MACON--- Responding to a national call to make higher education more affordable and more accessible to students, Mercer University has joined more than 200 other private colleges and universities across the country to offer an income tax-advantaged way for families to save on tuition.
McDonough- On Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, the Regional Academic Center of Mercer University in Henry County will offer preparation workshops for the Praxis I exam.   The Oct. 25 workshop will focus on the Praxis I math section. The Nov. 1 workshop will focus on the verbal section of the exam. Both workshops will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the new Regional Academic Center of Mercer University in Henry County, 160 Henry Parkway, off exit 218 of I-75. Registration is required. The cost is $90 per workshop for the general public and $75 per workshop for Mercer students, alumni, faculty and staff. For more information, contact Angie Macon at (678) 547-6501 or macon_am@mercer.edu.   The first step to becoming a teacher in Georgia is to take and pass the Praxis I exam. The Praxis I Math Workshop will review the most important concepts of arithmetic, algebra and geometry. In addition, this course will provide participants with all the latest tricks and tips for scoring their...
    Atlanta, Ga.-Hewitt W. "Ted" Matthews, Ph.D., dean of Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy has received the prestigious Chauncey I. Cooper Award given by the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA). The presentation was made at the NPhA annual meeting held in Las Vegas, Nev. The award, established to honor the founder of NPhA, is the highest award given by the organization. It recognizes an individual who has shown, sustained and distinguished service to the profession of pharmacy. In addition to his role at the School of Pharmacy, which celebrates its centennial this year, Dean Matthews has contributed to the pharmacy profession through his leadership in numerous professional organizations. He is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, National Pharmaceutical Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American Pharmaceutical Association, Rho Chi, Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi. He has served on the Board of Directors of the...
The Mercer men's and women's basketball teams will make their 2003-04 season debut on Friday night at the annual Mercer Madness in Porter Gym.
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer BearBackers, the fund-raising arm of the Mercer athletics department, is hosting a four-man scramble at Oakview Golf Course on Oct. 8. Lunch will be served at noon with a shotgun start set for...
MACON- Mercer University's master's of business administration graduates are prepared to meet the demands of today's diverse marketplace, according to their results on the newly-developed Major Field Test for MBA Programs.   Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics' summer MBA capstone class scored in the 95th percentile on this national exam.   The Mercer summer MBA capstone class included David Hedge of Florence, S.C., Jennifer Laster of Hawkinsville, Kristopher Robbins of Macon, Brandi Smith of Macon, James Smith of Macon, Jennifer Spano of Warner Robins, Lori Spivey of Douglas and Richard Spivey of Macon. Their class average ranked them in the 95th percentile.   These students followed in the footsteps of spring 2003 MBA graduates Daniel Dunnaway of Warner Robins and Benjamin Carter of Macon, who both scored individually in the 95th percentile when they took the Major Field Test. The exam was administered to an estimated 45 schools and...
MACON- Mercer University engineering student Joshua Rubin recently completed the most physically demanding and emotionally rewarding experience of his life.   Over a two-month period, the Chapel Hill, N.C., native rode his bike 3,910 miles from San Francisco, Calif., to Washington, D.C., in a bike ride called "Journey of Hope."    The bike ride was organized by the nonprofit Push America- the exclusive philanthropy of Rubin's fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi. The mission of Push America is to promote a better understanding of people with disabilities.  Rubin was one of 65 college students and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity brothers to cycle across the country, making stops along the way to serve and visit with people with disabilities. These "friendship visits" were what made the trip worthwhile, according to Rubin, who doesn't consider himself a cyclist.   "Some days we'd bike as much as120 miles. Some days we'd go uphill for 65  miles. I woke up in pain, and I...
MACON- Mercer University's Political Science Department will host a free public debate on foreign policy Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 6 p.m. in the McCorkle Music Building, Neva Langley Fickling Hall.   This is part of a nationwide event called  "The People Speak: America Debates Its Role in the World," in which thousands of debates will take place in hundreds of locations across the country between Oct. 5th and 18th. The goal of the program, funded by the Open Society Institute, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the United Nations Foundation, is to engage as many Americans as possible in discussions on foreign policy.   There will be two debates, one between Mercer political science faculty members, associate professor Eimad Houry, Ph.D., and assistant professor Gregory Domin, Ph.D. The other debate will be between Mercer honors students Ruth Beerman of Alpharetta and Matt Stone of Warner Robins. They will address such issues as the legitimate use of military force and...
Macon, Ga.- Mercer University sophomore Amanda Chappell of Tullahoma, Tenn., and engineering assistant professor Renee Rogge, Ph.D., are reaching for the stars -- literally. The student-professor team is working on a project that will benefit astronauts. With a $16,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the team is creating a 3-D digital model of a human body. This will enable NASA researchers to better evaluate space suits and hardware used by astronauts. It's the continuation of a project Rogge began this summer when she served as a NASA Faculty Fellow at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for 10 weeks. The new NASA grant will enable Rogge and Chappell to work on the project through August. Once complete, the 3-D model should improve the quality of life for astronauts. According to Rogge, it is important in the strenuous atmosphere of outer space that astronauts are as comfortable as possible, and with the use of the 3-D model, researchers...
Macon, Ga. - The Atlantic Sun Conference had both of its Georgia schools rank among the top USA Today - National Academic Achievement Awards as released by the newspaper and the NCAA earlier this month.   Both Georgia State in Atlanta and Mercer in Macon were among the Top 10 in three different Division 1-AAA categories.     In the category of "Overall 1996 Freshman Student-Athlete Graduation Rate," Mercer was sixth with a 79 percent graduation rate amongst the 34 student-athletes that entered the program in 1996.      Both Georgia State and Mercer ranked well in "1996 Student-Athlete Graduation Rate Above Student Body Rate," as Georgia State's athletic department graduated at a rate 28 percent higher than the rest of the 1996 incoming student body. State's incoming class in 1996 was 43 student-athletes. Mercer followed at 27 percent higher than the rest of the incoming class for 1996. State ranked fourth in the category,...

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