Elizabeth Lambert, a third-year law student, recently had her article "The Internal Revenue Service and Bitcoin: A Taxing Relationship," accepted for publication into the...
MACON - The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings will present "McDuffie Loves Macon," a free concert for the community that features performances by the students and world-class faculty artists, at The Grand Opera House on Thursday, Aug. 30, at 7 p.m. Featured artists include Macon native, McDuffie, violin; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; David Halen, violin; Rebecca Albers, viola; Julie Albers, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Elizabeth Pridgen, piano; Steve Moretti, percussion; and the McDuffie Center String Ensemble. The one-hour event is free and open to the public. Children ages 5 and older are welcome to attend. For more information call (478) 301-5470 or visit TheGrandMacon.com.
Hugh Thompson, '69, was elected unanimously by his colleagues to serve a four-year term as the Georgia Supreme Court's next chief justice. Chief Justice...
The new season at The Grand Opera House, Mercer's premier performing arts center, begins with a trio of diverse music events. The Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi inspired the World Music and Dance Festival and have toured internationally for more than five decades, bringing the dance, music and culture of their Central African homeland to life, thrilling audiences of all ages. They take the historic stage at The Grand for the inaugural event of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m.
MACON - Mercer University President William D. Underwood has announced the appointment of Dr. Hewitt W. (Ted) Matthews to the position of senior vice president for health sciences, effective July 1. Dr. Matthews will continue to serve as dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Mercer University School of Engineering has been named a finalist for the 2014 STEM Education Awards presented by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the state's leading association dedicated to the promotion and economic advancement of Georgia's technology industry.
Mercer's Southern Studies Department held its second National Endowment for the Humanities Institute this summer for 24 selected teachers who traveled from New York, Washington, Hawaii, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Alabama. The five-week institute, titled "Cotton Culture in the U.S. South, 1865-1965," was funded by a $185,000 NEH grant, and held June 24 - July 27 on Mercer's Macon campus.
Mercer University's Center for America's Founding Principles will hold its sixth annual conference this week. The conference was recently endowed by a $1 million gift from Mercer alumnus and former trustee A.V. Elliott, and this year's event marks the first for the conference as the A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas. This year's event, titled "The Moral and Political Philosophy of Adam Smith," takes place Wednesday and Thursday in Conference Room I of the Connell Student Center on the University's Macon campus.
Two Mercer Law alums, James Phillip “Phil” Bond ('83), and Richard Gerikitis ('81), were honored during the First Annual Mercer Law Alumni Dinner on...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -Mercer University senior Chelsea Flieger was awarded the Gulf South Summit Award for Outstanding Student Contributions to Service-Learning at the Gulf South Summit on March 23 for "extraordinary public or community service efforts." Flieger was recognized for her work with Mercer's Local Engagement Against Poverty (LEAP) Initiative, a service program that she helped found with three other Mercer Service Scholars. LEAP launched in 2011 with a conference as part of an initiative for Mercer students to volunteer to help alleviate poverty in Macon. Flieger is the second Mercer student to win the award, Hannah Vann won in 2010.
