MACON - Mercer University sophomore Joshua Coleman has been awarded a 2010-2011 Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship, a yearlong, $26,000 award, which he will use to study in Angers, France, at the L'universitie catholique de l'ouest. Coleman, of Guyton, is an English and French double major.For more information on the scholarship program, go>.Coleman will be in France October 2010 through June 2011 and will study French language, culture and literature. In addition to his studies, Coleman will also volunteer with the Rotary Club and the local community, as well as speak to local Rotary Clubs and organizations about his ambassadorial experience.
MACON - Five upcoming graduates from Mercer University have accepted the challenge of Teach For America, the highly selective program that places graduates from the country's best colleges in low-income schools. The group joins a growing list of Mercer alumni who have served in the program, which provides training, ongoing support, mentoring and grants to participants. All five will graduate on May 12 from the College of Liberal Arts. The students are: Sarah Brown, Josh Coleman, Christina Kivi, Katie Matthews and Kyle Shook.
Like many a single Christian sister before me, I irrationally concluded that God had called me to be a female Paul, blessed with the gift of singleness. My assumption was further confirmed when I spent Christmas break watching BBC miniseries with my cat.The time is now for the Christian community to start engaging singleness beyond “Dating and Marriage” seminars. I don’t have a magical solution, but seeing singles as more than spouses-in-training is a pretty good place to start.
Ashley Harper, associate director, Financial Planning
Emmilee McGuire, senior associate director, Financial Planning
Nader Moniri, associate dean/associate professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Louis Robinson Jr., center coordinator, Regional Academic Center
Nearly 100 senior medical students on Mercer University's Macon, Savannah and Columbus campuses will participate in the annual Match Day rite of passage this Friday.
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University's work in the community has garnered national recognition among urban colleges and universities on the first "Saviors of Our Cities" rankings. Mercer was ranked 13th in the nation based on its commitment to community involvement. The rankings were calculated by Evan Dobelle, president and CEO of the New England Board of Higher Education, himself a former urban college president.
According to Dobelle, the colleges on the list were selected because they were "best-neighbor" urban colleges and universities that, because of their strong positive contribution of careful strategic planning and thoughtful use of resources, dramatically strengthened the economy and quality of life of their neighboring communities and have become "Saviors of Our Cities."
"Mercer University enjoys a wonderful legacy of community partnership, strengthened in recent years by the vision of my predecessor, Kirby Godsey, and by the efforts of many faculty and students...
MACON - Prominent economists - including a Nobel Prize winner - will be featured throughout the spring as part of the Mercer University Stetson School of Business and Economics lecture series titled "Readings in Political Economy." To be held on the Macon campus, the series kicks off on Jan. 27, when Auburn University's Dr. Robert Lawson will deliver a lecture on economic freedom at 6 p.m. in the Medical School Auditorium. The lecture series will also include a presentation by the 2002 Nobel Prize winner in economics, Dr. Vernon Smith, on March 16.
MACON - Mercer University, in partnership with the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, will hold a conference, titled "Caring for Creation: A Scientific and Theological Response," on the Macon campus Oct. 29-31. The conference will include two days of lectures and discussions on Oct. 29 and 30 and will conclude with a green day of service in the Macon community on Saturday, Oct. 31.
MACON - Two professors from Mercer University's School of Engineering have earned fellowships to conduct research with NASA this summer. Dr. Behnam Kamali, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Dr. Loren R. Sumner, associate professor of mechanical engineering, left Monday to participate in the NASA Faculty Fellowship Program at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
