The Mercer Baptist Collegiate Ministries of Mercer University won the "CourtsRedford Award for Excellence in Student Missionary Deployment" for the 2006year. This award is presented annually to the leading colleges anduniversities who effectively mobilized their students to impact lostness inNorth America. Accepting the award for the Mercer BCM was the BCM Missionscoordinator for the 2005-06 school year, Sarah Holik, and the BCM Missionscoordinator for the 2006-07 school year, Aaron Kinard. Presenting the awardon behalf of the North American Mission Board was Amy Signaigo.
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, GA - Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University presented Laura Watts Harper of Huntsville, Ala., the 2007 George Waldo Woodruff Award of Excellence during spring commencement in Macon. The most prestigious honor the law school bestows on a student, the Woodruff Award is presented to the law graduate with the highest cumulative academic average for the three years of law study.
The Mercer Center for Community Development is accepting nominations for the Neighborhood Advocates Fellowship Program.
U. S. District Court Judge Beverly B. Martin was the commencement speaker at the Walter F. George School of Law commencement on May 6, which was held at the Macon City Auditorium. Below is her commencement address:
President Godsey, Dr. Fleming, Dean Floyd, distinguished members of the faculty, and members of the graduating class of 2005:
It is a real privilege for me to be here in my hometown with you on this marvelous day. I love Macon, and I have a tremendous affection for Mercer Law School. My great grandfather, my grandfather, and my father each graduated from the Mercer School of Law, and if I have accomplished anything in this profession, I know that it is due, in large part, to the heritage given to me by these three Mercer lawyers.
I am here to honor the graduates, but this is a big day for the families of the graduates as well. There are many mothers, fathers, husbands and wives who have sacrificed so much to make this day...
Amanda Rose Sloan, a senior English major in Mercer University's College of Liberal Arts, performed oboe and English horn with the National Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall in New York on May 28. The ensemble was developed for young musicians to display their musical talent with other performers from across the nation. The musicians were directed by one of the top directors in the country, H. Robert Reynolds.
Sloan described her experience as "incredible" and "amazing." "The moment I stepped onstage in Carnegie Hall, my breath was taken away from me and tears came to my eyes." Sloan continued, "I never thought that I'd ever have the opportunity to perform there. It felt like all of my hard work finally had paid off."
One of the musical works performed by the ensemble was "American Salute" by Morton Gould. Sloan adds, "I had a very important English horn solo in this piece. In addition, the composer's daughter was there to hear us play.
"This...
WHO: Mercer University engineering students pair up to compete against their peers to see who can build a device to fling a ping-pong ball the farthest. The winners and runners up will receive prizes.
ATLANTA - China, with a 10 percent annual growth and rapid industrialization and infrastructure expansion, is increasing energy use at unprecedented rates. American consumers are already feeling those increases at the gasoline pumps as China's growth increases demand - and prices - for the world's oil supplies. As these forces continue, where will China place itself?
The start time of Mercer University's 2014 football home finale against Warner this Saturday, Nov. 15, at Anderson Field has been changed to 2 p.m.
Macon- Observing various types of classroom environments is a requirement of teacher education students at most colleges and universities. Mercer University's Tift College of Education recently added a twist to this common practice. Six education students had the unique opportunity to observe classrooms in Scotland over the summer.
As a part of the Mercer Study Abroad program, these education majors, along with two professors, spent 11 days in Scotland and England. While there, they took classes at the University of Paisley and visited classrooms at three Scottish elementary schools.
"At Mercer's Tift College of Education, we strive to teach our students to embrace the diversity of today's classrooms," said Dr. Margaret Morris, an associate professor of early childhood education at Mercer and one of the faculty members who organized the trip. "This trip provided our students an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of other cultures, and in turn, they will be...
Mercer University's incoming president, William D. Underwood, is dividing his time these days between Macon and Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
