The Georgia House of Representatives honored Mercer President R. Kirby Godsey at the State Capitol on Feb. 28 with a resolution highlighting the many accomplishments during his 27-year presidency. House Resolution 1122 was sponsored by Reps. David Lucas (District...
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Members of the Georgia Court of Appeals
MACON-- Mercer University will hold a free information session on its new master's program, the Holistic Educator, on the Macon campus Monday, Sept. 22, at 4:30 p.m. at Stetson Hall, room 162.
The University will also hold an information session at the Regional Academic Center in Eastman, Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m.
With classes beginning in October in Eastman and Macon, Mercer is breaking ground with this innovative graduate program. A program of Mercer's Tift College of Education, the Holistic Educator is designed to benefit more than the classroom teacher. A wide range of professionals who work with children or families, including family specialists, caregivers and health educators, can use the information offered through the Holistic Educator graduate program.
As populations grow more diverse, the Holistic Educator program will equip professionals with the knowledge and tools needed for working with young people of all backgrounds and abilities....
National Award for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching Professionalism
Mercer University will wind down the year with a number of lectures from various parts of the University's Macon campus. Free Lectures:
MACON - Mercer University senior Hannah Vann will be awarded the Gulf-South Summit Award for Outstanding Student Contributions to Service-Learning in March at the Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement through Higher Education in Athens. The Summit is the service-learning professional organization for the southeast region and includes schools such as Tulane University, Emory University and Mercer.
ATLANTA - Ashley Adams, a third-year pharmacy student at Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy, was one of six students nationally to be awarded the Zada M. Cooper Scholarship by the Kappa Epsilon (KE) Foundation. The scholarship recognizes pharmacy students with superior academic standards who have also contributed substantially to the activities of their KE chapter and pharmacy school.
SAVANNAH/MACON/ATLANTA - More than 1,750 graduates will participate in Mercer University commencements during May in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah, including the first School of Medicine commencement for the Savannah campus. This also marks the second year for the University's campus-wide outdoor commencement in Atlanta, which has become the University's largest. The University will confer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees during five commencements.
MACON — Mercer University awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree to the Honorable Norman S. Fletcher, retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, at the Walter F. George School of Law commencement on May 12. Mercer...
Mercer Trustees today endorsed a new vision statement and an ambitious 10-year strategic plan for the University that calls for more than $1.2 billion in new investments in the institution's endowment, faculty and staff, facilities and technology, and academic and co-curricular programs over the next decade.
