KENNESAW, Ga. - The Mercer men's basketball team topped league-leading Kennesaw State, 77-70, Saturday night in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the KSU Convocation Center. The Bears avenged an earlier loss to the Owls suffered just nine days ago in Macon.
After guard Jacob Skogen opened the scoring with a 12-foot jumper in the lane, the Owls went on a 7-2 run, grabbing an early 7-4 lead. But the Bears battled back with a 9-2 run of their own to take a 13-7 lead with just over 13 minutes left in the opening half. Skogen's 3-pointer from the left side capped the run.
After the Owls closed the gap to just two, at 19-17 with under eight minutes to go, sophomore Sam Dolan hit one-of-two free throws, and following a 3-pointer by guard Montavious Waters from the right wing and a deuce by Andrew Brown from just inside the arc, the Bears took an eight-point lead, their largest of the opening stanza. A free throw by Skogen at the 1:20 mark gave Mercer (5-12,...
The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings of Mercer University presents the nationally acclaimed Diaz Trio in concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building, 1329 Adams Street, Macon.
ATLANTA - Mercer University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences presented Daniel E. Buffington with its Distinguished Alumnus Award during the College's commencement on May 2. Buffington is president and CEO of Clinical Pharmacology Services Inc., in Clearwater, Fla. The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest award presented to alumni of the College who have achieved recognition for academic, scientific or leadership contributions in science, business or public service and who has shown exemplary support and service to the community and to the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
McDONOUGH - Tift College of Education assistant professor Dr. Jabari Cain was recently selected by Apple for its prestigious Distinguished Educator program. He is one of only 76 members around the country selected in this year's class. Dr. Cain was noted for his innovative hands-on projects with Apple iPads, digital videos and Web 2.0 resources in the classroom.
WHO: Physics teachers from Georgia, Florida and South Carolina universities and high schools
WHAT: The Mercer University Physics Department will host a demonstration contest in which physics instructors from across the Southeast will perform their favorite physics demonstrations.
WHEN: Friday, March 5, from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Stetson Hall, Room 251 (Take the Mercer University Drive entrance and turn left after passing the Religious Life Center. Stetson Hall is at the top of the hill.)
BACKGROUND: The demonstration contest is in conjunction with the American Association of Physics Teachers-South Atlantic Coast Section meeting. The Mercer Chemistry Department is hosting the meeting on campus Friday, March 5, and Saturday, March 6, with lectures and workshops all day Saturday.
*Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 (office) or (478) 731-3668...
Best-selling author Pat Conroy will be the featured speaker at the 14th annual Mercer University Authors Luncheon, sponsored by Mercer University Press.
MACON - Mercer University's School of Engineering has joined the four other engineering schools in Georgia to form the Georgia Consortium of Engineering Schools. The new entity will be dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of engineering education in Georgia. Founding members of the organization in addition to Mercer are: the University of Georgia, Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia Southern University and Georgia Institute of Technology.
ATLANTA - Mercer University's Georgia Baptist College of Nursing has launched an initiative to educate members of Atlanta-area churches to help others as they face death. The project offers free support from Mercer faculty volunteers with the College of Nursing, as well as School of Medicine and College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, who provide training for church lay health advisers, or Mercer Care Partners, in palliative care.
MACON - The College Hill Corridor Commission and Mercer University Students for Environmental Action will kick off a weeklong celebration of pedal power with a press conference at 4:30 p.m. on March 24 in the Lecture Hall of Willet Science Center on Mercer University's Macon Campus. (Directions available at
http://chemistry.mercer.edu/Willetdirections.htm
.)The press conference will officially launch the Bear Bikes program, a free program where Mercer University students, faculty and staff can check out reconditioned bright orange bikes to ride around campus and through downtown. The conference will also announce a weeklong schedule of public events from March 24-30, including daily bike rides to lunch venues and three evening rides. Discounts will be given to all bike riders at these events, thanks to our generous downtown partners.All events are open to the media and the public. To donate a bike, bike gear, parts, tools or accessories, please email...
Macon, Ga.- The CRCT, ITBS, High School Graduation Test and other benchmark and standardized tests are at the forefront of many students', teachers' and parents' minds this spring. Dr. Karen Michael, an assistant professor at Mercer University's Tift College of Education, says it is up to parents and teachers to improve their students' confidence in testing to increase their motivation to do well on these standardized tests that are becoming increasingly important in this age of educational accountability.
Below, Michael, who completed her dissertation on the fifth grade standardized writing test and served on a testing committed when she taught school in Gwinnett County, lists some strategies for students of all ages to employ while taking tests. Michael taught pre-K through eighth grade for eight years.
Reading Strategies1. Read the questions first, and then read the passage.2. Analyze the characters and the plot as you read. Try to make a connection to...
