Dr. David Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, has joined the stable of contributors for The Washington Post's coverage of religion through its "On Faith" Web site. Dr. Gushee, who also writes for Associated Baptist Press and the Huffington Post, will join a set of Washington Post "On Faith" contributors that includes Martin Marty, Cal Thomas, Arthur Waskow, Susan Jacoby and Brent Walker. The "On Faith" Web site is moderated by Newsweek's Jon Meacham and The Washington Post's Sally Quinn.
MACON - Mercer University's Southern Studies Program will hold a year of special events in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, titled "Civil War Memory," which will include the department's long-running Lamar Lecture Series. The Lamar lecturer for 2011 is historian and author Dr. Gary Gallagher, who will present three lectures titled "Becoming Confederates: Three Paths to a New National Loyalty."
ATLANTA - Dr. Alan Culpepper, dean of the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology of Mercer University, announced today that the Rev. Charles Foster Johnson will serve a one-year appointment as visiting instructor of preaching at McAfee, effective July 1. Johnson has served the past five years as senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church of San Antonio, Texas, one of the city's largest churches, with a congregational membership of nearly 6,000.
LITHIA SPRINGS - Mercer University's Douglas County Regional Academic Center will hold a Fresh Start Career Extravaganza on Saturday, July 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The center is located at 975 Blairs Bridge Road. The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by Mercer's Jesse Mercer Stewards program and the Office of Career Services. Registration is required and should be submitted by Wednesday.
ATLANTA - "The City and the Church" is the theme of the March 19-20 workshop of the McAfee School of Theology at the Mercer University Atlanta campus, 3001 Mercer University Drive. Designed for pastors, church staff and lay leaders interested in or working in urban ministry, the program will feature global urban missiologist Dr. Ray Bakke. The author of five books, including "The Expanded Mission of City Center Churches," "The Urban Christian" and "A Biblical Word for an Urban World," Bakke is Distinguished Professor of Global Ministry and academic dean, Bakke Graduate University of Ministry, Seattle, Wash.
The following students were named to the president's list at Mercer University for the 2006 spring semester. Inclusion on the president's list requires students to meet rigorous grade point average standards specific to their school within the University.
WHAT: Mercer University Press will hold its 15th annual Authors Luncheon, with 13 authors signing books - five of whom will talk about their latest books.
MACON - Mercer University sophomore Joshua Coleman has been awarded a 2010-2011 Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship, a yearlong, $26,000 award, which he will use to study in Angers, France, at the L'universitie catholique de l'ouest. Coleman, of Guyton, is an English and French double major.For more information on the scholarship program, go>.Coleman will be in France October 2010 through June 2011 and will study French language, culture and literature. In addition to his studies, Coleman will also volunteer with the Rotary Club and the local community, as well as speak to local Rotary Clubs and organizations about his ambassadorial experience.
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree to Mr. Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for the Rolling Stones and forest conservationist, at the main Macon commencement on May 13. Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey made the presentation after Leavell performed "Georgia on My Mind" for the more than 3,000 people at the University Center. The commencement ceremony was held for the more than 450 graduates of the College of Liberal Arts, Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, School of Engineering and Tift College of Education, as well as their families.
MACON, Ga. - The Atlantic Sun Conference announced the election of its officers for the 2008-09 academic year. Lipscomb President, Dr. Randy Lowry, succeeds Dr. Kerry Romesburg (Jacksonville) as the Conference President and Chair of the Presidents Council. Mercer University President Bill Underwood will serve as Vice Chair of t,he Presidents Council and Chair of the Finance Committee.
