MACON – Dr. Sylvia Bridges, senior lecturer of chemistry in Mercer’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received this year’s Innovations in Teaching Award, co-sponsored by the Vulcan Materials Company and the University.
The annual prize, presented by Provost Dr....
MACON – Mercer University faculty members Dr. Dina Schwam and Dr. Bremen Vance were recently selected as 2022 Governor’s Teaching Fellows.
Dr. Schwam and Dr. Vance will represent Mercer among a select group of faculty from institutions of higher education...
College of Education
Dr. Karyn Allee, assistant professor of elementary education, chaired multiple sessions and presented two papers at the American Educational Research Association’s 2022 annual meeting. The first paper, "Lessons learned from social justice assignments in elementary teacher preparation:...
COLUMBUS – The Executive Committee of Mercer’s Board of Trustees approved promotions, tenure, emeriti status and sabbaticals for faculty from across the University during the board’s April 22 meeting:
Promotions, Tenure, Emeriti Status
College of Education
Dr. Wynnetta Scott-Simmons, promoted to professor...
MACON/SAVANNAH/COLUMBUS – Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) was well represented at this year’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Annual Medical Education Conference (AMEC), held April 16 in Orlando, Florida.
During the national meeting of thousands of underrepresented minority...
ATLANTA – Linda A. Streit, Ph.D., has announced that she is stepping aside as dean of Mercer University’s Georgia Baptist College of Nursing and plans to return to the faculty of the state’s longest established nursing program.
“Dean Streit is...
MACON – Mercer Provost Dr. D. Scott Davis has announced the appointment of Dr. Gary Gerber as dean of the University’s Townsend School of Music, effective July 1.
Dr. Gerber succeeds Dr. C. David Keith, who is retiring at the...
ATLANTA – Two Mercer University Department of Physical Therapy faculty members and a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) student received awards at the Georgia state component meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA GA) held April 30 in Suwanee.
Jeffrey...
ATLANTA/MACON – Mercer University’s Center for Executive Education will launch a virtual Conflict Resolution Certificate program this fall to cultivate the skills necessary to build better working and professional relationships, manage workplace differences and thrive in today’s dynamic business...
MACON – Mercer University had 11 students chosen during the spring selection cycle to receive a total of $46,500 in funding to study abroad through the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program.
Atia Bailey, a junior law and public...
