MACON - Mercer alumnus Carl G. Fambro will be moving his restaurant, Francar's Buffalo Wings, to Mercer Village in January, adding another college-friendly business to the growing stable of student-friendly offerings across from the Macon campus. The business will relocate into a building in Mercer Village that includes the Georgia Public Broadcasting studios, between Montpelier and Coleman avenues. Renovation will begin in the next few weeks and the restaurant is expected to be open when students return from the Christmas break.
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MACON - The Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer, a noted historian, author and scholar, will present the annual Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State on April 14-15 on Mercer's Macon campus. The lectures are sponsored by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and Mercer through a gift by retired Mercer professors Walter and Kay Shurden and are free and open to the public.
ATLANTA -Mercer University's Atlanta commencement on Saturday at 9 a.m. will include more than 1,000 graduates at the University's first campus-wide outdoor ceremony. The Atlanta ceremony, now the University's largest, consolidates the commencement schedule on the Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus from a high of seven ceremonies last year to one. As many as 6,000 guests are expected for the event, which will be held on the upper fields of the campus, and the University has taken steps to ensure traffic flows smoothly around the DeKalb County campus.
ATLANTA - Mercer University's Board of Trustees today approved the institution's first $200 million operating budget and authorized establishment of the Mercer University Health Sciences Center, a multi-campus academic health center encompassing the School of Medicine, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Georgia Baptist College of Nursing.
The Honorable Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at Mercer Law School's 2014 Law Day luncheon on Friday, March 28. His presentation is titled "Faith in Law and...
Mercer Theatre's first performances in the newly completed Tattnall Square Center for the Arts – featuring William Shakespeare's The Tempest – were held in April at 1096 College Street.
Mercer University is monitoring local, state, national and international developments concerning the outbreak of swine influenza. Currently, there are no suspected or confirmed cases in Georgia. We will provide additional updates as needed.Information for your personal preparations can be found on the following Web sites: www.pandemicflu.gov - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services-sponsored websitewww.cdc.gov/swineflu - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_29/en/index.html - World Health OrganizationSummary information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people. Some basic personal health precautions include:
MACON - Mercer University's student newspaper, The Cluster, placed third in a recent national newspaper competition, sponsored by the Society for Collegiate Journalists. The contest, sponsored yearly by the Society for Collegiate Journalists, is open to all 155 colleges and universities that have chapters.
MACON - Mercer University graduate Marielle Youmans, of Cairo, has been selected as a 2012 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Fellowship winner. Youmans, who graduated this month, was selected as one of only 60 winners nationwide and will receive $5,000 as part of her award.
WHO: Mercer University, Henry County Development Authority and Henry County Board of Commissioners
WHAT: Ribbon cutting and open house for new Regional Academic Center of Mercer University in Henry County
WHEN: 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 13
WHERE: New Center, 160 Henry Parkway in McDonough, adjacent to the Henry County Administration Building, off exit 218 of I-75 BACKGROUND: The 30,000-square-foot facility is the result of a public/private partnership between the Henry County Development Authority, the Henry County Board of Commissioners and Mercer University. The Center is designed specifically for adult learners and will offer evening and weekend baccalaureate degree and certificate programs. Classes start Aug. 18. Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or Larry Stanford at (770) 898-4293.
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