(Macon and Atlanta)- The Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics of Mercer University has been inducted into an elite group of business schools worldwide who have received accreditation from AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Mercer School of Business received an official certificate marking its accreditation at a special ceremony in Montreal, Canada, on April 18. Of the 13 universities to receive initial accreditation at this year's AACSB International annual conference, only six are in the United States, with Mercer being one of them.
"Achieving AACSB International accreditation is a testament to the high caliber of the Business School's faculty, staff and students," said Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey. "Mercer University is committed to providing the highest quality education possible to its students, and this accreditation is another indicator that we are accomplishing that."
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Macon and Atlanta- More than 1,600 students are expected to participate in graduation ceremonies on Mercer's Macon and Atlanta campuses over the next month. The University will hold nine commencement ceremonies and hear from an array of renowned speakers.
Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey will also present three honorary degrees. Larry Braden, president of Lacey Drug Company, will be presented an honorary doctor of sciences degree on May 1 at the Southern School of Pharmacy commencement.
Godsey will present two honorary degrees on May 9 at the Macon commencement for the College of Liberal Arts, Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, School of Engineering, Tift College of Education and College of Continuing and Professional Studies. Joseph Hillman Harvey, chairman and CEO of Harveys supermarket chain, will receive an honorary doctor of commerce degree. David Shi, president of Furman University, will be granted an honorary doctor of laws degree.
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(MACON) - The show that defined spectacular for the musical theatre is coming to The Grand Opera House 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, May 21-22. While both evening performances are sold out, tickets are available for the recently added matinee performance at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, May 22. Tickets are available at Mercer Ticket Sales-478-301-5470-and online at thegrand.mercer.edu.
On May 11, 1981, Cats opened at the New London Theatre in the West End. Eight years later it celebrated its first important milestone: after 3,358 performances, Cats became the longest running musical in the history of British theatre. Cats played its final performance on its 21st birthday, May 11, 2001.
In 1982, Cats opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and continued to live up to its motto "Now and Forever." On June 19, 1997, Cats became the longest running musical on Broadway. It ended its 18-year run on September 10, 2000.
Based on T.S. Eliot's Old...
MACON and ATLANTA- Court TV anchor and Larry King Live guest host Nancy Grace will speak at Mercer University's Executive Forum on Monday, April 26.
Grace, a graduate of Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law, will give a breakfast presentation at 7:30 a.m. in the Presidents Dining Room in the University Center on Mercer's Macon campus. She will give a lunch presentation at noon in the Trustees Dining Room on Mercer's Atlanta campus.
Grace is the final presenter for the 2003-2004 speakers series of The Executive Forum, a business outreach program of Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and the Office of Advancement.
A Macon native, Grace was the first female prosecutor in the office of longtime Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slaton in Atlanta. As a special prosecutor of major felony cases, she tried cases involving serial murder, serial rape, serial child molestation and arson. Grace compiled a perfect record of nearly 100...
(MACON) - The Mercer Singers will embark on a concert tour of Austria and the Czech Republic in May 2004.
The 45-voice choir includes undergraduate students from all disciplines of Mercer University and is led by Dr. Stanley Roberts, associate professor of music and director of choral studies in Mercer's College of Liberal Arts.
The Mercer Singers can be seen performing before leaving for Europe in their annual concert with the Macon Symphony Orchestra. This year's concert, held at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 24, at The Grand Opera House, will consist of a performance of the Durufl'e "Requiem." For tickets and more information, contact the Macon Symphony at 478-301-5300.
Their upcoming 11-day tour will include a performance at the Anton'in Dvor'ak Festival in Pribram and the singing of High Mass at the historic St. Vitus Cathedral (pictured lower right) in Prague. In recent years, the Mercer Singers have given performances in...
(MACON)- University Organist Robert Parris has quite a task ahead of him at the 2004 National Convention for the American Guild of Organists in July.
He will perform Leo Sowerby's "Concerto for Organ and Orchestra," a piece so difficult that only four people have ever performed it, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the newly-constructed Disney Hall, one of the finest performance halls in the nation. It will be the inaugural performance on the hall's Manuel Rosales-designed pipe organ.
The 35-minute "Concerto for Organ and Orchestra" is shrouded in mystique. Sowerby, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1946 for composing "The Canticle of the Sun," originally wrote the famed piece for E. Power Biggs. It was not published, nor did anyone but Biggs play it, until his death in 1977.
At that time, many had heard of the magnificent piece, but few had actually heard it. Since Biggs performed it with the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Lincoln Center in 1963,...
WHO: Ga. State Sen. Mike Crotts, Deputy Chief of Staff for Gov. Sonny Perdue Dylan Glenn and Ga. State Rep. Lynn Westmoreland
WHAT: These candidates for the 8th Congressional District will participate in a free, public debate.
WHEN: Monday, April 19, at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Mercer University School of Medicine Auditorium
BACKGROUND: The student group Mercer College Republicans is hosting this debate.
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WHO: Mercer University freshman engineering students and engineering faculty members
WHAT: Students are designing and constructing vehicles using K'Nex building toys to compete in the following categories: boat, amphibious, dragster, cable car, rampster and tug-o-war.
WHEN: 3- 5 p.m., Friday, April 16
WHERE: Mercer University School of Engineering Building. Go to South Campus Entrance off Mercer University Drive.
WHY: The students enrolled in EGR 107 - the freshman engineering course - have been designing and building vehicles using K'Nex building kits. These vehicles will compete in a variety of events at the School of Engineering. Each design category will have four to six design teams competing. This is a fun and challenging way for students to put their designs to the test and learn the skills necessary to succeed in the engineering field.
There will be many opportunities for video and photos....
(MACON) - The Mercer Singers will give their annual "Farewell Concert" Sunday, April 18, 3 p.m., in Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building. Stanley L. Roberts, associate professor of music, director of choral studies and coordinator of sacred music studies in Mercer's College of Liberal Arts, will conduct.
The "Farewell Concert" is performed each spring as a final choral concert and in honor of the graduating singers. Joining the Mercer Singers will be the 22-voice Mercer University Women's Chamber Choir. The event is free of charge.
The performance will include some of the repertoire that the Mercer Singers will sing as a part of their 2004 Tour of Austria and the Czech Republic in May. A featured piece for this concert will be the premiere of a new composition written for the Mercer Singers by former Mercer music theory instructor Brant Adams.
Adams' choral setting, titled "In the Fold," is an adaptation of the second movement (Largo) of...
WHO: Chick-fil-A founder and chairman Truett Cathy
WHAT: Truett Cathy will speak to Mercer University's Stetson School of Business and Economics students.
WHEN: Monday, April 12, at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Mercer University Religious Life Center, College Street, off Mercer University Drive on the Macon Campus
BACKGROUND: Students in Mercer's Stetson School of Business and Economics have been reading The Generosity Factor, a book Cathy co-authored with Kenneth H. Blanchard. His presentation is a part of Business Week activities on Mercer's Macon campus. Business Week is sponsored by the Stetson School of Business and the Alpha Tau chapter of Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity.
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