MACON - A group of Mercer University business students is working to bring more interaction between the Macon community and Mercer students through a series of events for students and community members called "Paint the Town Orange." The events, which are part of the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce's new "Macon. Discover it." initiative, will take place from April 14-18, include discounts for Mercer students and events that are free and open to public, including an outdoor concert on April 18.
Mercer University’s Board of Trustees, meeting today on the Cecil B. Day Campus in Atlanta, adopted a record $244 million operating budget for 2017-18 and approved several new academic programs.
The Grand Opera House is pleased to present Ragtime The Musical as its final program for the 2001-2002 Broadway Series on Friday and Saturday, May 3-4, 2002.
ATLANTA- Beginning on May 19, Mercer University will offer a preparation course for the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). A program of Mercer's College of Continuing and Professional Studies, the course will be offered on Mercer's Cecil B. Day Graduate Campus in Atlanta on Thursdays from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. between May 19 and June 30.
Registration is required. The cost is $350, and includes textbook and materials. For more information, contact Angie Macon at (678) 547-6501 or macon_am@mercer.edu.
Taught by a test prep professional, the courses are designed to help individuals achieve the highest possible score on the GMAT.
The GMAT math topics to be covered include all the basics of arithmetic, algebra and geometry as well as review the best methods to answer the multiple choice and date sufficiency questions on the GMAT. Early classes will focus on diagnosing your strengths and weaknesses, and later classes, besides giving a review of all required math, will provide...
Click here to watch video and audio streaming of the June 6 news conferenceTo view a map of the proposed area, click here.MACON - Redevelopment efforts in downtown Macon and the surrounding neighborhoods have received a major boost from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Mercer University has been awarded a $250,000 planning grant from Knight Foundation to facilitate a voluntary alliance of redevelopment partners to coordinate plans and leverage new investments. The grant was announced today by Macon Mayor Robert A. B. Reichert and Mercer President William D. Underwood during a news conference at Mercer Village, 1645 Montpelier Ave. This grant will fund start-up costs for designing and implementing the alliance along with the creation of a master plan for the College Hill Corridor, a year-old initiative by the City of Macon and Mercer University to improve the social and physical connection between the University and downtown. Together, these initiatives will help...
MACON - Mercer University's Southern Studies Program will hold a year of special events, titled "Remembering the Civil Rights Movement," which will include the department's long-running Lamar Lecture Series. The Lamar Lecturer for 2010 is Dr. Minrose Gwin, eminent professor of English at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She will present three lectures titled "Remembering Medgar Evers: Aesthetics, Justice, and the Long Civil Rights Movement," as well as a reading from her novel, The Queen of Palmyra.
MACON - Dr. Walter B. Shurden, an emeritus professor of Christianity at Mercer and one of the country's best-known Baptist historians, will return to Mercer this month as the 2011 Harry Vaughan Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor of Christianity. Dr. Shurden will deliver the 20th anniversary edition of this distinguished series, giving three lectures this month. Each lecture is free and open to the public.
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ATLANTA-Four Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy students recently placed second in the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy and Therapeutics Competition.
Alonzo J. Logan, Howie McKibbon, Amy Rorer and Peter Strickland won second place in the national competition held in Minneapolis, Minn., in April.
The four students had to analyze and justify a request to add a new drug to a managed care formulary using pharmoeconomic principles learned in class. They competed against approximately 10 teams from across the country.
The students are members of the Southern School of Pharmacy's chapter of the Academy of Managed Care. This national professional society is dedicated to the concept and practice of pharmaceutical care in managed health care environments
"The recognition of our chapter and students on a national level brings honor not only to them, but also to our school," H.W. "Ted" Matthews, dean of the Southern School of Pharmacy, said. "We...
MACON-Mercer University student Krystal Morris will appear on the TV game show, The Price Is Right, June 24.
