Mercer University Life Trustee and former Board of Trustees Chairman Thomas B. (Tom) Black died today at the age of 81. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Columbus.
MACON — Mercer University’s Thomas C. and Ramona E. McDonald Center for America’s Founding Principles will host its 11th A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas focusing on the plays of William Shakespeare, specifically on issues of political...
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...
WHO: Mercer University students
WHAT: In the tradition of the popular TV program "American Idol," students will produce and participate in "Mercer Idols." Each week, finalists are eliminated from this vocal performance competition.
WHEN: Every Wednesday night at 6 p.m. Finale night is April 14.
WHERE: Coffee Shop in Mercer's University Center
BACKGROUND: This is the second annual "Mercer Idols." Approximately 30 students tried out for the show, and the top nine were selected as contestants. The program airs on Mercer99 every day at 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. Judges are Jim Crisp, artistic director for Theatre Macon; Rusty Banks, technical director for the Grand Opera House; and Trey Giddens, the 2003 Mercer Idol winner. "Mercer Idols" is sponsored by Mercer Film Producers
PLEASE NOTE: Media interested in covering this event will need a pass to enter the University Center. Contact Jenny Butkus at the telephone...
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's Walter F. George School of Law will host the 2012 Law Day luncheon with Douglas A. Kysar, deputy dean and Joseph M. Field '55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, scheduled to deliver the keynote address. The event will be heldMarch 16 at 12:30 p.m. in the University Center on Mercer's Macon campus. Kysar's presentation is titled "Limited Government in an Era of Unlimited Harm: A Case Study of Climate Change Litigation."The luncheon is $20 for alumni who register before March 9 and $30 at the door. Registration is available online at law.mercer.edu or by contacting Leslie Cadle at cadle_l@law.mercer.edu or (478) 301-2180.Kysar has published articles on a wide array of environmental law and tort law topics, and is co-author of a leading casebook on torts. His recent book, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity (Yale University Press 2010), seeks to reinvigorate environmental law and policy by offering novel theoretical...
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...
Mercer's Order of Omega will hold its annual Greek Week celebration on the Macon campus this week. The week includes a number of coordinated events to bring together the Greek community and each Greek organization will compete to earn...
MACON, Ga.- The Mercer women's basketball team will host Georgia State Wednesday evening in a match-up of the top two teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Georgia State (12-5, 9-1 A-Sun) comes into the contest leading the league standings by two full games. Their lone loss came at the hands of Lipscomb, who is tied with Mercer in second place in the conference. The Lady Panthers are led by the A-Sun's leading scorer, Patechia Hartman, who is averaging 18.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per contest. Hartman has already been named A-Sun "Player of the Week" four times and is a lock to make the league's all-conference team.Mercer (9-8, 7-3 A-Sun) has won two in a row and three of their last four games as their home-court advantage has carried over from Porter Gym to the new University Center. The Bears will look to continue their home-court dominance, as they have won 13 of their last 16 home games and 11 of their last 13 home A-Sun...
