Mercer University's Center for Southern Studies will award the 2015 Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature to poet Yusef Komunyakaa. The prize honors significant career contributions to Southern writing in drama, fiction or poetry.
Ebony Brown, a second-year Mercer Law student, was presented with the 2015 Constangy Brooks & Smith, LLP Diversity Scholar Award on Saturday, March 14 at an honor luncheon in Macon. Brown chose Professor Teri McMurtry-Chubb as her guest of...
On Friday, March 13, the Association of Women Law Students hosted the 17th Annual Charity Auction and Ball at the Cox Capital Theatre in downtown Macon. They raised over $10,000 to benefit Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia, a local...
MACON - Mercer University has a long history of learning beyond the classroom, and Thursday the Macon campus will hold two events that showcase those efforts. The events, the Fifth Annual Engineering Expo and the Second Annual BEAR Day, or Breakthroughs in Engagement, Arts and Research Day, will take place from 9 a .m. to 5 p.m. The College of Liberal Arts, Stetson School of Business and Economics and School of Engineering have cancelled classes for the day to allow students to attend the events, which celebrate experiential learning by showcasing the research and projects of students and faculty.
Mercer junior Aaron Featherston has earned one of the nation’s most prestigious and competitive research scholarships for undergraduates, the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
MACON - Noted James Madison scholar Dr. Colleen Sheehan of Villanova University will deliver the undergraduate Constitution Day Lecture at Mercer University on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building. Mercer's Center for the Teaching of America's Western Foundations is hosting the lecture, titled "James Madison on Citizenship and Statesmanship," which is sponsored by the Jack Miller Center.
Dr. Virginia Dare Domico, professor and associate dean for graduate programs in Mercer University's Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, was appointed to the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators last week by Gov. Nathan Deal.
Mercer's Order of Omega will hold its annual Greek Week celebration on the Macon campus this week. The week includes a number of coordinated events to bring together the Greek community and each Greek organization will compete to earn...
Dr. Arthur J. Williams and Dr. Kathy D. Robinson of Mercer University’s College of Continuing and Professional Studies were among individuals recognized at the 26th Annual Convention and Regional Conference of the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, held May 8-11, in Atlanta.
Mercer University's Diane Baca, associate vice president for human resources, has been granted Honorary Life Membership in the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Honorary Life Membership is the highest honor for recognizing retired or soon-to-be retired CUPA-HR members who have demonstrated a lifetime commitment to the higher education human resources profession and long-term leadership in the association.
