Mercer University will host high school and college students from across the Southeast for the 11th annual Japan Academic Challenge and 25th Annual Japanese Speech Contest March 5 on the Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus in Atlanta.
MACON – Mercer University’s “Muslims in America” series will continue March 22, 6 p.m., in Willingham Auditorium with a presentation titled “The Muslims are Coming!: The Truth Behind Islamization, Shari’a, and Jihad” by Dr. Abbas Barzegar, assistant professor of religious studies at Georgia State University.
The annual Big Auction, to benefit the Mercer Athletic Department, will be held Thursday at the Grand Opera House.
Silent auction begins at 12 noon and closes at 7 p.m. The live auction will begin at 7:30 p.m.
There is no admission charge, and food will be provided by Steak 'n Shake.
For a complete list of silent items, live items, sports memorabilia and balloon items, go to Big Auction.
MACON - Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. President Bryan Moss will be the featured speaker at The Executive Forum on Thursday, Feb. 16. He will give a breakfast presentation at 7:30 a.m. at The University Center at Mercer University in Macon.
MACON - An effective closing argument can seal a defendant's fate and a Mercer lecture series will offer a chance to review the prosecutions' arguments in two high profile cases: the trials of Charles Manson and O.J. Simpson. Former district attorney Charles H. Weston Sr., now a senior lecturer in Criminal Justice at Mercer University, will present "Trials of the Century," two lectures on his interpretation and representation of the prosecution's closing arguments in each case.
The first presentation, which will be on the trial of mass murderer Charles Manson, will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The second, focusing on the trial of National Football League great O.J. Simpson who was charged with the murder of his ex-wife, will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Both lectures will be held in Room 110 of the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon campus.
Both events are free and open to the public. The events are sponsored by Alpha Kappa Delta and...
Mercer University's Southern Studies Program will award the 2014 Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature to fiction writer Elizabeth Spencer this Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center on the Macon campus.
Mercer University's Board of Trustees approved promotions, tenure, emeriti status and sabbaticals for faculty from the University's 12 schools and colleges, as well as the University Libraries, during its April 25 meeting.
MACON - Mercer University's Macon Regional Academic Center will begin its second session of spring semester on Friday, March 10. Adults interested in earning a bachelor's degree through the Center's evening and weekend programs should apply at www.mercerdegree.com.
Conveniently located within Mercer's Macon campus, the Center is designed specifically with an evening and weekend format for adult learners who want to begin or complete a bachelor's degree at one of the nation's top universities. Classes are held one evening per week or on Saturdays in eight-week sessions. Financial aid is available for students who attend half time or more.
Three of the University's 10 schools and colleges have undergraduate degree programs at the Macon location and accept students for the second session. For students interested in business, the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics offers a bachelor of business administration degree. Tift College of Education provides...
WHO: Members of the Class of 2006 whose parents also graduated during the presidency of retiring Mercer University President and CEO R. Kirby Godsey, including the Rev. Craig Williamson, CLA '80, and his wife, Catherine Madsen Williamson, CLA '78, MSE '80, and their daughter, Andilyn Williamson, CLA '06.
MACON - In preparation for the return of football in the fall of 2013, Mercer University announced Tuesday that season tickets will be available for the first time to the general public beginning on Thursday, August 16. Ticket prices are set at $75 per seat in the "White Section" (between the 35-yard markers) and $50 per seat for the "Orange Sections" (between the end zones and the 35-yard markers) in the west stands. Each $75 or $50 season ticket will provide admission to all eight home games, including Homecoming, in 2013. "This is an exciting time for Mercer Athletics and the Mercer football program," Director of Athletics Jim Cole said. "We are happy to offer this opportunity to the general public and thrilled with the support we have received so far from our alumni and donors." The reservation period begins Aug. 16 and runs until Sept. 17. "We are excited to be at the point where we are selling season tickets," head coach Bobby Lamb said. "This is another landmark step in the...
