MACON - Mercer Law School will hold two lectures this month. On Sept. 11, noted conflict of laws professor Erin O'Hara O'Connor, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt Law School, will deliver the second Annual Brainerd Currie lecture. Her topic will cover "How Choice of Law Has Killed the Private Attorney General." On Sept. 22, Douglas Laycock, the Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law at University of Virginia School of Law, will deliver the School's Constitution Day Lecture on "The Constitution and the Culture Wars - With Special Attention to the Religion Clauses." Both events will be held at noon in the Moot Courtroom of the Law School. The events are free and open to the public.
The Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery, dean of Duke Chapel and associate professor of the practice of homiletics at Duke Divinity School, will deliver the 2014 William L. Self Preaching Lectures, March 10-11, at Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology.
ATLANTA -- Students interested in continuing their nursing education beyond a baccalaureate degree should attend the Graduate Tea at Mercer University's Georgia Baptist College of Nursing. The program, to be held Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. until noon on Mercer's Atlanta campus, will address questions about the master's of science program in nursing.
Dr. Linda A. Streit, associate dean for the graduate program, will present the general curriculum plan for both areas of concentration (nursing education and acute/critical care of the adult). Meg McGinness, director for the Office of Student Financial Planning, will discuss financial aid available for graduate nursing students.
About Georgia Baptist College of Nursing:The founding of Georgia Baptist College of Nursing at Mercer University in 1902 was born out of a vision to establish a Baptist institution for the training of "Christian nurses" to "heal the needy sick." More than 100 years later, some 6,000 men...
Macon, Ga.- The CRCT, ITBS, High School Graduation Test and other benchmark and standardized tests are at the forefront of many students', teachers' and parents' minds this spring. Dr. Karen Michael, an assistant professor at Mercer University's Tift College of Education, says it is up to parents and teachers to improve their students' confidence in testing to increase their motivation to do well on these standardized tests that are becoming increasingly important in this age of educational accountability.
Below, Michael, who completed her dissertation on the fifth grade standardized writing test and served on a testing committed when she taught school in Gwinnett County, lists some strategies for students of all ages to employ while taking tests. Michael taught pre-K through eighth grade for eight years.
Reading Strategies1. Read the questions first, and then read the passage.2. Analyze the characters and the plot as you read. Try to make a connection to...
WHO: More than 60 students and faculty from 13 colleges and universities in Georgia and Tennessee.
WHAT: Faculty and students will participate in the first Mercer University Undergraduate Research in Mathematics Conference.
WHEN:
Friday, April 15:
3 p.m.- Undergraduate student research presentations
4:30 p.m.- Student problem-solving contest
6:30 p.m.- Georgia Mathematics Association of America dinner, featuring a presentation on "Calculating the Secrets of Life: Mathematics in Biology and Medicine" by Dr. DeWitt Sumners, Florida State University's Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Saturday, April 16:
8:30 a.m.- Undergraduate student research presentations
10 a.m.- Presentation on "DNA Topology" by Dr. DeWitt Sumners, Florida State University's Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
WHERE: Mercer University Macon...
ATLANTA-Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy student Adina Hirsch was one of 10 students in the country awarded the prestigious Gateway Research Scholarship from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.
Hirsch, a first-year student in Mercer's doctor of pharmacy degree program, will receive a $5,000 stipend to assist Mercer's Dr. Ajay K. Banga, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, with pharmaceutical research for the next year.
"I am thinking of a career in research, and working for Dr. Banga will be very good exposure to pharmaceutical research," Hirsch, an Atlanta resident, said.
Specifically, Hirsch will research administering the drug Tacrine through the skin using in vitro skin samples. The drug, which is used by Alzheimer's patients, is currently available in a capsule form, but frequent administration is required. This research project could serve as the basis for a future skin patch for the drug Tacrine and will...
WHO: Eight Mercer University students, including Amber Ziegler-the fourth sister from her family to be a part of Mercer ROTC and the fourth in her family to graduate and be commissioned a second lieutenant at the University
WHAT: ROTC cadets will be commissioned as U.S. Army second lieutenants then graduate from Mercer later the same day
WHEN: Sunday, May 9, at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Willingham Hall, Mercer's Macon Campus. Go to the North entrance off College Street. Willingham is on Coleman Avenue next to the Administration Building.
WHY: Six of the cadets will be entering active duty after they are commissioned as officers and graduate Sunday. Two of the newly commissioned officers will enter the U.S. Army Reserve.
Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 731-3668.
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WHO: Townsend School of Music
WHAT: Townsend School of Music will hold auditions for the Mercer University Children's Choir for the 2006-2007 season.
WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 12, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
WHERE: Auditions will be held in...
The Legal Writing Program at the Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University is the top-ranked program among all of the law schools in the nation as announced today by U.S. News and World Report. The 2008 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools lists Mercer's program first in the country after a ranking of second in 2007 and tied for first with Seattle in 2006.
MACON - Christy A. Webb of Waynesboro, Ga., took home more than a bachelor of arts degree from the May 12 commencement at Mercer University. She received the top honor presented to an undergraduate of the university: the Louie D. Newton General Excellence Medal.
