WHO: Association of Women Law Students
(MACON)- Georgia opera-goers will have an opportunity to see a fully-staged production of a baroque masterpiece when Mercer University Opera presents Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell.
All three performances will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, March 25-27, in Fickling Hall of the McCorkle Music Building on the Mercer campus. Tickets are $5/$3 for students and can be purchased by calling Mercer's Department of Music at 478-301-2748.
According to Dr. Martha Malone, director of opera and voice at Mercer, concert versions of the piece have been performed in the area in recent years, but to her knowledge no operas from the baroque period have been staged locally in the past 14 years. She feels that the exquisite acoustics and intimate atmosphere of Fickling Recital Hall will provide a perfect setting for Purcell's one-hour opera in miniature.
Written in 1689 for performance by the "young gentlewomen" of Josiah Priest's School for Young...
MACON, Ga. -Grant Serafy was introduced as the new head women's soccer coach at Mercer on Wednesday by athletics director Bobby Pope.
Since starting the women's team in 1994, Serafy has guided Stratford to a 153-14-4 record entering this season and has won eight straight Georgia Independent School Association state titles.
"We are delighted to hire Grant as our new head women's soccer coach," Pope said. "He has experienced unparalled success at Stratford Academy and we are confident that he will be successful at Mercer. He has the reputation of being a tireless worker who motivates student-athletes to achieve their best."
While at Stratford, he also coached the boys team for the past 16 seasons, leading Stratford to five state titles in the last eight year and racking up an impressive 215-64-13 record.
"I'm very excited about the opportunity to be a part of a fine institution like Mercer," Serafy said. "I will forever be grateful to Stratford...
(MACON)-Ferdinand the Bull, a family musical from the Alliance Children's Theater in Atlanta, will be presented Saturday, March 20, 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. at The Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry St. Tickets are $12/$6 for students and can be purchased by contacting Mercer Ticket Sales at 478-301-5470 or visiting The Grand Opera House Web site at thegrand.mercer.edu.
Director Rosemary Newcott, The Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth, heads Ferdinand the Bull's accomplished artistic team. She has been directing, acting and teaching at the Alliance Theatre since 1988. Favorite Alliance Children's Theatre directing credits include The Music Lesson, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Pinocchio 3.5, Androcles and the Lion, The Hobbit, The Book of Ruth, A Woman Called Truth, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Charlotte's Web.
A recent recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Foundation Award, Newcott was named PBA Lexus Leader of the Arts and Best...
PERFORMER: Live Christian Bands including CASTING CROWNS
MACON and ATLANTA-- President of Georgia Operations for BellSouth Corporation Phil Jacobs will speak at Mercer University's Executive Forum on Tuesday, March 23. His presentation is entitled "The Communications Industry--Change is the Only Constant."
He will give a breakfast presentation at 7:30 a.m. in the Trustees Dining Room on the Atlanta Campus. He will give a lunch presentation at noon in the Religious Life Center on the Mercer's Macon Campus. Israel's presentation is part of 2003-2004 speakers series of The Executive Forum, a business outreach program of Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and the Office of Advancement.
Telecommunications is one of the most rapidly evolving areas of technology and service today, and Jacobs, is at the forefront as one of the industry's most respected leaders. Considered among the most modern telecommunications networks in the world, BellSouth is a Fortune 100 company with $49.8 billion in assets.
Jacobs' career in...
WHO: Mercer political science faculty members, Dr. Gregory Domin and Dr. Eimad Houry; and Mercer honors students, Ruth Beerman and Matt Stone
WHAT: Faculty and students debate the future of U.S. foreign policy. The debate is free and open to the public.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 24, at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Mercer University School of Medicine Auditorium, off Mercer University Drive, Macon Campus
BACKGROUND: This is the second debate Mercer's Political Science Department has hosted as a part of a nationwide event called "The People Speak: America Debates Its Role in the World." Thousands of debates will take place in hundreds of locations across the country. The goal of the program is to engage as many Americans as possible in discussions on foreign policy.
*Media interested in covering the event should contact Jenny Butkus at (478) 301-4037 or (478) 731-3668.
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(Posted in The Macon Telegraph on Sunday, March14, 2004)
Macon is fortunate to have a number of citizens who, over time, have given their wealth of knowledge and experience - and their money - to the betterment of the community. Annually, the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce honors a "Citizen of the Year" at its annual meeting. This year's recipient could not have deserved the honor more. Dr. R. Kirby Godsey, president of Mercer University, has been a positive force in the Middle Georgia community for a quarter of a century.
Dr. Godsey could have earned the chamber's honor had his accomplishments been restricted to Mercer. While a case could be made that Mercer's School of Engineering and the School of Medicine and the nursing programs would have come about without Godsey, in reality, theformulation of each discipline took vision and, more important, a...
MACON, Ga. - The Grand Opera House will be the setting for an evening of music with world-renowned violinist Robert McDuffie and pianists Susan McDuffie and Margery McDuffie Whatley, as they each perform with the Macon Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 3. Adrian Gnam will be the musical director and conductor. The program will include works by Mendelssohn and Saint-Sa"ens.
MACON-- Mercer University President R. Kirby Godsey recently announced the appointment of Douglas R. Pearson, Ph.D., as Vice President and Dean of Students, effective July 1. In his new position, Pearson will serve as the senior administrator for student life services for the students attending the University's College of Liberal Arts, Stetson School of Business and Economics, School of Engineering, Tift College of Education and the College of Continuing and Professional Studies in Macon."The search committee was committed to selecting an administrator who could advance the University's student life programs to a higher level of service to students," said President Godsey. "The committee has succeeded with the selection of Dr. Pearson, who brings to Mercer 16 years of outstanding experience in student services administration and an in-depth understanding of student needs on a residential campus. Mercer students will benefit greatly from his leadership."Pearson has served as...
