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta, Ga., just off I-85 inside the northeast perimeter.
