MACON - Mercer University's Townsend School of Music will present A Grand Mercer Christmas, a free concert for the community, on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at The Grand Opera House, a performing arts center of Mercer, located at 651 Mulberry St. in historic downtown Macon. The program, which will be recorded live by Emmy Award-winning Brandenburg Productions for broadcast on Georgia Public Broadcasting and PBS stations across the nation during the 2013 holiday season, will feature two internationallyacclaimed ensembles: the Mercer Singers, conducted by Dr. Stanley Roberts, and the students and faculty of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings. Acclaimed violinist, Macon native and Center for Strings founder Robert McDuffie will serve as master of ceremonies. Holiday favorites alongside new selections composed especially for this concert make the program fun and interesting for all ages and musical tastes, from the traditional "What Child Is This" and "What...
MACON-Twenty-one students from Mercer University will be featured in the 2004 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
The students were nominated for this honor by Mercer faculty and selected by the editors and nominating committee of the annual directory based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success. They join an elite group of student leaders from more than 2,300 institutions of higher learning.
Below is a list of the students, their hometowns and the Mercer schools they attend.
Jonathan Brete BissmeyerSamantha Mae DanielCarl Phillip EddyKatharine E. HaldRonald E. HunterTara Nicole JamesonMarcus J. JonesBrooke Gail MillerLori Ann MillerJenny Katherine NinoMelissa Marie NunnRobert Lee O'DellAndrea Michelle ShipleyCassandra Frances ShularHolly Elizabeth SpearsMelanie Kristin ThomasKelly Diane WadeKatherine Virginia...
ATLANTA -- Steven Simon, Ph.D., an associate professor of management information systems at Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics in Atlanta, has been named editor of the Journal of Information Science and Technology.
As editor-in-chief, Simon, a Marietta resident, sets the editorial tone for the journal and reviews each paper as well as selects the associate editor who handles the review process. Each article in the journal is selected through a double blind review.
Journal of Information Science and Technology is a new publication of The Information Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan information policy research and educational organization based in the United Kingdom. The journal will publish original research and comments about the science of information and the application of technology for the successful management of organizations. The first issue of the quarterly publication will be this spring.
Simon said he is excited about serving...
EASTMAN - Mercer University's Eastman 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.
Located at 605 2nd Ave. S.W., adjacent to the Ocmulgee Library Annex, Mercer's Eastman 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.
Two of the University's 10 schools and colleges have undergraduate degree programs at the Eastman location and accept students for the second session. Tift College of Education provides initial certification in early childhood/special education and middle grades, as well as a bachelor of science in...
Allen Lynch, associate professor of economics at the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics was quoted Thursday in The Financial Times, one of the world's most important business and financial newspapers. The June 11 article about the business of golf cites Lynch's work in the use of sales data for golf equipment as an indicator of financial downturns.
LITHIA SPRINGS - A class of students from Mercer University's Douglas County Regional Academic Center has worked with artist Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier to research one of the unique aspects of the county's history - its name. The students, enrolled in Dr. Melanie Pavich's History of African-Americans in Georgia class, spent the summer researching whether the county was named for famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass or for Sen. Stephen A. Douglas, who famously debated with Abraham Lincoln in the presidential race leading up to the Civil War.
MACON, Ga. – Mercer’s baseball game with VMI today has been moved back until 2 p.m. because of overnight rain.
Be sure to check back with www.mercerbears.com for further updates about start time, as well as all the latest news,...
MACON - Mercer University Athletics will unveil the winner of the voting for its football helmet design on Saturday at the BIG Bear Event at the University Center. Doors to the event - which is free and to which the public is invited - open at 6 p.m.
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