ATLANTA — Mercer University’s Board of Trustees, meeting on the Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus in Atlanta on April 19, approved promotions, tenure, emeriti status and sabbaticals for faculty from across the University.
Promotions, Tenure, Emeriti Status
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MACON-Mercer University student Emanuel Istudor is bringing a new meaning to the word missionary. The freshman engineering student has found a way to combine his computer savvy with his desire to help the less fortunate.
And thanks to his insight, a group of orphans in the tiny, economically depressed country of Moldova are soon going to have access to computers. It's the result of a club Istudor formed called the Engineering Missions Team.
The group of 9 Mercer engineering students have spent the past semester collecting old and used computers that they can revamp to make them suitable for a school of orphans in the country north of Romania. The students plan to ship about 20 computers to Moldova early this summer.
Some of the computers are as old as 10 years, but Istudor said while they may seem like junk to Americans, the orphans in Moldova will be thrilled to have them. "People have old computers sitting at home that would make these kids go,...
The Mercer men's and women's basketball teams will make their 2003-04 season debut on Friday night at the annual Mercer Madness in Porter Gym.
WHO: Mercer University President William D. Underwood
(If you are a student or parent and need more information about purchasing a cell phone, please contact Mercer Rave store manager Renee Jackson at rjackson@ravewireless.com.)When freshmen step onto Mercer University's Macon campus on August 18 for move-in day, they will have a new tool in their backpacks: a Mercer-specific cell phone. The phones are part of MercerMobile, a new communications system that will help students to stay in better touch with other students, their friends and families, and especially the Mercer community. Developed and offered by Sprint and Rave Wireless, MercerMobile represents the latest in mobile communications for universities.
MACON, Ga. - Highlights of Mercer's stunning, 96-81, upset of then 18th-ranked Southern Cal on Nov. 10, will be included in CBS Sports' coverage of the men's basketball Final Four. Segments of the Bears' win are scheduled to be on "Coast to Coast '07- '08: The College Basketball Season in Review" which will be aired from 2-3 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. Mercer Athletics provided video footage and photos as well as Rick Cameron's - the Voice of the Bears - radio call of the game, for the network to use in the show. Mercer capped a sensational season-opening week for the Atlantic Sun Conference with the win, spoiling O.J. Mayo's college debut. The A-Sun's outstanding dream run began when Gardner-Webb shook things up with a 16-point victory over No. 20 Kentucky on the Wildcats' home court, then Belmont won at Cincinnati and defeated Alabama in Tuscaloosa
The Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition is a national disability law writing competition sponsored by Mercer University School of Law and the ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law. The competition honors the work of the...
ATLANTA - Mercer University will hold a free community health fair from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19, on the Cecil B. Day campus, 3001 Mercer University Dr., Atlanta. Services are being provided by Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, Mercer Health Systems, the School of Medicine, and the Southern School of Pharmacy.
MACON, Ga. - After winning four of its last five games, the Mercer women's basketball team opens a two-game Atlantic Sun homestand against Lipscomb Thursday night. Game Notes (pdf)
Mercer (5-6, 2-2 A-Sun) opened 2006 in winning fashion with a pair of A-Sun victories: at home against Florida Atlantic (70-60, Jan. 2) and on the road against Stetson (53-44, Jan. 5). The Bears have won four of their last five going back to a 52-49 win over Southern Miss in December.
Sarah Russell leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 11.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. Erin Keller has picked up the pace since moving into the starting lineup against Southern Miss. The Louisiana native is now averaging 7.0 points per game.
Lipscomb (3-8, 2-2 A-Sun) has played much of the season without two of its top players: Catie Woods and Katie Beth Pate. The duo returned to action last weekend, helping the Lady Bisons sweep Campbell and...
MACON, Ga. - Campbell's Ruell Pringle hit a driving layup with 1.6 seconds remaining to give the visiting Camels a 71-69 win past Mercer in both team's regular season finale Saturday afternoon in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the University Center.
