Mercer University will continue its “Identity in America” series March 21 at 6 p.m. with a discussion of “The First Americans: Hope and Healing with a Native American Medicine Story” in Willingham Auditorium.
BOCA RATON, Fla.- The Mercer men's basketball team fell, 91-80, to Florida Atlantic in Atlantic Sun Conference action Saturday afternoon in FAU Arena.
Florida Atlantic spurted out to an early 5-0 lead on senior Fred Marshall's jumper and a Kevin Green 3-pointer, but the Bears quickly answered, taking the lead at 7-5 on the strength of a Brian Pfohl put-back off a Will Emerson miss, a layup by guard Andrew Brown and a long trey by Jacob Skogen.
Another basket by Marshall knotted the game at 7-7, before Mercer (4-7, 2-3 A-Sun) ran off five straight points on a basket by Emerson and Skogen's driving baseline jumper and ensuing free throw.
Florida Atlantic (5-7, 4-1 A-Sun) responded with a 13-4 run, taking a 25-21 edge, with the Owls eventually pushing out to take their largest lead of the opening half on forward Rodney Webb's 3-pointer, putting FAU up, 34-27. The Bears battled back, cutting the deficit to only one shortly before the break. Back-to-back...
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.
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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MACON - The 2012 Mercer Law Review Symposium on Thursday and Friday will focus on "Defining and Enforcing the Federal Prosecutor's Duty to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence" as part of the 13th Annual Georgia Symposium On Ethics And Professionalism. The symposium will feature nationally renowned scholars and will take place in the moot courtroom of Mercer Law School from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.The focus of the symposium on federal prosecutors is timely, both because of the recent controversy surrounding the prosecution of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and because this is the inaugural year of Mercer's LL.M. program in Federal Criminal Practice and Procedure."This symposium reflects Mercer's deep commitment to promoting ethics and professionalism among lawyers," said Patrick Longan, professor of law and organizer of the symposium. "We are grateful to Judge Hugh Lawson, without whose vision and leadership this symposium series, now in its 13th year, would not...
There was a picture in my 11th grade US history textbook that grabbed my attention and hasn’t let it go since. I can remember staring at a photo of a little black girl in her little white dress surrounded by US Marshalls as she changed an ordinary day of school into a civil rights victory.
MACON- Mercer University engineering student Joshua Rubin recently completed the most physically demanding and emotionally rewarding experience of his life.
Over a two-month period, the Chapel Hill, N.C., native rode his bike 3,910 miles from San Francisco, Calif., to Washington, D.C., in a bike ride called "Journey of Hope."
The bike ride was organized by the nonprofit Push America- the exclusive philanthropy of Rubin's fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi. The mission of Push America is to promote a better understanding of people with disabilities.
Rubin was one of 65 college students and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity brothers to cycle across the country, making stops along the way to serve and visit with people with disabilities. These "friendship visits" were what made the trip worthwhile, according to Rubin, who doesn't consider himself a cyclist.
"Some days we'd bike as much as120 miles. Some days we'd go uphill for 65 miles. I woke up in pain, and I...
Macon and Atlanta- In conjunction with Mercer President R. Kirby Godsey's creation of a new task force on Civic Engagement, the Mercer Center for Community Development and University Commons are hosting a lecture for students, faculty and staff titled "Why Civic Engagement? Why Now?"
Rick Battistoni, Ph.D., a leader in the field of community service learning and a professor of political science at Providence College in Rhode Island, will give presentations on both the Atlanta and Macon campuses. He will speak at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3, on the Atlanta campus in the Trustees Dining Room and at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, in Newton Chapel on the Macon campus. Battistoni will discuss ways professors and students can implement more service learning into the curriculum.
"Mercer has actively worked with the community for a long time," said Jean Fallis, Ph.D., volunteer coordinator for Mercer's University Commons. "The University now is focusing its attention on increasing...
(MACON)- Georgia opera-goers will have an opportunity to see a fully-staged production of a baroque masterpiece when Mercer University Opera presents Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell.
All three performances will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, March 25-27, in Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building on the Mercer campus. Tickets are $5/$3 for students and can be purchased by calling Mercer's Department of Music at 478-301-2748.
According to Dr. Martha Malone, director of opera and voice at Mercer, concert versions of the piece have been performed in the area in recent years, but to her knowledge no operas from the baroque period have been staged locally in the past 14 years. She feels that the exquisite acoustics and intimate atmosphere of Fickling Recital Hall will provide a perfect setting for Purcell's one-hour opera in miniature.
Written in 1689 for performance by the "young gentlewomen" of Josiah Priest's School for Young...
