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MACON - The Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer, a noted historian, author and scholar, will present the annual Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and Separation of Church and State on April 14-15 on Mercer's Macon campus. The lectures are sponsored by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and Mercer through a gift by retired Mercer professors Walter and Kay Shurden and are free and open to the public.
MACON - Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law will host the 2012 Law Day luncheon with Douglas A. Kysar, deputy dean and Joseph M. Field '55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, scheduled to deliver the keynote address. The event will be heldMarch 16 at 12:30 p.m. in the University Center on Mercer's Macon campus. Kysar's presentation is titled "Limited Government in an Era of Unlimited Harm: A Case Study of Climate Change Litigation."The luncheon is $20 for alumni who register before March 9 and $30 at the door. Registration is available online at law.mercer.edu or by contacting Leslie Cadle at cadle_l@law.mercer.edu or (478) 301-2180.Kysar has published articles on a wide array of environmental law and tort law topics, and is co-author of a leading casebook on torts. His recent book, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity (Yale University Press 2010), seeks to reinvigorate environmental law and policy by offering novel theoretical...
SAVANNAH/MACON/ATLANTA - More than 1,750 graduates will participate in Mercer University commencements during May in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah, including the first School of Medicine commencement for the Savannah campus. This also marks the second year for the University's campus-wide outdoor commencement in Atlanta, which has become the University's largest. The University will confer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees during five commencements.
The Honorable Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at Mercer Law School's 2014...
Famed music critic Alex Ross and internationally-renowned violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti will lead a panel discussion on the role of classical music and music criticism in society as part of an ongoing series of public symposiums focused on engaging the community in the arts.
MACON, Ga. - With strong defense and good free throw shooting, the Mercer women's basketball team extended its winning streak to three Thursday night. The Bears defeated Atlantic Sun preseason favorite Lipscomb, 50-46, Thursday night at the University Center.
Lipscomb (3-9, 2-3 A-Sun) opened the game with a 12-2 run over the first 5:32, taking advantage of its size in the post and executed an inside-outside game plan. Catie Woods hit two 3-pointers and Rachel Viehmann hit a pair of jumpers, while Penny Jones added a pair of free throws.
The Bears (6-6, 3-2 A-Sun) clawed their way into the game and cut the Lady Bisons' lead down to five, 16-11, midway through the first half after TaShera Lewis converted the back end of a classic 3-point play. The team swapped buckets afterwards, but Lipscomb was never able to pull away and Mercer was unable to tie things up.
"With 3:38 left in the first half, I told the players we needed to...
MACON, Ga.- The Mercer men's basketball team opens a two-game Atlantic Sun Conference homestand playing host to league-newcomer Kennesaw State Thursday night in the University. Tip off is at 7 p.m.
The contest is the first meeting on the hardwood between the two schools, with Kennesaw State (9-8, 7-1 A-Sun) sitting atop the conference standings along with Florida Atlantic. Mercer, riding a five-game home winning streak dating back to last season, is looking to snap a three-game losing streak.
"It'll be an interesting matchup," said Mercer head coach Mark Slonaker. "Coach Ingle and I have been friends for 25 years, and it's the first time we've ever competed against each other."
The Owls come to Macon as one of the A-Sun's hottest teams, having reeled off five consecutive wins after dropping a 73-67 decision to Florida Atlantic on Jan. 6. KSU sophomore Ronnell Wooten is the lone returning starter from last season's squad that captured a...
MACON, Ga. - Mercer University's Tift College of Education will host the premiere science teacher education conference in the region when it welcomes the Southeastern Association of Science Teacher Education to campus on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7.
The event is the largest of the Association of Science Teacher Education annual conferences. Attendees will learn about breakthroughs in science education research as well as the latest trends in teaching. The conference offers a forum for graduate students and practicing teachers to explore innovative ideas to enhance science teaching and learning with science education faculty.
Stephen Pruitt, science and mathematics program manager for the Georgia Department of Education will deliver the keynote address on Saturday during a luncheon, which will also feature award presentations. The conference begins with registration and a reception at 5 p.m. on Friday in Stetson Hall. Saturday activities will also feature...
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A group of Mercer University students in the Mercer On Mission program are working to record their trip to Costa Rica on their own blog, http://merceronmissioncostarica.blogspot.com. They will be posting throughout their journey through the Central American country, which began July 7 and will end on July 25.
