MACON, Ga. -- ESPN Legal Analyst Roger Cossack will be featured speaker at Law Day 2004, March 5, 12:30 p.m., at the Macon City Auditorium.
Cossack has been a contributing anchor with Court TV since 2002 and is of counsel at Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin and Kahn, PLLC in Washington, D.C.
Previously, he covered the top legal stories for CNN from 1995 through 2002, including the trial of O.J. Simpson, custody battle for Elian Gonzalez, and the impeachment and trial of President Clinton as well as the disputed election of 2000.
Law Day is sponsored annually by the Walter F. George School of Law. Other activities scheduled for Law Day Weekend include reunions for the classes of 1949, '54, '59, '64, '69, '74', '79, '84, '89, '94 and '99; a cookout on the Quad March 6 and a special tribute to professor James Rehberg, March 5, also at the Macon City Auditorium.
For more information on these events, contact Emily Turner at (800) 837-2911, extension 5675.
MACON, Ga. -- A tribute to Law School professor James C. Rehberg, AB '40, JD '48, will be held Friday, March 5, 6:30 p.m., at the Macon City Auditorium.
Robert E. (Bob) Hicks, BA '50, LLB '51, will serve as master of ceremonies for the event while professor Rehberg will be toasted by other distinguished alumni including: Charles R. Adams III, BA '80, JD '83; the Honorable Griffin B. Bell, LLB '48; Manley R. Brown, LLB '65; Leah F. Chanin, LLB '54; Hugh B. McNatt, BA '69, JD '72; Richard A. (Doc) Schneider, JD '81; and Robert L. (Bob) Steed, LLB '61.
After he obtained his law degree from Mercer in 1948, he returned to teaching high school until he became Law School librarian in 1949. He landed a full-time teaching job at the Law School in 1954. Rehberg spent a year as assistant dean in 1976-77, technically retired in 1998, but has continued to teach one course each semester.
Law Day Weekend activities include the annual Law Day Luncheon March 5, 12:30...
George M. Israel III, president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, will speak at Mercer University's Executive Forum Tuesday, Feb. 24.
In his presentation, entitled "Georgia's Medical Malpractice Crisis," Israel will discuss civil justice reform.
He will give a breakfast presentation at 7:30 a.m. in Macon in the Religious Life Center on the Mercer University Campus. He will give a lunch presentation in Atlanta at noon in the Trustees Dining Room on the Mercer's Cecil B. Day Atlanta Campus. Israel's presentation is part of 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 University Advancement.
As president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Israel is the voice of more than 3,300 businesses statewide, aggressively advocating the business viewpoint in the shaping of public policy.
He has proven an effective leader across a broad array of fields. The...
WHO: Students in Mercer's Chapter of Habitat for Humanity
WHAT: In an effort to raise awareness about homelessness, Mercer students will build shelter out of boxes and sleep outside.
WHEN: From 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, to 8 a.m., Friday, Feb. 13
WHERE: "The Quad" behind the Administration Building on Mercer's Macon Campus.
BACKGROUND: Mercer's Habitat for Humanity Chapter is currently raising funds to build a house in Macon.
Note: Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 731-3668.
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Elliot was recommended to the AAMC selection committee by students in Mercer University's School of Medicine for his compassionate and humanistic care of patients and for serving as a positive and caring role model. Only 50 nominees were accepted for consideration.
ATLANTA - Mercer University's Southern School of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing and Mercer Health Systems will hold a Free community health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Sheffield Center on the University's Atlanta Campus, 3001 Mercer University Dr., just off Chamblee Tucker at Exit 94 on I-85 North.
Students will provide screenings for blood pressure, blood glucose, total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol and osteoporosis. Participants can also bring their current prescription, non-prescription and herbal drugs for review and consultation. Information will be given on exercise programs, weight-loss and meal-planning, smoking cessation, substance abuse, breast cancer, AIDS and more. Foot examination and evaluation by podiatrist Dr. Frank Sinkoe of Decatur and chair massage therapy by the Academy of Somatic Healing Arts will also be provided.
All screening participants must be 18 years or older.
For more...
WHO: Mercer Student Government Association (SGA) President Alex Brown and the SGA Executive Board.
WHAT: Brown will give a "State of the Student" Union address following the same format President George W. Bush uses. Brown will discuss accomplishments and challenges he has faced during his administration as student body president, as well as future student government plans. A question and answer session with the SGA Executive Board will follow his speech.
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Willingham Hall on Coleman Avenue, across from Tattnall Square Park; Mercer's Macon campus.
BACKGROUND: This is the first State of the "Student" Union address at Mercer.
Note: Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 731-3668.
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ATLANTA -- Steven Simon, Ph.D., an associate professor of management information systems at Mercer University's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics in Atlanta, has been named editor of the Journal of Information Science and Technology.
As editor-in-chief, Simon, a Marietta resident, sets the editorial tone for the journal and reviews each paper as well as selects the associate editor who handles the review process. Each article in the journal is selected through a double blind review.
Journal of Information Science and Technology is a new publication of The Information Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan information policy research and educational organization based in the United Kingdom. The journal will publish original research and comments about the science of information and the application of technology for the successful management of organizations. The first issue of the quarterly publication will be this spring.
Simon said he is excited about serving...
MACON, Ga.- The Mercer women's basketball team will host Georgia State Wednesday evening in a match-up of the top two teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Georgia State (12-5, 9-1 A-Sun) comes into the contest leading the league standings by two full games. Their lone loss came at the hands of Lipscomb, who is tied with Mercer in second place in the conference. The Lady Panthers are led by the A-Sun's leading scorer, Patechia Hartman, who is averaging 18.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per contest. Hartman has already been named A-Sun "Player of the Week" four times and is a lock to make the league's all-conference team.Mercer (9-8, 7-3 A-Sun) has won two in a row and three of their last four games as their home-court advantage has carried over from Porter Gym to the new University Center. The Bears will look to continue their home-court dominance, as they have won 13 of their last 16 home games and 11 of their last 13 home A-Sun...
MACON-Twenty-one students from Mercer University will be featured in the 2004 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
The students were nominated for this honor by Mercer faculty and selected by the editors and nominating committee of the annual directory based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success. They join an elite group of student leaders from more than 2,300 institutions of higher learning.
Below is a list of the students, their hometowns and the Mercer schools they attend.
Jonathan Brete BissmeyerSamantha Mae DanielCarl Phillip EddyKatharine E. HaldRonald E. HunterTara Nicole JamesonMarcus J. JonesBrooke Gail MillerLori Ann MillerJenny Katherine NinoMelissa Marie NunnRobert Lee O'DellAndrea Michelle ShipleyCassandra Frances ShularHolly Elizabeth SpearsMelanie Kristin ThomasKelly Diane WadeKatherine Virginia...
