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...
ATLANTA - Daniel Edward Tatum of Tullahoma, Tenn., received one of three top honors for Mercer University theology students at commencement at the Atlanta campus on Saturday, May 21.
MACON - The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) has selected the Beall's Hill Development urban design and architectural guidelines to be among the best in the world in representing excellence in urban design. This year, CNU, one of the nation's leading organizations in promoting sound urban design and walkable, mixed-use cities and towns, chose only 14 Charter Award recipients from 136 submissions. Of the 14 recipients, only eight projects were in the United States, with Beall's Hill being one of only three in the Southeast.
CNU will present the 2005 Charter Awards on June 10, in Pasadena, Calif. Accepting on behalf of all of the partners from the Beall's Hill Neighborhood will be Dhiru Thadani, principal, Ayers/Saint/Gross, Architects+Planners; Peter Brown, director, Mercer Center for Service-Learning and Community Development, Mercer University; Charles Bohl, director, Knight Foundation Program in Community Building, University of Miami School of Architecture; and John Williams...
