McDonough- Following a few simple guidelines, parents can find toys that are both fun and educational to give to their children this holiday season, according to Margaret McCall, an education instructor at the Regional Academic Center of Mercer University in Henry County.
"Those of us who are parents and grandparents have probably all had that experience of picking out what we thought was the greatest toy, and then our child ends up playing with the box or the wrapping paper," McCall said. "If we look for toys that appeal to children's senses and that will hold their attention, we can keep this from happening."
Below are a few tips for finding toys children will both learn from and enjoy.
Look for "open-ended" toys that children can use in a variety of ways. For example, rather than purchasing a toy in which the child pulls a string and then hears an animal sound, buy plastic farm animals that children can manipulate on their own.
Look for toys that encourage...
MACON, Ga. -- Mercer University music student Marshall Fordham recently participated in a guitar Master Class with highly renowned classical guitarist Antigone Gone. Fordham, an Elko, Ga., native, is the son of Robert and Trisha Fordham.
Macon--Mercer University is among a group of colleges receiving accolades in the Dec. 15 issue of BusinessWeek for launching one of the "Best Products of 2003." Independent 529 Plan is the brainchild of a nationwide organization of colleges and universities which designed the financial product and worked to win approval from both Congress and the IRS to get it up and running.
WHO: 650 Gwinnett County 1st through 5th grade students and their parents
WHAT: Students will graduate from Mercer University's College for Kids program and receive hardback books with published stories they wrote during Mercer's Budding Authors workshops over the summer.
WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 7, beginning at 1 p.m.(There will seven ceremonies beginning at 1 p.m. on the hour)
WHERE: Cecil B. Day HallMercer University Cecil B. Day Campus
3001 Mercer University Drive, Atlanta(Just off I-85, one exit inside of the perimeter)
BACKGROUND: Students were nominated to participate in Budding Authors by their teachers based on the students' interest and talent in creative writing. This is the second year Gwinnett County students have participated in the reading workshops on the Atlanta campus. One piece of each student's writing was published in a hardback book that will be given to participants and their school libraries at the...
(MACON) For the ninth consecutive year, the Mercer University Singers will present "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6, 7:30 p.m., in Newton Chapel. The Mercer Singers will be under the direction of Dr. Stanley L. Roberts and accompanied by University Organist Robert Parris. Tickets are $5.
WHO: DeKalb County special education students and Dr. Julie Cold, associate professor of clinical and administrative sciences at Mercer's Southern School of Pharmacy
WHAT: Dr. Cold will teach a special drug and alcohol awareness workshop to a group of Dekalb County special education students participating in the County's job training program.
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 10-11 a.m.
WHERE: Room 004 of the Education Building on Mercer's Cecil B. Day Atlanta Campus, 3001 Mercer University Drive, off I-85 just inside the perimeter
BACKGROUND: Dekalb County special education students have been meeting on Mercer's Atlanta campus all semester before going to their job training sites. As a part of this job training program, some students are working in various Mercer University offices and Mercer faculty and students will provide various workshops to the students.
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MACON- Recent studies show as much as 10 percent of college students decide to transfer to another institution during or after their freshman year.
Some students discover the college or university they selected as a high school student is not the perfect fit for them. The institution may be too large or too small or it may not provide the collegiate experience that the student had hoped to have. Other students may elect to start their studies at one institution and transfer into a degree program that is better tailored to their future career path.
Mercer will hold Transfer Information Sessions on Sunday, Nov. 30, and Sunday, Dec. 28, for undergraduate students interested in transferring to Mercer in spring or fall 2004. These sessions will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Mercer School of Medicine on the University's Macon campus.
"With the large university resources of 10 schools and colleges, yet the personal attention that comes with an average class...
MACON- Mercer University's computer programming team, the Binary Bears, recently had four student teams place in the top five among Division II teams at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Regional Programming Contest Championship.
The contest was held at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. Students were asked to use their mathematics, data processing and computer knowledge to solve as many problems as they could in five hours using a single computer.
Mercer students Samson Alva of Dubai, U.A.E. , Cody Boisclair of Warner Robins and Charles Thorogood of Smyrna, solved an impressive eight problems, beating out Division I teams that included graduate students from Mississippi State University, Clemson University and Auburn University. The student team placed ninth overall out of 88 teams. The team also placed first in the Division II category.
Mercer students Wes Fincher of Woodstock, Drew Hartley of Peachtree City and Joshua Smith...
