Mercer University's Veterans Voices project will hold an official launch party on April 18, 12-5 p.m., hosted by American Legion Post 3 in Macon, located at 5530 Thomaston Rd.
(Published Thursday, April 27 in The Macon Telegraph)
The Virginian Pilot, Virginia's largest newspaper by circulation, featured the work of Mercer Professor Eric Klingelhofer in a story on Jan. 28. The story focused on the use of technology in the search for the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island. To view the story, click here.
MACON - Daniel Sandweiss, Ph.D., an archaeologist and author researching the link between climate change and prehistoric cultures, will give the inaugural Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture at Mercer University at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, on Mercer's Macon campus. Sandweiss will give a lecture entitled "Explorations with Thor Heyerdahl: Peruvian Pyramids and a Cuban Connection," about the legendary explorer and scientist's work in Peru and later in Cuba.
The event will be held in the Charles H. Andrews Classroom, Room 251 of Stetson Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be preceded by a reception at 6 p.m.
A well-known archeologist, Sandweiss serves as professor of Anthropology and Quaternary and Climate Studies and dean and associate provost for Graduate Studies at the University of Maine. He directed excavations for three years at T'ucume, Peru's largest pyramid center as part of a project coordinated by Norwegian explorer and scientist Thor...
MACON - The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) has selected the Beall's Hill Development urban design and architectural guidelines to be among the best in the world in representing excellence in urban design. This year, CNU, one of the nation's leading organizations in promoting sound urban design and walkable, mixed-use cities and towns, chose only 14 Charter Award recipients from 136 submissions. Of the 14 recipients, only eight projects were in the United States, with Beall's Hill being one of only three in the Southeast.
CNU will present the 2005 Charter Awards on June 10, in Pasadena, Calif. Accepting on behalf of all of the partners from the Beall's Hill Neighborhood will be Dhiru Thadani, principal, Ayers/Saint/Gross, Architects+Planners; Peter Brown, director, Mercer Center for Service-Learning and Community Development, Mercer University; Charles Bohl, director, Knight Foundation Program in Community Building, University of Miami School of Architecture; and John Williams...
Twenty-one exceptionally talented high school strings musicians, from eleven states and Canada, have been selected to participate in the second annual Robert McDuffie & Friends Labor Day Festival for Strings, held at the Mercer University Townsend School of Music in Macon, Aug. 31-Sept. 4. The intense five-day festival and musical learning extravaganza will provide the students an opportunity to study at Mercer with world-renowned violinist and Distinguished University Professor of Music Robert McDuffie and some of the nation's foremost concert artists. The Festival is a preview of the academic offerings of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, which opens in Fall 2007.
In addition to Robert McDuffie, the following Distinguished Artists of the McDuffie Center will participate as faculty for the Festival: Andr'es Diaz, renowned concert cellist; David Halen, Concertmaster, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Rex, Principal Cellist, Atlanta Symphony...
ATLANTA - Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics will hold a free reception and information session for its new 16-month accelerated Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree as well as its Flexible MBA. The event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead, 3300 Peachtree Road NE. Stetson School of Business and Economics Dean Roger C. Tutterow will speak about the programs. Faculty, alumni and admissions/financial aid representatives will also be available.
The new accelerated EMBA is designed for current and aspiring business managers who have a minimum of five years of professional work experience. Classes will be held on Friday afternoon and Saturday every third weekend, interspersed with online activities, allowing even the busiest professionals the opportunity to earn this advanced degree. Three off-campus retreats provide a concentrated study on specific business topics,...
ATLANTA - The Georgia Research Alliance has funded a new collaborative research project, led by Mercer University professor Dr. Martin D'Souza, to explore using nanotechnology to deliver a pneumonia vaccine. Dr. D'Souza, professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, will collaborate on the $100,000 grant with researchers from Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ATHLETIC AUCTION ITEMS
MACON, Ga. - Mercer's 19th annual "Big Auction," to benefit the Bears' athletic program, will be held Tuesday, May 15, at the Grand Opera House. Silent items will be up for bid from 12-7 p.m., with live items going on the block at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
