McDonough- Mercer University's Stetson School of Business and Economics will begin offering its Executive MBA (EMBA) program at the University's Regional Academic Center in Henry County, beginning January 2005. This is the first graduate-level business degree to be offered on the southside of Atlanta.
The University will hold an information session about this executive program at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, at Mercer's regional center, 160 Henry Parkway, McDonough, off exit 218 of I-75. Individuals interested in attending should register by calling (678) 547-6400.
Currently offered on Mercer's Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus in Atlanta, the Executive MBA program is designed for business professionals with at least seven years of work experience. The program focuses on the growing international competition that managers face, while training them to use their skills to become global in perspective, improve the total quality of their firms, maximize ethical...
The Elements Quartet, performing on Mercer's campus free of charge Friday, March 19, 7:30 p.m., may not look like the typical classical music ensemble. As the New York Times has proclaimed, they are "casual, but only in attire."
Called "an important new ensemble" by composer David Del Tredici, the Elements Quartet is a partnership of highly-skilled musicians. They are Jeffrey Multer and Evan Mirapaul on violin, Danielle Farina on viola and Peter Seidenberg on cello.
In contrast to some quartets, which form when their players are students, the four musicians of the Elements Quartet enjoyed successful individual careers in major international orchestras and distinguished chamber music ensembles before their mutual love for the quartet sound brought them together.
Founded in the summer of 1999, the ensemble has already won acclaim for its passionate performances and dynamic programs. The quartet's repertoire ranges from popular masterpieces to neglected...
"Treasures From the Private Collections of Georgia," an exhibit that will be showing at the Museum of Arts and Sciences Feb. 27 to May 9, is featuring 16 artifacts on loan from Mercer's Williams Fielding Ogburn Department of Sociology....
Atlanta-After more than 100 years in the nursing education business, the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing has witnessed an evolution in the type of students interested in nursing.
WHO: Mercer University School of Medicine's chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA), the nation's oldest and largest organization focused on the needs and concerns of minority medical students
Opera Star Leah Hunt Partridge, who will return to the Mercer campus March 4, 7:30 p.m., for a free performance, has just achieved another milestone in her up-and-coming career.
She won the Southeastern Regional of the Metropolitan Opera audition finals. The competition was held Feb. 22 at Spivey Hall in Atlanta. Hunt was selected as one of 15 national finalists and will now compete on the Metropolitan Opera stage in the Metropolitan Opera National Council semi-finals March 11 in New York.
One of the purposes of the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions program is to identify new talent for the Metropolitan Opera.
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Macon and Atlanta- In conjunction with Mercer President R. Kirby Godsey's creation of a new task force on Civic Engagement, the Mercer Center for Community Development and University Commons are hosting a lecture for students, faculty and staff titled "Why Civic Engagement? Why Now?"
Rick Battistoni, Ph.D., a leader in the field of community service learning and a professor of political science at Providence College in Rhode Island, will give presentations on both the Atlanta and Macon campuses. He will speak at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3, on the Atlanta campus in the Trustees Dining Room and at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, in Newton Chapel on the Macon campus. Battistoni will discuss ways professors and students can implement more service learning into the curriculum.
"Mercer has actively worked with the community for a long time," said Jean Fallis, Ph.D., volunteer coordinator for Mercer's University Commons. "The University now is focusing its attention on increasing...
Students, faculty and staff, mark your calendars! When you return from spring break on Monday, March 15, the University Center will open for regular operation from 6-10 p.m. All students, faculty and staff are invited to visit the first day to either just check out the U.C.'s many amenities or actually use the pool, intramural courts or wellness equipment. All eateries will be open and live music will be provided in the coffee shop. All students, faculty and staff must have a BearCard to swipe to enter the building.
WHO: David Camacho, PhD., author of United States Politics and Democracy (Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2001). WHAT: Camacho will give a free public lecture entitled "Environmental (In)Justice, Race and Class Struggle" followed by a book signing.
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Mercer University School of Medicine Auditorium on the University's Macon Campus.
BACKGROUND: The lecture is sponsored by the Mercer Political Science Department. Camacho is a political science professor at Northern Arizona University and a respected figure in the environmental justice movement. He is editor of the textbook, Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles: Race, Class, and the Environment (Duke University Press, 1998).
*Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 731-3668.
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