ATLANTA/ MACON - Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics in Atlanta and Macon were listed among the "Best 290 Business Schools" by The Princeton Review, in its 2008 edition of the book by the same name. The School's Atlanta MBA program was ranked No. 1 in the category of "Greatest Opportunity for Women."
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 - 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.
Mercer University School of Law Professor Scott Titshaw has been selected to receive a Fulbright-Schuman European Union Program grant to spend the 2014-15 academic year conducting research through the support of this prestigious award.
Professor Titshaw will be doing...
On Monday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. the Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the moot courtroom at Mercer Law School. The annual visit will provide an opportunity for students and the local community to...
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.
