MACON - Dr. Jeffrey Stephens, an internal medicine professor at Mercer University School of Medicine, was recently named a finalist for the 2004 Humanism in Medicine Award, an annual award sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) through the support of the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative.
Personal finance expert Jean Chatzky will be featured speaker at the first presentation of the 2003-2004 Executive Forum series on Sept. 25.
She will give a lunch presentation on Mercer's Cecil B. Day Graduate campus in Atlanta at 12 p.m. in the Trustees Dining Room. She will then give a dinner presentation in Macon at 6:30 p.m. at Mercer University's Religious Life Center, located on College Street, off Mercer University Drive.
The Executive Forum is a business outreach program of Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and the Office of Advancement. Entering its 24th year, The Executive Forum provides business professionals with an opportunity to hear nationally-noted speakers on business trends while networking with other business leaders.
As editor-at-large for Money, the financial editor for NBC's Today and a regular columnist for Time and USA Weekend, Chatzky is one of America's most trusted financial advisers. Known for her...
MACON, GA - Mercer University School of Medicine officials announced Gabrielle Tuggle as the recipient of a full scholarship to the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine (NYLF/MED). Tuggle, a senior at Northeast Health Science Magnet High School in Macon, will join more than 350 high school students from around the country at NYLF/MED held on the Emory University campus in July. The award covers her tuition to the forum, transportation, room and board.
MACON - Mercer University will hold a lecture, titled "Our President is Black, Now What? Race Relations and the Obama Presidency," on Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Medical School Auditorium. The program will include two prominent speakers - author and commentator Dr. Johnny Hill and author Jeremy Tate. The event is part of the Mercer Lyceum, a university wide initiative to and is free and open to the public.
LITHIA SPRINGS - Mercer University's Douglas County Regional Academic Center will begin its first session of the summer term on Friday, May 19. Adults interested in earning a bachelor's degree through the center's evening and weekend programs are invited to a free drop-in informational session at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18. Academic advisors, professors, financial planning representatives and admissions counselors will be available to answer questions and discuss programs.
MACON-Former congressmen Jim Bilbray (D-NV) and Orval Hansen (R-ID) will visit Mercer University's Macon Campus April 11-12 as part of the Stennis Center for Public Policy's "Congress to Campus" program-which brings Congress members to institutions of higher education to discuss policy, citizenship and civic responsibility.
In addition to meeting with various classes and student and faculty groups, the former congressmen will give two community talks on the Macon campus: "The Importance of Serving Your Community" at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 11, in the Medical School Auditorium and "Citizenship, Service and Civic Duty" at 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, in Newton Hall. The presentations are free of charge and open to the public. The former congressmen will be available for media interviews.
After serving in the Nevada State Senate for seven years, Bilbray served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995. He was on numerous committees, including the House Foreign...
Warner Robins--Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey and Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) Commander Brig. Gen. Michael A. Collings reaffirmed a longstanding partnership between the University and the Base Thursday.
Godsey and Collings signed a modified educational partnership agreement between the WR-ALC and the University. The University established the School of Engineering in 1985 as a commitment to assist WR-ALC in fulfilling its mission by providing well-rounded, highly educated engineers in the Central Georgia area.
Mercer University School of Engineering now provides the largest percentage of engineers to Robins of any educational institution in the nation, with an estimated 40 percent of the new engineers hired by the Base this fiscal year being Mercer graduates.
"The University values its partnership with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center," Godsey said. "We have an institutional commitment to strengthening the communities we serve as well as our state and...
ATLANTA - Linda A. Streit, R.N., D.S.N., has been appointed interim dean of the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, effective July 1, Provost Wallace L. Daniel announced today. Dr. Streit will succeed Dean Susan S. Gunby, R.N., Ph.D., upon her retirement as dean. Dr. Streit is a tenured professor and associate dean of graduate programs, and she has served as a professor and administrator at the College since 1990. Dr. Gunby, who holds a professorship in the College, will return to full-time teaching upon her retirement as dean.
MACON - Mercer University's chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the first-year honor society, will celebrate its 75th anniversary Saturday at 6 p.m. in the University Center Arena. Several honored guests will be on hand to mark the occasion, including Mercer President William D. Underwood and the head of Phi Eta Sigma's national organization, Dr. John W. Sagabiel.
ATLANTA - Mercer University will offer a workshop on psychopharmacology from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, April 27, at its Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus, 3001 Mercer University Drive. The event will be held in Wooten Auditorium in Swilley Library.
